History of Premodern Medicine

The History Department at Binghamton University, State University of New
York, seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Premodern Medicine
beginning in Fall 2015.

Candidates for this position should have an active research agenda that
engages with the history of medicine between c. 800 CE and the onset of the
scientific revolution, c. 1500 CE, and that provides a perspective on
material and visual cultures. Historians whose research encompasses
medicine and medical culture in the Mediterranean World, broadly defined,
including the Byzantine and Islamic Mediterranean, are encouraged to apply,
as well as historians of science whose research intersects with the world
of premodern medicine. The successful candidate will continue the
Department's strong tradition in scholarly research, graduate training, and
undergraduate teaching.

This position is affiliated with the recently established Transdisciplinary
Area of Excellence in Material and Visual Worlds
(http://www.binghamton.edu/academics/provost/tae2013.html), which supports
innovative research, scholarship, and creative work related to the roles of
materiality and visuality in human culture. Under its rubric, scholars from
a wide variety of disciplines seek to understand things and images as
gatherings of technologies, materials, histories, and interactions
extending through space and time. The search committee will include members
of the Material and Visual Worlds steering committee, in addition to
representatives of the History Department.

Requirements: Candidates should have the Ph.D. in hand or have completed
all the requirements for the Ph.D. by summer 2015.

Additional Information: It is the policy of the Binghamton University to
provide for and promote equal opportunity employment, compensation, and
other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the
basis of age, race, color, religion, disability, national origin, gender,
sexual orientation, veteran or military service member status, marital
status, domestic violence victim status, genetic predisposition or carrier
status, or arrest and/or criminal conviction record unless based upon a
bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.

Application Instructions: Applicants will submit a cover letter and an
up-to-date curriculum vitae, research statement, sample course syllabi,
writing sample (up to 20 pages), and three recommendation letters to
http://binghamton.interviewexchange.com. Candidates may include other
materials they deem pertinent to the application. The committee will review
applications until November 14, 2014, and campus interviews will be held in
early December. Contact search committee chair Gerald Kutcher
gkutcher@binghamton.edu with questions. Binghamton University is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer.