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Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) & Research Supporting Members (RSM) Grants

 

Applications for ARCE’s 2025-2026 Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) & Research Supporting Members (RSM) Grants Are Live

Created with resources from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as allocated by the U.S. Congress, ARCE’s Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) sustains an ongoing grants program to support the conservation, preservation and documentation of Egypt’s cultural heritage and the dissemination of knowledge about that heritage.

ARCE is offering a short-term AEF grant (for up to one year) which is designed for highly focused professional projects who serve the cultural heritage needs of Egyptian antiquities that are more than 100 years old. Projects may include the actual preservation or protection of sites, buildings or objects; the participation of conservators or other suitable specialists in antiquities projects; the training of both conservators and students; or the production of publications and presentations that disseminate knowledge about Egypt’s cultural heritage.

ARCE is also accepting applications for The Archaeological Field Research Grant which is open only to current Research Supporting Members (RSM) of ARCE. The purpose of this program is to provide funding to conduct empirical, archaeological research in Egypt at sites that date from prehistory to 100 years old.

AEF and RSM grants only support direct project costs, indirect costs are not allowable. The budget allows for highly specific expenses to be included. Applications should be denominated in U.S. Dollars; ARCE is not responsible for currency fluctuations. Priority will be given to those publication projects that further the AEF mission of excavation, documentation, and conservation of Egypt’s cultural heritage.

The application process for the short-term grant AEF grant and the RSM grant takes place annually. All applications must be prepared and submitted in English. We encourage you to send a draft proposal via email to aef@arce.org before December 20, 2024, to which ARCE’s Program staff will respond with suggesstions and advice.

Application deadline is 12 midnight EST on February 15th, 2025.

Apply here

 

ARIT Events

Dreams of Tsargrad

October 21-22, 2024, in person

A Symposium on Constantinople and the Black Sea in Imperial Russian Imagination at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul.

Cosponsored with the Swedish Institute and the Institut Français d’Études Anatoliennes.

More information

Online lecture: 

Before Midas: Revisiting the Bronze Age in Western Ankara

by Müge Durusu Tanrıöver, Temple University and Bilkent University

Thursday, October 24, 2024, 7:00 pm (Ankara), noon DST

Please register

PLAS team conducting intensive survey on the mound of Karapınar in Polatlı, Ankara

The competition for ARIT Research Fellowships is open!

Please see https://aritweb.org/fellowships/

Application deadline 11/1/2024

SCS Placement

The following advertisement has been added or updated on classicalstudies.org:

Position Title: 1-year Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
Institution Name: Colby College
Position Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor
Area of Specialty: Classics
Application Deadline: 2025-01-15

1-year Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics

The Classics Department at Colby College has been authorized to offer a one-year position at the Visiting Assistant Professor level, beginning fall 2025. We invite applications from candidates capable of teaching with distinction courses in ancient Greek and/or Latin at all undergraduate levels, as well as courses on material culture: art, architecture, archaeology, etc. Research specialization is open. Interdisciplinary approaches that expand the traditional boundaries of Classics or explore contacts between Greece/Rome and other cultures of the ancient world are particularly welcome. The search committee is especially interested in candidates who, through their research, teaching, advising, and/or service, will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the campus community, and have a record of success mentoring individuals from groups under-represented in higher education.

The teaching load is 5 courses per year. Ph.D. by date of appointment is strongly preferred.

View the entire advertisement on the SCS website at https://classicalstudies.org/placement-service/2024-2025/38501/1-year-v…

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Call For Papers: Context & Meaning 2025

We are pleased to announce the twenty-fourth annual Context and Meaning Graduate Student Conference, hosted by the Queen’s University Department of Art History and Art Conservation in Kingston, Ontario. This two-day conference will be in-person on Friday, February 28th and Saturday, March 1st, 2025.

