Open-Rank Literature Professor (Medieval–Modern)

The-University-of-Austin-; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Research stipend

Job summary

The University of Austin (UATX) invites applications for full- or part-time faculty positions in Literature within the Center for Arts. We welcome candidates specializing in medieval British, Irish, and European literature or modern British, Irish, and American literature.

Faculty will teach across regions and centuries within Intellectual Foundations, pursuing an ambitious research agenda while offering undergraduate courses in history, philosophy, and other humanities areas.

Qualifications

• Candidates should be enthusiastic about teaching broadly across multiple regions and centuries in the context of a curriculum focused on recurring debates, abiding structures, intellectual history, and the development of Western civilization.
• Ideal candidates will be passionate about teaching, eager to innovate, and committed to reforming higher education.

Responsibilities

• Teach a dedicated survey of medieval literature and courses on Dante, Chaucer, and Shakespeare’s English history plays.
• Teach Victorian literature, modernism, and literary theory.
• Engage in undergraduate teaching within a liberal arts curriculum and develop active research agendas.

Skills

Medieval literature

Modern literature

Curriculum development

Job description

The University of Austin (UATX) invites applications for full- or part-time faculty positions in Literature within the Center for Arts. We welcome candidates specializing in medieval British, Irish, and European literature or modern British, Irish, and American literature.

Faculty will teach across regions and centuries within Intellectual Foundations, pursuing an ambitious research agenda while offering undergraduate courses in history, philosophy, and other humanities areas.