JOB: Postdoctoral teaching appointment, Harper and Schmidt Fellow, Collegiate Assistant Professor. The Humanities Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago

JOB: Postdoctoral teaching appointment, Harper and Schmidt Fellow, Collegiate Assistant Professor. The Humanities Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago — UPDATE

The Humanities Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago. The Humanities Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago is accepting applications from historians of the twentieth century and contemporary built environment for a four-year postdoctoral teaching appointment as a Harper and Schmidt Fellow who holds the rank of Collegiate Assistant Professor. The Fellow is a member of the College Faculty whose primary responsibility will be to teach art history classes in the College’s general education (Core) program. An ability to incorporate studio teaching into regular courses is desirable.
Application deadline is 15 March 2018.
The job description and more information can be found here.

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