Dear Wiggies
We have a job opening for an Assistant Professor in Comparative Literature at Franklin College Switzerland (located in Lugano, Switzerland) with a possible emphasis in German or Swiss Studies. Please circulate if you know of anyone who might be interested.
Thanks and best,
Caroline Wiedmer
Professor and Chair,
Department of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies
Franklin College Switzerland
Email: [log in to unmask]
Job Announcement: Assistant Professorship in Literatures at Franklin College Switzerland
Franklin College Switzerland invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Literature with a strong interest in comparative or transnational approaches to literary and cultural studies. The position is full-time with a clear promotion ladder in accord with the Anglo-American model, beginning in fall 2012 (pending funding).
The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. at the time of application, a track-record of outstanding scholarship and teaching, and will be expected to teach undergraduate courses, lead academic travel, and maintain an active research agenda. S/he will help shape a dynamic, multilingual Department of Literature and Culture and complement our research and course offerings in topics such as travel and migration, food, memory, gender and sexuality, and law and culture. We are looking not so much for a particular period or national literature as for genuine engagement with the interplay of literary and cultural representations across national, linguistic, historic and genre borders.
Conference call interviews, followed by on-campus interviews for finalists. Preference will be given to candidates with near-native or native English, knowledge of European culture and teaching experience in the American classroom. Please submit a letter of application, a cv, and a one-page course proposal to [log in to unmask] by November 15, 2011. Please direct all questions to Professor Caroline Wiedmer, search committee chair, at [log in to unmask]
Franklin College Switzerland is a small, international, private liberal arts college located in Lugano, accredited in both the US and Switzerland (www.fc.edu). Franklin College Switzerland is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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