GENERAL INFORMATION

The Department of Classics at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in an ancient Mediterranean or Near Eastern culture beyond Greece or Rome to begin in August 2024. As our department expands our curriculum and redesigns our major, we seek a new colleague who will join us in our work to contextualize ancient Greek and Roman cultures within the broader ancient Mediterranean, while equipping students with a robust theoretical toolkit for approaching the ancient world and modern challenges. Our new colleague will be prepared to teach courses on ancient peoples and cultures beyond Greeks and Romans as well as on a language of the ancient Mediterranean or Near East other than Greek or Latin, such as Akkadian, Ancient Egyptian, Aramaic, Classical Arabic, Hebrew, or Phoenician. Their teaching and research will be informed by one or more interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks, such as Critical Race and Ethnic Studies; Environmental Studies; or Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. Our new colleague will also contribute to one or more of three departmental priorities: collaborative student research; expansion of our curriculum; and/or public outreach. We will consider it a strength if candidates have the potential to teach courses on the reception of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. We welcome candidates with research agendas that could flourish within a liberal arts setting and that could complement and expand our current faculty’s work. We also welcome candidates with the potential to make active service contributions according to their interests within the department and at the College.

This position carries a 3-2 teaching load with a full-salary one-semester research leave prior to tenure review, and generous sabbatical and fellowship leaves for tenured faculty. All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and include full benefits, including travel support and reimbursement for relocation. Faculty at the College cultivate a richly diverse academic community, pursue innovative teaching, and create high-impact scholarship. To learn more about faculty life at the College & the Worcester area, candidates are encouraged to visit our Prospective Faculty page.

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must demonstrate excellence in scholarship and a commitment to effective undergraduate teaching in the context of a liberal arts college. Ph.D. required by the beginning of the appointment.

APPLICATION MATERIALS

Please submit a cover letter addressing the position requirements listed above, a current curriculum vitae, a statement on teaching, and official undergraduate and graduate transcripts. Later in the process candidates may be asked to submit three confidential letters of recommendation and a writing sample.

In your cover letter and statement on teaching, in addition to describing your research and teaching interests, please address the ways you might contribute to and further the College’s mission as a Jesuit, undergraduate liberal arts college and its core commitment to diversity and inclusion. Previous experience teaching, mentoring, or advising diverse student populations is an asset.

Submission Instructions

The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications. Please submit all application materials only through this platform: to https://apply.interfolio.com/130024. Materials submitted through any other means will not be considered.

Review of applications will begin on September 22, 2023, and continue until October 15, 2023. Initial interviews of selected applicants will take place in mid-October. We will conduct these preliminary interviews by Zoom. Questions about this search may be directed to Aaron Seider, aseider@holycross.edu.

COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS

College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,100 students and is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate an enduring commitment to academic excellence and who embrace the educational benefits of a richly diverse community. Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT

The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.

About College of the Holy Cross

The College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,000 students and is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate commitment to the educational benefits of a richly diverse community.

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