Duties: Wesleyan University’s Department of History invites applications for a one year full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese History beginning September 1, 2024. Area and period of research is open. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in history. The teaching load is 3/2, in person on Wesleyan’s campus. Courses offered will include one survey course each on premodern and modern Japanese history. Wesleyan is a highly selective liberal arts college, with a strong and diverse undergraduate student body, that values both scholarship and teaching very highly
Requirements: Ph.D. in History or related field in hand by the time of appointment to be hired as an Assistant Professor; a successful candidate may be hired as an Instructor if the candidate does not have a Ph.D. in hand at the time of appointment, but will complete the Ph.D. in History or related field within one year of hire