A LATE ANTIQUE STUDIES POSITION IN BUDAPEST:

Assistant Professor of Late Antique Studies

Central European University (CEU) invites applications for a full-time faculty position in Late Antique Stud-ies in the Department of Medieval Studies beginning September 2009 or as soon as possible thereafter, at the rank of Assistant Professor. Candidates who can demonstrate a focus in research and/or teaching on the east-ern Mediterranean in late antiquity will be preferred. Appointment will be made for an initial period of four years, and is renewable.

About CEU
CEU is an English-speaking, research-intensive postgraduate university located in Budapest, Hungary, char-tered in the U.S. and accredited both in the U.S. and in Hungary. Its primary mission is to contribute to the development of open societies in the post-Communist and the developing countries by promoting academic excellence, critical thought and cutting-edge research. The university enrolls each year around 1,000 students from over eighty countries. The academic staff consists of around a hundred faculty from over thirty coun-tries.

About the Department of Medieval Studies
The Department of Medieval Studies, founded in 1992, is part of CEU’s School of Historical and Interdisci-plinary Studies. It cooperates closely with CEU’s Department of History and currently offers one-year and two-year MA programs, the latter jointly with the Department of History, and an independent PhD program in Interdisciplinary Medieval, Byzantine and Late Antique Studies. The annual intake of students amounts to some twenty to twenty-five students in the MA programs and between six to eight in the doctoral program, usually representing the whole thematic range of interdisciplinary Medieval Studies as cultivated by the De-partment. The Department has a permanent faculty of eighteen including postholders in the related fields of Late Antique Studies (Latin), Eastern Christian Studies, Late Antique and Medieval Philosophy and Theol-ogy, Islamic Studies, and Byzantine Studies. It puts great emphasis on team-teaching, joint seminars and close thesis-supervision.

Job description
The successful candidate will carry out high-quality research in the field of Late Antique Studies, including the development of grant proposals and the implementation of projects. Research time is in principle 35 % of the full-time position.

S/he is expected

to provide broad and specialized classes for both the MA and PhD programs on late antique history and culture. These classes should include a survey class on late antique history, with a focus on the eastern half of the Roman Empire, from c.285 to c.700;
to help develop and administer, and to contribute to the teaching of the envisaged specialisation in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (LABS);
to participate in the activities of CEU’s Center for Hellenic Traditions (CHT), founded in 2004, of which the future postholder will be a Fellow. The CHT promotes Hellenic, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at CEU, in the region and beyond.
Additional responsibilities will include the provision of supervision to MA and PhD students with a research interest in late antiquity and participation in the MA and PhD Seminars regularly convened at the Department. A full-time teaching load at CEU currently consists of twelve credits per academic year, one credit being twelve times fifty minutes of teaching.

Requirements
Applicants must have the PhD by the beginning of the appointment in September 2009 and show promise of a distinguished career as a scholar and teacher. The successful candidate will have an active research agenda in late antique history and culture and the ability to teach as specified above.

Knowledge of both Greek and Latin is essential. Knowledge of additional source languages, such as Hebrew, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Armenian or Georgian, will be an advantage, as will be the ability to contribute to CEU’s existing specialisation in Religious Studies (RSP) and substantial international connections in the field of Late Antique Studies. Fluency in English is a requirement.

Send letter of application including an outline of future research, curriculum vitae, a writing sample of ap-proximately 50 pages, and names and addresses of three referees to to the Rector and President of Central European University, c/o Ms Judit Pallos, Late Antique Studies Search Committee, Human Resources Office, Central European University, Nador u. 9, H–1051 Budapest, fax +36 (1) 235-6135, e-mail: advert@ceu.hu. If the writing sample is a section of a larger book manuscript or dissertation, please include an abstract and table of contents or a statement of how the writing sample fits in with the larger project. Po-tential applicants who wish to enquire informally about the position are encouraged to contact the Head of the Department of Medieval Studies, Professor Gyorgy Gereby (gerebygy@ceu.hu). For full consideration applications must be received by December 1, 2008.

CEU is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community.

From Istvan Perczel on the Hugoye list.