Beginnings are messy. How do we start to tell the history of an artwork, a field, an object, or a phenomenon? Tracing the beginning of histories can reveal inconsistencies in the constructions of canons and problematize issues in the field. Studying the beginnings of fields or the early collecting practices of museums illustrates the complexities of trying to establish something new. Terms such as pioneering, discovery, or origins denote beginnings and are freighted with layers of meaning. Many such terms, like trailblazing and spearheading, imply the extractive processes inherent to narrating history and its foundations. But beginning can alternatively be more positive: creating, growing, caring, and building something anew.

By choosing the theme “Beginnings” for the twenty-fourth annual Context and Meaning conference, the Graduate Visual Culture Association at Queen’s University aims to stimulate discussions about how institutions, fields, and styles are formed, how artists visualize rites of passage in their work, and how beginnings can involve processes of both care and harm.

Some potential topics that we hope to explore include, but are by no means limited to:
– Historiography— the establishment or codification of a “new” academic field (ex: African Art, Craft, Photography, Visual Culture Studies, Design History, Contemporary Art)
– Motherhood, adulthood, growing pains, birth and other rites of passage in art and material culture.
– Migration, exile, and beginning anew due to political, social, or economic circumstances in art and material culture.
– The beginnings of an artwork or object (materials and making, technical art history, the conservation of cultural materials)
– Foundations of artistic movements and figures who are left out of the canon
– The early collecting practices of a museum or cultural institution

Context and Meaning XXIV intends to provide an inclusive forum for multi-disciplinary academic discussion on visual and material culture. We encourage submissions from graduate students and scholars with a broad range of backgrounds and approaches whose research employs visual and material culture in ruminating on the themes of beginning. Submissions are welcome from current graduate students, as well as from those who have completed their graduate studies within the last two years. We seek to assemble a diverse group of scholars to foster interdisciplinary discussions.

If you are interested in participating in Context and Meaning XXIV, please visit www.gvca.ca/context-and-meaning to submit an abstract of no more than 300 words with the title of your paper and a 150-word bio. Each presenter will be asked to deliver a 15-minute presentation that will be followed by a panel discussion period. The deadline to submit an abstract is Friday, November 15th, 2024. Thank you to all who apply!

Daria Murphy & Alana Batten
Conference Co-Chairs
Context & Meaning XXIV
contextandmeaning@queensu.ca

Graduate Visual Culture Association
Department of Art History and Art Conservation
Ontario Hall, Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada

 

Asia: Seven Libraries and One Photo Archive

We are pleased to offer for sale the libraries of these distinguished scholars: Daniel T. Potts, Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara, K.C. Chang, Robert E. Murowchick, and a private collector of Chinese art. Catalogues of the libraries in pdf format are to be found on our Collections page on the Ars Libri website. Each library is offered complete.

Prof. Daniel T. Potts

Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula, Central & Western Asia & The Indus Valley: The Library of Professor Daniel T. Potts. Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University; Freie Universität Berlin (1981-86); University of Copenhagen (1980-81, 1986-1991); Edwin Cuthbert Hall Chair of Middle Eastern Archaeology, University of Sydney (1991-2012); Founding editor of the journal Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

2,611 titles in over 3,165 volumes  

Link to the catalogue

Prof. Phyllis Granoff & Prof. Koichi Shinohara

The Libraries of Professor Phyllis Granoff and Professor Koichi Shinohara, Scholars of Asian Religions. Professor Granoff, Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University, Professor Shinohara, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies, Yale University

9,068 titles in over 11,725 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Prof. K.C. Chang

Chinese Archaeology. The Library of Kwang-Chih
Chang, Ph.D. Harvard University, 1960; Professor, and later Chair of Anthropology Department at Yale University (1961-1976); Chair of Department of Anthropology, Harvard University (1977-1983); John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology at Harvard University (1984-2001); United States National Academy of Sciences Member (1979); Vice-President Academia Sinica, Taipei (1994-1996)

Circa 8,000-9,000 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Dr. Robert E. Murowchick

