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Position Announcement | Assistant Professor of History of the Ancient Mediterranean World

Position Title: Assistant Professor of History of the Ancient Mediterranean World
Institution Name: The University of Chicago
Position Rank: Assistant Professor
Area of Specialty: Ancient Mediterranean World

The Department of History at the University of Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in the History of the Ancient Mediterranean World to start on or after July 1, 2025. We welcome applications from candidates who either are ABD or hold a recent PhD in a relevant field working on any aspect of the history of the ancient Mediterranean world, broadly construed.

Qualifications
Candidates must have earned the PhD degree in a relevant field prior to the start of the appointment.

Application Instructions
Applicants must apply online at the University of Chicago’s Interfolio website and include:

  • A cover letter
  • A curriculum vitae
  • A research statement
  • A teaching statement
  • A writing sample of no more than 30 pages
  • Three letters of reference.

Consideration of applications will begin on October 1, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled or the search is closed.

View the entire advertisement on the SCS website.

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.

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