Associate or Full Professor, Department of French Literature

Associate or Full Professor 
Department of French Literature
New York University Arts and Science
 
The Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture at New York University invites applications for a position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor, beginning September 1, 2019, pending administrative and budgetary approval. Candidates from all fields of French literature, thought and culture are invited to apply but preference will be given to those with expertise in one or more of the following areas: theater, Middle Ages, eighteenth century, and 20th-21st-century literature and thought.
 
An established record of distinguished scholarly research as well as a record of excellence in teaching are required; preference will be given to candidates with the potential to attract students to a PhD program. This position is initially associated with the Directorship of the NYU Center for French Language and Cultures, a center of excellence supported by the French Embassy. Experience in or potential for directing a French center of excellence (or similar), including programming and fundraising, is also a necessary requirement.
 
Applicants should submit a letter, a CV, and the names of three referees, through http://apply.interfolio.com/55074. Since diversity is an important part of the NYU mission, both within and beyond our campus, please also provide a statement describing how diversity has figured in your past and present academic activities. How would you imagine bringing issues of diversity to bear both within NYU's Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture, and in the Center for French Language and Cultures? More information about the  Department of French can be found at web site: http://french.as.nyu.edu/page/home. Review of applications will begin November 1, and continue until the position is filled.

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