The Amherst College Department of French invites applications for an open-rank full-time position (at either the tenure-track or tenured level) with a focus in Francophone literatures and cultures, starting on July 1, 2025. Any appointment with tenure will be contingent upon a positive tenure review.

We seek candidates with scholarly expertise in one or more of the following regions and their diasporas: sub-Saharan Africa, the Maghreb, the Caribbean, the Pacific, and/or Asia. We especially welcome an interdisciplinary approach with research interests in any combination of the following: colonial and post-colonial history, environmental humanities, medical humanities, gender and sexuality studies, and visual studies. Candidates must demonstrate evidence of active research, teaching excellence, and native or near-native fluency in French. A proven record of language instruction at the intermediate level is an essential component of the requested qualifications. The teaching load is two courses per semester, in addition to advising senior honors theses. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will engage in the life of the department and the college.

Candidates must have the Ph.D. degree (or equivalent) in hand by the start of the appointment. Applications received by September 16, 2024, will be given full consideration. Candidates are asked to submit electronically to http://apply.interfolio.com/147279 an application letter of no more than two single-spaced pages addressed to “Professor Laure Katsaros, Department of French,” describing how their research interests and teaching experience and philosophy speak to the job description; a current curriculum vitae; three confidential letters of recommendation; a writing sample of no more than twenty-five double-spaced pages; and the titles and descriptions of three advanced-level literature and culture courses the candidate would offer (not exceeding 150 words per course). The application letter and curriculum vitae must be in English; the letters of recommendation, writing sample, and brief course descriptions may be either in English or in French. First-round interviews will be held via Zoom. Questions and inquiries may be addressed to our Departmental Coordinator Matthew Maxwell (mmaxwell@amherst.edu) or to Professor Laure Katsaros (lakatsaros@amherst.edu).

Amherst College is one of the most highly selective and diverse liberal arts colleges in the country.  Nearly half of our students identify as domestic students of color, and another 11 percent are international, with non-U.S. citizenship; 16 percent are the first members of their families to attend college.  Amherst is committed to providing financial aid that meets 100 percent of every student’s demonstrated need, and nearly 60 percent of our students receive financial aid. Our expectation is that the successful candidate will excel at teaching and mentoring students who are broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual identity, and religion.

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint a full-time University Assistant Professor in Early Modern French, from 1 October 2024 for a period of three years.

The Assistant Professor will contribute to the teaching and examining of 17th-Century French Literature, Thought and Culture, more broadly across early modern French Studies.

We invite applications from candidates with a record of, or clear potential for leading outstanding research in 17th-century French studies along with a broad-based expertise in early modern French. A particular interest in French Thought, while not obligatory, would be welcome.

It is also expected that the appointee will have the opportunity to participate in teaching and examining at postgraduate level in their field of expertise. The role includes an active contribution to the administration of the Faculty's activities. We welcome applicants with a record of excellence in research, commensurate with career stage, and a strong trajectory.

Full details: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45559/

Further particulars: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45559/file/Further+Particulars.pdf

 

The closing date for applications is midnight (GMT) on Thursday 18 April 2024. We plan to hold interviews and selection activities in person during mid-May, subject to change.

Prospective candidates are welcome to seek more information beyond the Further Particulars by contacting Professor Nicholas Hammond at ngh20@cam.ac.uk. On questions of procedure, please contact the School HR team on MMLLPersonnel@admin.cam.ac.uk.

The French section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Mount Allison University invites applications for a full-time three-year term position in French Caribbean or Francophone Africa/African Diasporic literatures at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2024, subject to budgetary approval.

Candidates must have a PhD in French completed or near completion by the date of appointment. The successful candidate will teach the equivalent of five three-credit courses in the French Studies Program, likely three language instruction courses and two literature courses. Native or near-native fluency in French is essential for this position, as is the ability to teach French language at all levels.  

The deadline for receiving applications is March 25, 2024.  

To apply, please send to the Search Committee Chair:

• A Curriculum Vitae
• Evidence of successful university teaching (e.g. teaching dossier, student and peer evaluations, etc.)
• Three letters of reference (under separate cover)

Search Committee Chair:

Dr. James Devine, Acting Head
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
49A York Street, Crabtree Building
Mount Allison University
Sackville, New Brunswick, CANADA  E4L 1C7
E-mail jtdevine@mta.ca  Fax: 506-364-2422

At Mount Allison, we are committed to ensuring your interview experience is as comfortable and accessible as possible. If you require any accommodations or adjustments during the interview process, please do not hesitate to inform us. Your needs are important to us, and our dedicated team is here to support you.

