STEVE MASON ANNOUNCES A NT JOB OPENING AT YORK UNIVERSITY (via Ioudaios-L):

Dear Colleagues:

I have been asked by my university to post the following job opening in my unit. Please direct any enquiries about (not to me but) to the person named in the ad. Please feel free to circulate it further.
SM

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CHRISTIAN ORIGINS/NEW TESTAMENT LITERATURE �

The Division of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, York University, invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the Assistant Professor level in the field of Christian Origins and New Testament Literature. The appointment, to commence July 1, 2004, is subject to budgetary approval.

We seek a candidate with a completed PhD at the time of appointment, evidence of a vigorous research agenda with scholarly interests in the Jewish, Greek, and Roman contexts of early Christianity, and promise of excellence in teaching. Other requirements include the ability to teach broad undergraduate courses in Christian studies from an interdisciplinary perspective in the first- and second-year Foundations programme, as well as ancient Greek language. The successful candidate must also have the potential to undertake graduate teaching and supervision. The successful candidate will join the Programmes in Religious Studies and in Classical Studies within the interdisciplinary Division of Humanities; membership in the Centre for Jewish Studies is also possible.

A letter of application, curriculum vitae, three confidential letters of recommendation and a sample of the applicant�s written work (no longer than 20 pages) should reach the Chair by 31 October 2003: Professor Doug Freake, Division of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada (email: dfreake@yorku.ca; phone: 416-736-5158; fax: 416-736-5460).


York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York�s website at http://www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative action office at 416 736-5713.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority.