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Position Announcement | Assistant Professor of Archaeology of the Ancient Greek World

Description

Brown University’s Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World and the Department of Classics invite applications for an Assistant Professor of Archaeology of the Ancient Greek World.

Preference will be given to candidates whose primary focus is the archaeology of Classical Greece, but candidates will also be considered with expertise in Iron Age, Archaic, Hellenistic, Late Antique, or Byzantine Greek archaeology. The capacity to teach in both the Archaeology of the Ancient World and Classics programs is a requisite of this position, as is an active program in field, laboratory, or museum research in the broader Greek world. We seek exceptional junior scholars who augment or complement the present strengths and diversity of our community at Brown University, and who enhance our commitment to inclusive education and research. Qualified applicants will hold a Ph.D. by the time of their appointment (July 1, 2025).

Applications are welcome from candidates who have demonstrated a capacity for innovative research and cross-disciplinary thinking in the archaeology of the ancient Greek World. Candidates must have an outstanding record of scholarly achievement, as well as a proven record of publication and service commensurate with their career stage. Excellence in, and commitment to, undergraduate and graduate teaching are essential. We particularly value active involvement and leading roles in ongoing fieldwork projects.

Application Instructions

All candidates should submit a letter of application, a statement (150-300 words) of their experience and/or ideas for prioritizing diversity and inclusion in their teaching and research, and a curriculum vitae by October 1, 2024. Applicants should provide the names of three referees with up-to-date contact information (including email); referees will be contacted directly by the Search Committee. The Search Committee may also contact candidates to request additional materials, such as course descriptions or writing samples. Applications received by October 1, 2024 will receive full consideration, but the search will remain open until the position is closed or filled.

Please submit application materials online. There is no need to provide hard copies of application materials for those that have already been submitted electronically.

For further information:

Professor Andrew Scherer
Chair, Search Committee
Director, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Joukowsky_Institute@brown.edu

Women in Red

Fashion as Cultural Heritage and Historical Memory | New Choices Program Video Series

Women in Red

Brown University’s Choices Program has just released the final lesson in their updated unit on Confronting Genocide: Never Again? as a free online lesson. This new lesson includes a new video series featuring RISD Museum curator Kate Irvin:

Fashion as Cultural Heritage and Historical Memory

In “Fashion as Cultural Heritage and Historical Memory“, students assess and understand the value of fashion as a source for studying history and culture. Students learn to analyze a fashion piece as an historical object and then view a slideshow of past and present OvaHerero fashion styles from Namibia. Students consider the role of fashion as a political or cultural statement and then sketch their own fashion piece using symbolism. Although the lesson is part of the full Choices unit Confronting Genocide, you do not need the unit to complete this lesson.

The video series features Kate Irvin, Curator and Head of the Department of Costume and Textiles at the RISD Museum. The videos discuss textiles and fashion and how to analyze them in light of history and current events.

To view the lesson plan and videos, click this link.

Choices Curriculum Series: Explore History, Current Issues, and Geography and Save!

Through the Department of History at Brown University, The Choices Program offers educational resources to teachers in order to make innovative pedagogy accessible to all schools. The Choices Program offers all 40 of its history and current issues curriculum units as individual units or in one of five series: U.S. History, World History, Current Issues, Geography, and the Complete Series. Check them out to see which ones are the best fit for your classroom.

Order a series and save 10 percent off the regular price of individual units. (This is our usual series pricing, not a special promotion.) Curriculum is available in print and in our web-based Digital Editions. Choices staff members are ready and willing to assist you with any purchasing decisions or questions via phone call (401-863-3155) or email (choices@brown.edu).

See the full catalog of teaching materials here.

“An Aesthetic and Social Morphology? Georg Simmel and His Legacy” with Andrea Borsari

The Department of German Studies will be presenting the lecture “An Aesthetic and Social Morphology? Georg Simmel and His Legacy” by Andrea Borsari, Professor of Aesthetics at Università Bologna. Following the lecture there will be a reception.

Date: September 21, 2023

Time: 5:30pm

Location: 190 Hope Street, Room 102

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