Japanese Archaeology: Site Reports. The Library of Dr. Robert E. Murowchick. Lecturer of Archaeology, Director of Archaeology Undergraduate Studies, Director of AsianArc: Asian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Research Initiative, Boston University

1,494 titles in 1,591 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Dr. Robert E. Murowchick

The Korean Archaeology, Art History & Cultural Heritage Library of Dr. Robert E. Murowchick. Lecturer of Archaeology, Director of Archaeology Undergraduate Studies, Director of AsianArc: Asian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Research Initiative, Boston University

circa 2,379 volumes

 Link to the catalogue

Dr. Robert E. Murowchick

Chinese and Asian Art Auction Catalogues: Sales from the 1960’s to the 2010’s. From the Library of Dr. Robert E. Murowchick. Lecturer of Archaeology, Director of Archaeology Undergraduate Studies, Director of AsianArc: Asian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Research Initiative, Boston University

circa 2,200 volumes                   

Link to the catalogue

A Collector’s Reference Library

Chinese Art & Archaeology. The Library of a Private Collector of Chinese art

874 titles in circa 1,125 volumes

Link to the catalogue

P.I.X Archive

P.I.X. Photo Agency, New York. Archive of Press Photographs of China, Mongolia and Hong Kong from the1930s Through the 1960s

1,099 vintage gelatin sliver prints

Description and list available upon request
email us at jrutter@arslibri.com

Please email us at orders@arslibri.com for inquiries and further details

SCS Placement

The following advertisement has been added or updated on classicalstudies.org:

Position Title: Postdoctoral Associate
Institution Name: Yale University
Position Rank: Other
Area of Specialty: Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Application Deadline: 2024-12-01

Yale University seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Associate for a one-year position, renewable for a second year, beginning in the academic year 2025-2026 within Archaia: the Yale Program for the Study of Global Antiquity. Archaia is a collaborative forum that brings together scholars and graduate students working on early and pre-modern cultures and civilizations at Yale in the Humanities and Social Sciences in addition to the Divinity and Law Schools and various University collections and libraries, including the Yale University Art Gallery, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Participating departments and disciplines include Classics, East Asian Languages and Literatures, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, History, Religious Studies, Archaeology and Anthropology, History of Art, and the Divinity School. In addition to hosting conferences and colloquia, the year-long Ancient Societies Workshop (ASW), and study tours, Archaia offers a graduate qualification for students interested in research beyond departmental lines. For additional information, see https://archaia.yale.edu/certification. Information about past post-doctoral fellows can be found here.

Past Archaia seminars and ASW topics have included ancient music, comparative linguistics in pre-modern languages, ancient comparative law, ancient ritual, antiquity through the digital humanities, and the archaeology of Dura Europos. Anticipated upcoming topics include environmental determinism, constructions of the human body and race and how these ideas travel cross culturally, and the archaeology of Gerasa; we are also open to other innovative and cross-disciplinary proposals for future workshops and core seminars. We especially welcome applicants working in areas beyond the ancient Mediterranean world.

The postdoctoral associate is expected to take an active role in Archaia programming while pursuing research in their own area of expertise. Additionally, the associate’s duties include: (1) participating in the Archaia Steering Committee, coordinating the graduate certification program, and participating in the graduate forum as a mentor; (2) offering, in the first year, a graduate seminar and/or a study tour (the seminar may be connected with the tour); (3) in the second year of the appointment, co-teaching the Archaia core seminar with a Yale faculty member and/or co-organizing the Archaia Study Tour. The postdoctoral associate will receive guidance from and report to the Archaia co-chairs and will also be provided with at least one mentor from a field/department close to their area of training and expertise.

Salary is commensurate with education and experience along with Yale’s benefits package that includes health insurance.

