Two Jobs at Nova Southeastern

[We have the following announcement.  DRE] 

The Department of Humanities and Politics at Nova Southeastern University has two job searches that might be of interest to the readers of the Legal History Blog (or their soon to finish/job searching graduate students).  We are currently conducting searches for:

HISTORY [Faculty (Rank TBD) - History - 994606]:  Ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses History and related disciplines such as National Security Affairs and International Studies.  Record of teaching and research in U.S. history with an emphasis on one or more of the following: a) intelligence and espionage; b) domestic security; c) civil liberties and the law.  Secondary focus on the Atlantic World or the Middle East or Africa a plus.  Prior college-level teaching experience required.  Doctoral Degree in History or Security Studies or related discipline required.  The teaching load will be a combination of eight undergraduate/graduate course sections per year (4x4) in various formats as necessary (on campus days, on-campus evenings, off-campus, online, etc.).

LEGAL STUDIES [Legal Studies Faculty (Rank TBD) --998184]: Ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Legal Studies and related disciplines.  Record of teaching and research in legal studies with an emphasis on one or more of the following: civil liberties; constitutional history; environmental law.  Ability to teach courses in other disciplines housed in the Department of Humanities and Politics a plus.  Prior college-level teaching experience required.  Doctoral Degree in History, Political Science, or Philosophy -- or Juris Doctor (JD) with a master’s degree in history, political science or philosophy -- required.  The teaching load will be a combination of eight undergraduate/graduate course sections per year (4x4) in various formats as necessary (on campus days, on-campus evenings, off-campus, online, etc.).

Both searches are ongoing and will continue until filled.  Initial review of applications will begin immediately.

Economic History job at Vanderbilt

 [We share the following job ad.]

Assistant Professor of History, Tenure-track 

Nashville, TN 

Open Date:  Oct 15, 2020 

Close Date: Dec 15, 2020 

Position Description 

Economic History. The Department of History at Vanderbilt University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor with excellent research on any topic within an economic framework, including (but not limited to), political economy, the history of commodities, trade networks, business history, free and unfree labor, finance, economic thought, consumer cultures, and the global development of capitalism. We are open to all approaches but have particular interest in those engaging in legal and regulatory regimes and/or comparative/global work. We will consider work on any chronological or geographic specialty but have particular interest in candidates working on periods before the twentieth century and on regions outside the United States.

Applicants should upload a letter of interest, a complete curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, a statement of teaching philosophy and diversity and inclusion, and three letters of recommendation via Interfolio at this link: http://apply.interfolio.com/79939. The successful applicant must have completed the Ph.D. by August 16, 2021.  Review of applications will begin on December 15, 2020.  Files will continue to be accepted until the search is complete. Inquiries about the position may be sent to Professor Jefferson Cowie (j.cowie@vanderbilt.edu).

Vanderbilt University has a strong institutional commitment to recruiting and retaining an academically and culturally diverse community of faculty. Minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups, in particular, are encouraged to apply. Vanderbilt is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

--Mitra Sharafi

Assistant to the Executive Director at NJCHS

[We have the following job announcement.  DRE]

Assistant to the Executive Director for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society

The Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society (NJCHS) is seeking an Assistant to work in close partnership with the Executive Director promoting awareness of the important role that the judicial system plays in our society. The successful candidate will bring their creativity, attention to detail, and passion to the work of the Society by designing outreach and other materials, helping build and support events, supporting educational and member outreach, and performing administrative tasks and other projects as needed. 

What is the NJCHS?  The NJCHS is a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to preserve and promote the vibrant history of the law in the Ninth Circuit, and to raise awareness of the important role that the judicial system plays in our society. We accomplish our mission through an ambitious schedule of programming, exhibits, oral histories, and publication of our journal, Western Legal History. More information about the Society is available on our website.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Communications Support

• Design newsletters to send to members
• Maintain WordPress website including creating and supporting webpages for key events, programs, and fundraising initiatives
• Design, create and/or update PowerPoint presentations for Board Meetings and/or events
• Assist in designing print and digital media such as flyers, T-shirts, posters, and announcement materials
• Maintain membership database (Little Green Light) updating and tracking memberships and sending monthly renewal letters

Administrative Support

• Help coordinate tracking and reporting of payments, sponsorships, and membership dues
• Maintain accounts payable/receivable along with depositing and tracking checks
• Supervise all bank accounts including credit card account and responsible for reviewing and compiling monthly bank statements
• Maintain Stripe account and coordinate integration throughout all platforms
• Track project budgets for special events such as our Annual Gala
• Manage incoming and outgoing mail

Special Events

•  Support registration and logistical support related to special events
• Run Zoom webinars for virtual events including practice sessions
• Liaison with other organizations and teams to coordinate co-sponsored events
  

Qualifications

• You have 1-2 years of experience in an administrative and/or project coordination role
• Strong written and verbal communication skill
• Experience with a variety of technology systems, and ability to troubleshoot and research solutions when needed
• Experience working in Google Suite, Zoom, Excel, WordPress and Mailchimp
• Familiarity with basic graphic design
• Working with nonprofits, foundations, and/or government agencies is a plus
• Experience working with a CRM system (Salesforce, LGL etc.) is a plus 

