The Department of History at Boston University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor whose research and teaching interests focus on Boston in the context of 18th or 19th century American history and the Atlantic World to start July 1, 2015. Teaching experience and a completed Ph.D. by the time of appointment are required. Candidates should submit in PDF format a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching and research statements, and three letters of recommendation by November 3, 2014 to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4471. The search committee plans to interview selected applicants at the meetings of the American Historical Association in early January and to schedule campus visits for finalists soon thereafter. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Boston University strongly encourages applications from women and minorities.
For more information, and to apply, go to: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4471
ARQ 123 | Housing: Urban Form
As far as we know, it was Leon Battista Alberti who first set down in writing the reciprocal analogy between house and city. Writing in the mid-15th century—at a time when cities were believed to grow according to principles of natural law—he proposed the phrase now...