View the entire advertisement on the SCS website at https://classicalstudies.org/placement-service/2024-2025/38495/postdoct…

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October Updates from ARCE

Implementing a Unified Museum Database System across Cairo-based Museums: CIPAIG Grant Project Launch

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities’ (MoTA) Central Information System: Data Rescue, Training and Needs Assessment Project launch and reception was held on 17 September at the Coptic Museum. Opening remarks were given by U.S. Ambassador Herro Mustafa Garg joined Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Yomna El-Bahar, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Rafik Mansour, and ARCE Executive Director Dr. Louise Bertini to commemorate this project’s historic launch.

The grant will help Egyptian museum staff become more proficient in information technology, documentation, and collections management. Additionally, it will set the stage for a centralised system of documentation and collections management that will ensure accurate monitoring and documenting of artefacts by bringing pieces from various MoTA museums together through a single search interface.

The project will be implemented at various historical museums across Greater Cairo: the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC), the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the Coptic Museum, the Museum of Islamic Art, and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC).

Read about it here

An Ancient Egyptian UNESCO? Special Briefing by Professor Khaled El Enany, nominee for UNESCO’s Director-General Post

In September, ARCE also held a joint event with the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM): a special breakfast briefing in honor of former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Professor Khaled El Enany’s candidacy for the role of United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)’s Director-General post.

Opening remarks by AMCHAM CEO Sylvia Menassa, president Tarek Tawfik, and ARCE Executive Director Dr. Louise Bertini highlighted the vital role tourism and heritage play in the country’s developmental framework, and ARCE’s contributions to cultural heritage preservation.

Inspired by UNESCO’s main values, Professor El Enany delivered a captivating lecture on how life in ancient Egypt tackled the same ethos as the organization’s, interweaving past and present as he explored science, education, ethics, social inclusion and other relevant themes.

Funding for this activity is provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State through a grant from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. 

More about our events

Become a Guardian of Egyptian History

Support ARCE in preserving Egyptian cultural heritage and history for the future through donations that fund efforts in cultural heritage protection and restoration, as well as education, research, and training. Your contribution is not just a donation; it’s your way to make an impact, your way to join us in protecting and saving Egyptian cultural history and being part of the legacy of preserving our most important history.

Donate

Annual Meeting Opportunity for Egyptology Scholars

Are you an Egyptology early-career student hoping to join ARCE’s 2025 in-person Annual Meeting but feeling a little financial pitch? We’re here to help with our Student Access Grant (SAG)!

This year, and ever year, we are offering a maximum of five (5) grants for whom attendance would not be possible without financial support.

Priority will go to first time attendees and presenters at the Annual Meeting.

Apply Today

Present at our Annual Meeting in San Francisco!

ARCE is pleased to announce that the Call for Papers is now open for our 2025 in person Annual Meeting. ARCE’s Annual Meeting brings together hundreds of scholars who present on Egyptian history and heritage, recent fieldwork, technological advances, and much more.

The 2025 In-person Annual Meeting will take place at the Westin St. Francis, San Francisco from April 25-272025, from approximately 08:30 AM US ET to 5:00 PM US ET Friday and Saturday, and 08:30 AM US ET to 3:00pm US ET on Sunday.

All submitters must be members of ARCE in good standing.

Abstract application deadline is 13/12/2024.

N.B. The ARCE Virtual Annual Meeting will NOT take place this year.

Apply here

October Chapter Events 

With more than a dozen individual chapters across the United States and Canada, ARCE’s mission of fostering a broader knowledge and appreciation of Egypt’s cultural heritage among the general public is constantly advanced by active local communities.