Personal Qualities

• The NJCHS has a very small staff, so you are highly organized, a team player, flexible, and thrive in a fast-paced work environment where you have real responsibility in a supportive environment
• You are an effective communicator and a proactive problem solver  
• Familiarity with the role of the judiciary a plus
  

Position Details

• Start date: January 2021
• This can be either a full-time position or part time position. While we are currently working remotely, successful candidates are expected to be available for in-person work in the San Francisco Bay Area post-Covid.
• Salary commensurate with experience 

To Apply

If this sounds like a perfect fit for your expertise and interest, please email executivedirector@njchs.org and include a personalized cover letter and your resume. Please include Assistant to the Director in the subject line of the email.

History Job at Harvard Business School

 [We share the following job posting. Note the deadline that is fast approaching: Nov.2, 2020.]

 Harvard Business School is seeking candidates with a Ph.D. in history for a tenure-track position in the Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) unit.  While candidates may study any geographic region or time period, we are especially looking for scholars whose research focuses on one or more of the following areas: business-government relations, economic development, democratic governance, international institutions and/or international relations, law, political economy, public policy, and trade.  Candidates may come directly from Ph.D. programs or from the faculties of other universities.  The appointment will begin on July 1, 2021.

Further information is available here.

 --Mitra Sharafi

Edwards to Princeton

The Princeton University Department of History has announced the appointment of Laura Edwards to the faculty. From the announcement:

Credit

Laura Edwards specializes in legal history. She comes to Princeton this winter from Duke University, where she was hired as an associate professor in 2001 and appointed to full professor in 2005. Edwards previously was on the faculty of the University of California-Los Angeles from 1997-2001, and the University of South Florida from 1993-97.

Edwards is the author of four books on the legal history of the American South, including The People and Their Peace: Legal Culture and the Transformation of Inequality in the Post-Revolutionary South (2009), which received the Charles Sydnor Prize, awarded by the Southern Historical Association for the best book on Southern history, and the Littleton-Griswold Prize, awarded by the American Historical Association for the best book on the history of American law and society.

She holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A. from Northwestern University.

Congratulations to Princeton and to Professor Edwards!

-- Karen Tani

Assistant Professorship in Legal History at Tilburg

[We have word of a listing of an Assistant Professor in Legal History job at Tilburg University, with a deadline of October 19.  DRE]

Tilburg University | Tilburg Law School is looking for an Assistant Professor in Legal History
Job description

Job opportunity for an Assistant Professor in Legal History, in the department of Public Law and Governance (PLG). PLG is a large, diverse and interdisciplinary department, home to nearly 100 academic staff and a range of legal and social science disciplines. You will develop and grow in teaching as well as research, both individually and as part of a team of ambitious scholars.

Job description
As assistant professor, you develop and teach courses in the bachelor Rechtsgeleerdheid (in Dutch), in the bachelor Liberal Arts (English) and bachelor Global Law (English), which include courses mostly in the field of legal history, as well as in humanities (European history of the early modern period). You will supervise bachelor theses. You also participate in research carried out by the team of the legal philosophy, jurisprudence and legal history scholars, part of the Department of Public Law and Governance. In the course of your appointment, you will develop a research profile, in line with the research profile and priorities of the Law School. The research conducted within Tilburg Law School is aimed at both scientific and societal relevance. It is organized into several cross-departmental research programs, including Global Law and Governance, New Modes of Lawmaking and Governance in a Multilayered Order, Law and Security, and Law and Technology. Key research themes of legal history include the history of international law, the history of commercial law and the history of public law and governance. The intended ratio between teaching and research is roughly 40%-40%, with the remaining 20% for administrative duties.

Constitutional History Chair at VMI

[The following announcement appeared on H-Net.  DRE]

The Virginia Military Institute seeks a tenure-track associate or full professor for a newly endowed chair in United States Constitutional History, to begin in August 2021. Candidates should be well-prepared to develop and teach a new, core-curriculum, upper-division introduction to United States Constitutional history. Core curriculum courses are required of all cadets.

The normal teaching load of nine credit hours per semester includes six credit hours of the new upper-division course in Constitutional History plus three credit hours per semester of an upper-division elective course as mutually agreed with the department head. Enrollments in all courses are capped at 21 or fewer students per section.

This position includes significant administrative duties related to the new course and to VMI’s commitment to ensuring that our graduates possess a thorough grounding in the principles and substance of the United States Constitution. The successful candidate will oversee other faculty teaching the course, represent the course as a member of VMI’s Core Curriculum Oversight Committee, and coordinate extracurricular speakers and events.

Minimum requirements include an earned Ph.D. in United States history and substantial teaching   experience bearing directly on the United States Constitution and its history. The most attractive applicants will have a genuine interest in developing and overseeing a core curriculum course, and significant experience managing both people and resources. We seek a colleague enthusiastic about joining a vibrant teaching department, and expect all our faculty members to maintain active research interests in their topical specialty. The successful candidate, whether hired at the associate or full professor level, will enjoy an accelerated tenure and (if applicable) promotion clock.

