Job Offer - Associate Professor with tenure track in Environmental History - Sciences Po Paris
Position of an Assistant Professor in Environmental History
Private
sector contract: Assistant Professor with tenure track.
The Center for History at Sciences Po Paris invites
applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
The objective for the creation of this new post is the development of a
research field in environmental history at the Center for History at Sciences
Po (CHSP). It will be integrated into at least one of the research domains at
the CHSP, and it will contribute to reinforce the CHSP’s central research axis,
which is political history understood in its broadest possible terms.
General profile
This position aims to develop nineteenth and/or
twentieth century environmental history as one of the research orientations of
the Center for History at Sciences Po (http://chsp.sciences-po.fr/en). This may be carried out by means of an approach of history in the long durée and via an international
perspective, without any geographical restrictions. All subject areas related
to environmental history may be considered, but the links with the research
fields at CHSP, and a perspective of political history understood in very broad
terms, will be essential. Candidates with an international track record
regarding their research, their professional activities, their teaching experience,
their publications and their linguistic competence will be given a preference.
A solid knowledge of English is indispensable. A working knowledge of French
will be required within a stipulated number of years after appointment. For
those candidates who do not have a solid knowledge of French at the time of
application, teaching will initially be carried out in English.
Research
The candidate is expected to demonstrate her/his
ability to conduct innovative and internationally recognized research.
Candidates must also be well-integrated into the most relevant international
scientific networks. The ability to raise funds for research will be an asset.
The successful candidate will fully participate in the teaching and training of
students. The post will receive special consideration for financial support
assured by the Communauté d’universités et
d’établissements “Université
Sorbonne Paris Cité” (Comue USPC).
Experience with collective research, the desire to engage in such a project and
the competence to lead a sizeable project will thus be taken into consideration.
Teaching duties
Teaching
will take place on all three levels of education offered by Sciences Po: College
of Arts and Sciences (Undergraduate
Programs) on the Paris campus and/or on one of
the regional campuses, as well as Masters and Doctoral programs on the Paris
campus. Teaching will be carried out in French or English. Other than the
teaching of environmental history as such, the successful candidate may also
have to teach in more general areas of history. The ability of the candidate to
teach subject matters that reach beyond the strict limits of her/his research
interests and her/his knowledge of international debates in history will
therefore be appreciated.
Teaching load:
2015-2018: two lecture courses
(24 hours per course)
2018-…: three lecture courses
Recruitment procedure
All candidates must submit their dossiers via email
imperatively. A complete file will consist
of: i) a letter of intent, including motivations for the candidacy and the
delineation of research interests and projects; ii) a curriculum vitae; iii)
electronic copies of three key book chapters or articles”
The
deadline for the receipt of complete application packages is 10 July 2015, 8pm
local time. Please send application materials to Professor Paul-André
Rosental [ rosental@sciencespo.fr ] and to Isabelle de Vienne, executive secretary of
the CHSP [ isabelle.devienne@sciencespo.fr ].