Collectively, ARCE Chapters host over 100 lectures per year by experts in topics spanning the full timeline of Egyptian history. These lectures, as well as affiliation with a chapter, are complimentary to all ARCE members. Here are some of their upcoming lectures:

Explore our chapters

Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art: Six Libraries Available

Dr. Joachim Gaehde & Dr. Lilian Randall, Dr. Robert Brooker, Prof. Richard Spear, Dr. Sheldon Peck, Jack Kilgore, Dr. John Hand

Each library is offered complete. Catalogues of the libraries in pdf format are to be found on our Collections page on the Ars Libri website

Dr. Joachim Gaehde & Dr. Lilian M.C. Randall

Medieval Art and Architecture: The Libraries of Professor Joachim Gaehde, Brandeis University and Dr. Lillian M.C. Randall, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore

1,455 titles in ca. 1,675 volumes           

Link to the catalogue

Dr. Robert E. Brooker

Medieval and Early Renaissance Spain & Artistic Relations with Italy, France & Flanders: The Library of Dr. Robert E. Brooker, Jr., Ph.D., Department of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University

 1,929 titles in over 2,175 volumes

 Link to the catalogue

Prof. Richard Spear

Renaissance and Baroque Art: The Library of Prof. Richard E. Spear, Professor of Italian Baroque Art, Oberlin College (1965–2000), Director Allen Memorial Art Museum. Oberlin College (1972–83). Editor-in-Chief of The Art Bulletin (1985–88)

1,929 titles in ca. 2,040 volumes           $75,000

Link to the catalogue

Dr. Sheldon Peck

Rembrandt and his World: The Library of Dr. Sheldon Peck, an important collector of Dutch Drawings of the Golden Age

3,240 titles in circa 3,525 volumes   

Link to the catalogue

Jack Kilgore

Dutch & Flemish Art: The Reference Library of Jack Kilgore & Co., New York

2,249 titles in circa 2,525 volumes            

Link to the catalogue

Dr. John Hand

Late Medieval and Renaissance Art of Northern Europe: France, Germany, and The Netherlands. The Library of John Oliver Hand, Curator of Northern Renaissance Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington

1,572 titles in circa 1,600 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Please email orders@arslibri.com for inquiries and further details

Thirteen Archaeological Libraries Available

 

Each library is offered complete. Catalogues of the libraries, in pdf format, are to be found on our website. Our current stock of collections includes libraries on Archaeology, Art, Architecture & Design from the Ancient World to Contemporary Art.

Professor Daniel T. Potts

Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula, Central & Western Asia & The Indus Valley: The Library of Professor Daniel T. Potts. Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University; Freie Universität Berlin (1981-86); University of Copenhagen (1980-81, 1986-1991); Edwin Cuthbert Hall Chair of Middle Eastern Archaeology, University of Sydney (1991-2012); Founding editor of the journal Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

2,611 titles in over 3,165 volumes              

Link to the catalogue

Professor Geoffrey Thorndike Martin

Ancient Egypt & Nubia: The Library of Professor Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology Emeritus, University College, London; Fellow-Commoner of Christ’s College, University of Cambridge; Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge; Field Director of the Cambridge Expedition to the Valley of the Kings: The Royal Theban Tomb of Horemheb

5,137 titles in 7,408 volumes

Together with over 4,000 uncatalogued offprints

Link to the catalogue

Professor Irene Winter

The Ancient Near East. The Library of Professor Irene J. Winter, William Dorr Boardman Professor of Fine Arts, Department of History of Art & Architecture, Harvard University, 1988-2010; Queens College, CUNY, 1971-1976; The University of Pennsylvania, 1976-1988; MacArthur Foundation Prize recipient, 1983; Editor of the Brill series Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

1,944 titles in over 2,110 volumes

Link to the catalogue

The Library of a Private Collector

The Ancient Near East. History, languages and art of the Near East from prehistoric times until the rise of Islam: The Library of a Private Collector

1,101 titles in ca.1,290 volumes
7 titles printed in the 15th century (Incunabula)
41 titles printed in the 16th century
16 titles printed in the 17th century
26 titles printed in the 18th century
112 titles printed in the 19th century

Link to the catalogue

Professor Dr. Gerhard Fecht

Egyptology: The Library of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fecht, Freie Universität Berlin

1,677 titles in over 2,430 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Professor David Gordon Mitten

The Ancient World: The Library of Professor David Gordon Mitten. James Loeb Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology, Harvard University, George M. A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art, Emeritus, Harvard Art Museums, Associate director Harvard-Cornell Sardis Expedition

 2,774 titles in circa 2,914 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Professor Dr. Hans von Steuben

Greece and the Ancient Mediterranean: The Library of Professor Dr. Hans von Steuben (University of Frankfurt) with Additions from the Library of Michael Petropoulos (Galerie Rhéa, Zürich)

 1,704 titles in circa 1,880 volumes                          

Link to the catalogue

Professor K.C. Chang

Chinese Archaeology. The Library of Kwang-Chih 

Chang, Ph.D. Harvard University, 1960; Professor, and later Chair of Anthropology Department at Yale University (1961-1976); Chair of Department of Anthropology, Harvard University (1977-1983); John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology at Harvard University (1984-2001); United States National Academy of Sciences Member (1979); Vice-President Academia Sinica, Taipei (1994-1996)

Circa 8,000 volumes

 Link to the catalogue

Professor Clemency Chase Coggins

Maya and Mesoamerican Art & Archaeology: From Pre-Columbian to Post-Conquest. With a section on international cultural property, museums, and the international trade in antiquities. The Library of Clemency Chase Coggins, Professor Emerita of Archaeology and Art History, Boston University; Associate of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University

 3,477 titles in over 4,025 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Professor William Kelly Simpson

Egyptology: The Library of Professor William Kelly Simpson
Professor of Egyptology and Near Eastern Language, Civilization and Literature, Yale University

3,106 titles in over 5,600 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Photos of the books as shelved at the Biblioteca Egiptologica M. Rosa Grau, Barcelona

Link to the photographs

Professor Robert E. Murowchick

The Korean Archaeology, Art History & Cultural Heritage Library of Dr. Robert E. Murowchick. Lecturer of Archaeology, Director of Archaeology Undergraduate Studies, Director of AsianArc: Asian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Research Initiative, Boston University

 circa 2,379 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Professor Robert E. Murowchick

Japanese Archaeology: The Library of Dr. Robert E. Murowchick. Lecturer of Archaeology, Director of Archaeology Undergraduate Studies, Director of AsianArc: Asian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Research Initiative, Boston University

Preliminary catalogue June 2023

1,494 titles in 1,591 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Forthcoming Libraries (cataloging in progress)

Professor Piotr Steinkeller

Assyria & Mesopotamia. The Library of Professor Piotr Steinkeller, Research Professor of Assyriology, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, 1981 to present. Research Associate, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1974-1981

Catalogue available Winter 2024

Please email orders@arslibri.com for inquiries and further details.

 

Assistant Professor of Archaeology, tenure-track (University of Denver)

Work type: Faculty Full-Time
Location: Denver, CO
Categories: Faculty
Division: Arts & Humanities/Social Sciences

Apply here: https://jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/497526/assistant-professor-of-archaeology

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Denver invites applications for an assistant professor tenure-track position with an anticipated starting date of September 2025. We seek a candidate with specialization in North American Archaeology or Latin American Archaeology whose work addresses one or both of the following departmental priorities:

  1. Archaeology: digital/emergent practices, and non-invasive archaeological methods. For example: lidar, drone-based data collection, integration with GIS, bridging heritage management and technology with descendant communities.
  2. Heritage studies: Traditional ecological knowledge, folklore, oral history, digital archives/mapping, migration and mobility, critical heritage studies, natural resource use, or the application of heritage-based technologies or frameworks to archaeological practice.

The successful candidate will be encouraged to integrate the extant archaeological collections housed in the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology (DUMA) into their teaching and/or research. To do so, they may need to collaborate with faculty and staff outside the department for shared university resources (e.g., material analysis laboratories, GIS).