Preliminary Skype interviews with long-list candidates will precede fuller interviews. Normally, the department invites finalists for full-time faculty positions to VMI for two days of meetings, interviews, and tours. Due to the pandemic, this may not be possible. While we will bring candidates to VMI if conditions allow, we are prepared to interview finalists for this position during November or early December via videoconference, to include a teaching presentation via Canvas to a pilot upper-division course in the “American Civic Experience.”

VMI is a public, four–year, undergraduate military college of approximately 1,700 students, about half of whom accept commissions as officers in the armed forces upon graduation. Teaching excellence in a liberal arts setting is our first priority.  Faculty members who are United States citizens wear uniforms and adhere to military customs, but military experience among the faculty is neither required nor expected. For more information about VMI and the Department of History, please visit our web site at http://www.vmi.edu .

Applicants must complete an online state application and submit letters of interest, curricula vitae, and an unofficial transcript of all graduate course work on-line [here].

In addition to the materials submitted online, applicants should have three letters of recommendation (including comments on teaching) and samples of scholarship not readily available in electronic format sent directly to: U.S. Constitutional History Search Committee, Department of History, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA 24450. Please do not mail hard copies of letters of interest, curricula vitae, or application forms directly to the department.

Applications will be accepted until midnight, 12 October 2020.

In a continuing effort to enrich its academic environment and provide equal education and employment opportunities, VMI encourages women, minorities, disabled individuals, and veterans to apply. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service alumni are also encouraged to apply. VMI will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with documented disabilities to ensure equal access and equal opportunities with regard to employment, educational opportunities, programs and services.

YaleNUS Job for Legal Historians et al.

[Here’s part of a job announcement of interest to legal historians.  Full announcement here.  DRE.]

Yale-NUS College is a highly selective liberal arts college in Singapore. Co-founded by YaleUniversity and the National University of Singapore, the College is committed to excellence in research and teaching in a full residential programme that integrates living and learning. Its curriculum educates students in Asian and Western intellectual traditions as well as current scientific thought. A student body of 1000 undergraduates from over 60 countries engages with 100 outstanding faculty from around the world through small classes and hands-on research. Students and faculty also have access to the wider resources of two world-leading research universities.

The College invites outstanding applications for at least one tenure-track position in the social sciences. Candidates would teach in the Double-degree Programme in Law and Liberal Arts.

Applicants should have a PhD in a relevant field, such as law and society, sociology, anthropology, politics, or history (a law degree is not expected) and demonstrate an outstanding track record for their career stage in the interdisciplinary study of law, such as (but not limited to) law and society, sociology of law, anthropology of law, law and courts, or legal history. In particular, we welcome applicants who can teach qualitative methods for interdisciplinary research on law and modules in Yale-NUS’s flagship common curriculum, such as Comparative Social Inquiry and Modern Social Thought.

[H/t: Donal Coffey and Joanna Grisinger.]

Job Sites for History Majors

GENERAL ADVICE

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/opinion/06collegeadvice.html

Cost of living and other vital data (includes small towns like Carbondale!):

http://www.bestplaces.net/

Just looking at cost of living, it costs 2.5X as much to live in San Francisco. Other clicks compare crime, demographics, etc.

Compare Cities: Carbondale, IL - San Francisco, CA

COST OF LIVING Carbondale San Francisco

Overall 79 187
Grocery 97 122.3
Health 94 166
Housing 42 296
Utilities 112 144
Transportation 96 130
Miscellaneous 98 110

TEACHING

Job Bank: http://www.illinoiseducationjobbank.org/pages/

Illinois teacher salaries: http://www.championnews.net/salaries.php

PUBLIC HISTORY

This one is a cool one to get started:

http://www.beyondacademe.com/realjobs.html

http://publichistorian.wordpress.com/job-search/

http://ncph.org/cms/publications-resources/resources/

http://ncph.org/cms/careers-training/jobs/

http://www.museumsusa.org/

http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/index.html

GRADUATE SCHOOL:

Widely read blog with fascinating data and insights into what grad school really does for (and to) you! (Read older posts -- new site not as good)

http://phdinhistory.blogspot.com/

COLLEGE TEACHING:

Community College Teaching (SIUC has the only certificate in this area!). Contact Marybelle Keim for more information (mkeim@siu.edu)

Read this first:

http://www.oah.org/pubs/commcoll/index.html

http://www.higheredjobs.com/community/default.cfm?type=1#Faculty

Four-year teaching jobs (job market data available upon request -- U.S. market is tough, Asian, Latin American better -- any field that requires languages).

http://chronicle.com/section/Jobs/61/

LITIGATION SUPPORT

A growing and lucrative field:

http://www.historyassociates.com/

http://www.hrltd.org/about_hrl.htm

http://www.morganangel.com/

There are others. See my packet on the topic.

Got recommendations for other sites?