The Department of History at North Carolina State University invites applicants for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the history of Modern Africa, beginning August 2025. We seek to identify a candidate who has strong promise as a scholar and teacher and whose research engages with a period from the 18th century to the present. Candidates who can contribute to ongoing conversations about topics of contemporary historical concern – for example, race, ethnic & religious identities, gender, sexuality, slavery, social justice, empire, colonialism, nationalism and state formation, politics of extraction and development, health and the environment, migration, or global connections – are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will teach