Mount Allison University is committed to diversity and inclusiveness. We encourage applications from members of racialized communities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual and gender identities. We seek candidates with qualifications and knowledge to contribute to the further diversification of our campus community.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Canadian and permanent residents should indicate their citizenship status in their application.

Mount Allison University acknowledges, honours, and respects that the land named Sackville, NB is part of the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People who are the historic inhabitants, custodians, and dwellers on the land where our University is built and confirms its commitment to strengthening relationships with all Indigenous people.

East Carolina University – Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Position No. 936029 – Assistant Professor tenure-track
Direct Link for Application: http://ecu.peopleadmin.com/hr/postings/66460

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin August 2024. We seek candidates in French and Francophone Studies with an active scholarly agenda in the literatures and cultures of the French-speaking African diaspora in one or more of the following areas: Caribbean, Mediterranean, or Indian Ocean, including the diaspora in France and Europe or in transnational and transcultural studies. Candidates will conduct research rooted in the 20th and/or 21st centuries and in one or more transdisciplinary field(s), including, but not limited to, visual studies, environmental studies, ethnic studies, gender and sexuality studies, or performance studies. The successful candidate will be expected to generate high quality (in content and style) publications which reveal consistent research efforts.

We also seek candidates with potential for or demonstrated excellence in teaching. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate language, literature, and culture courses in the French program, general-education courses in English in the Global Studies program, and core and concentration courses for the African and African American Studies program. New courses may be developed and all courses may be taught in face-to-face, hybrid, and/or online formats.

The successful candidate also will play an active role in student recruitment to programs of study within the department and to the African and African American Studies program. Further service to the university, community, and profession is expected.

Please apply through https://ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/66460.

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint a full-time University Assistant Professor in Francophone Postcolonial Studies from 1 September 2024.

The Assistant Professor will contribute to the teaching and examining of Francophone Postcolonial Studies, and to the teaching and examining of the French language.

Candidates will have a record of, or clear potential for, outstanding research in Postcolonial Studies, along with a broad-based knowledge of Francophone literary and cultural studies. Expertise will be required in one or more of the following areas: literature, film and visual culture, and history; and in relation to research fields such as Francophone histories of colonialism and enslavement and their global legacies, Postcolonial/Decolonial Theory, Critical Race Theory, and Migration Studies.

Full details: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41896/

Further particulars: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41896/file/Further+Particulars+%28AP+Francophone+MT24%29.pdf

The closing date for applications is midnight (BST) on 15 October 2023. We plan to hold interviews and selection activities in person during late November 2023, subject to change.

Prospective candidates are welcome to seek more information beyond the Further Particulars by contacting Professor Emma Gilby, Director of French, at eg207@cam.ac.uk. On questions of procedure, please contact the School HR team on MMLLPersonnel@admin.cam.ac.uk.

Details in link below:

https://www.unfjobs.org/postings/18288

Details in link below:

https://jobs.etsu.edu/postings/20083

The Department of French and Italian at the University of Pittsburgh is currently accepting applications for its MA/PhD and PhD programs in French. Our teaching and research strengths are global and transhistorical, and they are organized into four networks: gender and sexuality, film and media, nation/transnation, and environment. Students have the opportunity to take departmental seminars that focus on a historical period or geographic context and seminars that explore our networks from a diachronic perspective. These research networks extend out into the many departments and programs around campus with which we collaborate, and students are encouraged to take seminars, work with faculty, and pursue graduate certificates in African Studies; Cultural Studies; Digital Studies and Methods; European Union Studies; Film and Media Studies; Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; Global Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; and West European Studies. Pittsburgh is a vibrant, diverse, and thriving urban community, consistently ranked among the most livable cities in the United States.

 

The University of Pittsburgh supports students for five years by providing full tuition scholarships, teaching and research fellowships, and individual health insurance coverage at no cost. Applicants from underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to apply as there are additional fellowships available at the University level. The application deadline is January 15^th, 2022.

 

Our department offers a welcoming and supportive community in which students can develop their interests within and beyond the academy. Students are closely mentored by faculty from the day they arrive to the day they graduate through informal mechanisms and organized preprofessional workshops and coursework. Students receive pedagogical training at all levels of the curriculum, and advanced students have the opportunity to teach at the third-year level in courses such as Reading French: Literature, Media, Culture; France in the 21^st Century; and Speaking French: Atelier d’expression orale. Advanced PhD students also gain experience teaching courses in English on gender and sexuality and French cinema. Students also have the opportunity to learn how to teach for study abroad through our summer program in Nantes. Full-year research and teaching abroad experiences are available through our partnerships with the University of Nanterre. Summer funding for research and travel are available at the departmental, college, and university levels.

Details below:

GeorgiaState_LecturerinFrench_2021.pdf

Details in link below:

https://jobs.rhodes.edu/postings/3646