Job in ANE History and Aramaic at Chicago University

THAT JOB in Ancient Near Eastern History with an emphasis in Aramaic is still open. There's an advert in The Chronicle of Higher Education: Assistant Professor in Ancient Near Eastern History.

The Oriental Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations of the invite applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in Ancient Near Eastern History with a starting date in Fall of 2013.

Applicants must have the Ph.D. in hand before the appointment begins. The candidate should be a scholar of the pre-Islamic Near East who has synthetic research interests that address problems in ancient history. Demonstrated expertise in Aramaic language and texts is highly desirable.

Scholars whose research concerns the first millennium BC and the early first millennium CE, and whose expertise is with Aramaic texts from that interval (including, but not limited to, Imperial Aramaic, Palestinian Aramaic, Palmyrene, Hatran, Syriac) are encouraged to apply.

Follow the link to the advert for application details.

The deadline last year was 31 December, but now it is 1 September 2012. So go for it.