Career Center

The history department at Colby College seeks applicants for a Visiting Assistant

Professor in Modern Atlantic World History (1-year sabbatical replacement), with a

preferred focus on (but not exclusively) intellectual history, histories of race, gender, and

sexuality, and histories of trans-Atlantic slavery, migration, trade, and empire, beginning

July 1, 2024. The department is especially interested in scholars whose work is not

focused on North America. The successful candidate will teach four courses in total,

including a survey course on Atlantic World History and HI 276, Patterns and Processes

in World History. We are particularly interested in candidates who bring to the

classroom experiences, identities, ideas, and ways of engaging that resonate with the

increasingly diverse student body at Colby. We seek candidates with great potential to

be innovative, effective, and inclusive teacher-scholars, who may be willing to make use

of resources such as the Colby Museum of Art, Special Collections, and the Mule Works

Innovation Lab. The Colby History Department is committed to professional

development and the future advancement of all its members. PhD required by the start

of the appointment.

Colby is a private, coeducational liberal arts college that admits students and makes personnel

decisions on the basis of the individual’s qualifications to contribute to Colby’s educational

objectives and institutional needs. The principle of not discriminating on the basis of race, color,

age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, caste, national or ethnic

origin, marital status, genetic information, political beliefs, veteran or military status, parental

status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, physical or mental disability

unrelated to the job or course of study requirements is consistent with the mission of a liberal

arts college and the law.

Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy, a

statement of research interests, and three confidential letters of recommendation. The

statement of teaching philosophy and the statement of research interests should

demonstrate commitment to the values of diversity and inclusive teaching. Please submit

applications via Interfolio at the following link http://apply.interfolio.com/132965. Review of

applications will begin on December 1, 2023, and will continue until the position is filled.

About Colby College

Founded in 1813, Colby is the 12th-oldest private liberal arts college in the country. Located in central Maine, our 714-acre Mayflower Hill campus overlooks downtown Waterville and the Kennebec River Valley.

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