The successful candidate will teach five courses per year over three quarters (fall, winter, spring). The ideal candidate, in addition to courses in anthropology and their regional area of specialization, should be able to offer courses that are accessible and appealing to undergraduate students who represent a broad range of majors. They will also teach courses that provide methodological, analytical, and/or theoretical training for students in the MA program. Some upper-divisional courses will be open to a mix of advanced undergraduate and entry-level MA students. Interest in and the ability to teach community engaged and/or service learning courses would be welcomed. Candidates may also be asked to establish and teach an archaeological or applied field school.

Essential Functions

  • Teach five courses per year over three quarters (fall, winter, spring) that reflect candidate’s area of specialization.
  • Teach courses that serve the University’s common (general education) curriculum.
  • Contribute to the Department’s MA programs in archaeology, cultural anthropology, and/or museum and heritage studies.
  • Mentor and advise undergraduate and graduate students.
  • Work effectively with DUMA staff in making use of collections and other museum resources (such as the gallery).
  • Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to work effectively with diverse populations; implement inclusive excellence principles in the classroom.
  • Serve as a good academic citizen within the Department of Anthropology, the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, the University of Denver, the profession, and community beyond.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Advanced scholarly expertise (PhD level) in the field of archaeology or related field
  • Successful publication of peer-reviewed scholarship
  • Field experience in archaeological research, cultural heritage, and resource policy and management
  • Excellent skills in oral and written communication
  • Excellent teaching skills
  • Ability to interact constructively with a diverse population of faculty, staff, and undergraduate students.

Required Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in anthropology or other closely related field
  • Evidence of active research agenda and record of publication
  • Proven record of successful teaching experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • We seek qualified candidates who can contribute to our diversity and to the advancement of inclusive excellence through their teaching, research, and service.
  • The Department is particularly interested in candidates whose teaching and research focus on North America or Latin America
  • Interest in and the ability to teach community engaged and/or service learning courses would be welcomed.
  • Strong commitment to department and university service

Working Environment

1. Standard office environment.
2. Unexpected interruptions occur often, and stress level is moderate to high.
3. Noise level is quiet to moderate.

Physical Activities

1. Ability to sit in front of a computer for an extended period of time.
2. Ability to sit or stand in front of a classroom for an extended period of time.
3. Occasionally required to move about the office/campus with the capability of transporting objects up to 20 lbs.

Work Schedule
While the University’s administrative offices are open Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, faculty schedules vary from term to term and are based on courses taught, service commitments, and research agendas. The University’s academic calendars are posted on the registrar’s website (the law school is on a semester system and has a different academic calendar).

Application Deadline
For consideration, please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) October 25, 2024.

Special Instructions

Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Salary Grade

The salary grade for this position is UC

Salary Range:
The salary range for this position is $75,000-$80,000

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Benefits:
The University of Denver offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.

Statement of Other Duties Disclaimer:

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Please include the following documents with your application:

  1. Letter of application (including a statement of areas of research and teaching interest)
  2. Curriculum Vitae
  3. Teaching Philosophy
  4. Separate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statement – The University of Denver and the Department of Anthropology are committed to building a diverse and inclusive educational environment. Applicants should acquaint themselves with our priorities and initiatives by visiting these websites: http://www.du.edu/diversity-inclusion/https://www.du.edu/equity/indigenous-initiatives, and http://www.du.edu/cme/. Applicants are requested to include in their cover letter and supporting materials information about how they will advance this commitment in their teaching.
  5. Names and email addresses of three recommenders.

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital, family, or parental status, pregnancy or related conditions, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. The University of Denver does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital family, and parental status, pregnancy, genetic information, military enlistment, or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the University’s educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Equal Pay Act; the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Worker’s Rights (“POWR”) Act; and any other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation. For more information, please see the University of Denver’s Non‑Discrimination‑Statement.

All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.

Advertised: August 27, 2024

Applications close: October 25, 2024

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