From: 113355@DOLUNI1.BITNET (Thomas Zielke)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.history
Subject: Job announcement
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:07:46 GMT
Organization: UNI-OLDENBURG
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Dear friends,

upon request of Prof. Lynn H. Nelson I am forwarding the following job
announcement. If you have already received a copy of this mail from
another list, I apologize for any inconvenience this message duplication
may have caused.

Thomas Zielke

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ROMAN HISTORIAN

The Department of History is pleased to announce its search for a
Roman historian. The position is that of a full-time, tenure-
track Assistant Professor effective 17 August 1993, at a salary
from $30,000 to $34,000, negotiable on the basis of
qualifications.

Applicants must possess the following required qualifications:
PhD in History in hand or to be completed by 17 August 1993;
specialization in the field of Roman History; and evidence of
superior accomplishment or the promise of superior accomplishment
in teaching and publication.  Preferred qualifications will be:
interests in the Later Imperial Period generally, and social
and/or economic history in particular.

The successful applicant will be expected to contribute in the
areas of teaching, research, and service. Teaching duties will
include two courses per semester and will involve Roman history
from the first year to doctoral levels; undergraduate Greek
History when called upon; general historical research methods at
the undergraduate level; and the historiography and methodologies
of Roman history at the graduate level. Research responsibilities
will include maintaining an active research program resulting in
scholarly presentations and publications. Service obligations
will include student advising; active participation in university
governance at the departmental, college, and university levels;
and a commitment to the enhancement of the historical profession
generally.

The successful applicant will become a member of a PhD-granting
department of thirty-eight faculty, three hundred undergraduate
majors, and one hundred and fifty graduate students. The
University of Kansas is a major state university of some one
thousand faculty, twenty-six thousand students, and a library of
over three million volumes. The Roman history position will be
supported by an historian of ancient Greece, an outstanding
medieval history program, and an active Classics Department.

Applications will be accepted until 15 December or until the
position is filled. Applicants should submit a letter of
application, CV, official credentials, and three letters of
recommendation. Materials will be reviewed from 15 November until
the position is filled or until 1 May. Applications and inquiries
should be addressed to: Professor James A. Brundage, Chairman of
the Roman History Search Committee, Department of History, 3001
Wescoe Hall, The University of Kansas, Lawrence KS 66045-2130.
Telephone (913) 864-3569.

The University of Kansas is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative
Action employer. Applications are sought from all qualified
persons regardless of race, color, sex, disability, and, as
covered by law, veteran status.

In addition, University policies prohibit discrimination on the
basis of religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation,
marital status, and parental status.