Visiting Assistant Professor of History Hobart William Smith Colleges: Academic Positions: History
Location: Geneva, NY Open Date: Mar 10, 2025
Description The History Department at Hobart and William Smith Colleges invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor position in Latin American History, beginning August 1, 2025. This is a full-time, one-year position with a teaching load of five or six courses per year. Area and period of expertise is open, with a preference for the nineteenth and twentieth century.
Qualifications The successful candidate will be able to teach both colonial and modern surveys and topic-specific courses, including an advanced reading seminar drawn from the candidate's research expertise (preferably something that can be cross-listed with International Relations, Latin American Studies, and/or Africana Studies). Candidates for this position should have a Ph.D. or ABD in Latin American History by summer 2025, possess a strong research agenda, and a record of or potential for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
The salary range for this position is $49,300 - $68,000.
Application Instructions Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and teaching statement with attention to inclusivity in the classroom via Interfolio. Contact information for three confidential professional references should also be provided. Review of applications will begin immediately, and all applications received by March 23 will be given full consideration. Questions regarding Interfolio or visa status should be directed to Human Resources (hr@hws.edu).
Hobart and William Smith is a liberal arts and sciences institution known for consistent success in preparing students for meaningful lives and fulfilling careers through an outcomes-based focus on their futures. Through a relationship-rich educational environment, students have exceptional academic and co-curricular opportunities in career services, community service, global education and athletics. Located in Geneva, N.Y., a small, diverse city in the Finger Lakes Region of New York, HWS has an enrollment of approximately 1,800 students, and offers undergraduate, pre-professional and graduate programs.
The Colleges are an equal employment opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment in their programs and activities against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, caregiver status, military status, including past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, social class, or any other category or characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Hobart and William Smith Colleges are a future-focused liberal arts and sciences institution led by a faculty of accessible teacher/scholars known for the impact of their research and distinguished by the depth of their mentorship. Founded as two institutions - Hobart for men and William Smith for women - today's Colleges enjoy the exponential benefits of shared resources and combined spirit. Both maintain their own traditions, deans and athletic programs but together share a single administration, faculty, campus and curriculum. Located in Geneva, N.Y., a small, diverse city in the Finger Lakes Region of New York, the Colleges have an enrollment of approximately 1,800 students, and offer undergraduate, pre-professional and graduate programs. Students complement broad, interdisciplinary study with hands-on learning experiences made possible by a constellation of centers for experience, action and thought.