Deadline: November 20th, 2023
The University of Pittsburgh is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of Slavic languages and literatures with expertise in historical Russian cinema. The position requires a Ph.D. in Slavic or a related field, native or near-native proficiency in English, and ACTFL Advanced High proficiency in Russian. The ideal candidate will have additional expertise in the cinematic and cultural traditions of Eastern and Central Europe as well as Eurasia, and/or experience in digital humanities; disability studies; media studies; performance studies; race, ethnicity, and migration studies; women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. The position entails teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, where undergraduate courses may involve some combination of Russian language and general-education literature, culture, and cinema courses in English.
Candidates should submit a letter of application; CV; representative student teaching evaluations; representative syllabi; samples of scholarly writing (the length of one or two journal articles); a teaching statement; a research statement; a brief description of how their research, teaching, and service demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion; as well as the names and contact information for three persons able to provide confidential professional letters of recommendation, via the link below. Questions may be directed to Kelly Britcher, Faculty Actions Coordinator, at ksb85@pitt.edu.
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