Assistant Professor of Latin Classics - University of Oregon

Department: Classics
Rank: Assistant Professor
Annual Basis: 9 Month

Application Deadline

Nov. 1, 2024, open until filled

Required Application Materials

• cover letter;
• curriculum vitae;
• teaching statement that describes prior teaching experience, mentorship experience, and courses you feel qualified to teach;
• writing sample of no more than 30 pages;
• statement addressing contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion in teaching, research, and mentorship;
• contact information of three references who can offer insight about your qualifications for the position.

Position Announcement

The Department of Classics at the University of Oregon seeks a Latinist to fill a tenure-track position (1.0 FTE) at the rank of Assistant Professor, effective September 2025. The academic year follows the quarter system, and the teaching load is five courses per year (2-2-1). The position requires teaching Latin at all levels as well as lower and upper division classics-in-translation courses.

Department or Program Summary

The Department of Classics offers a Bachelor of Arts degree with concentrations in Greek and/or Latin, Classical Civilization, and Classical Archaeology; and a Master of Arts degree with concentrations in Greek/Latin and Classical Archaeology. The department offers many large classics-in-translation courses popular with the wider campus community in addition to Latin and Greek at introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels. We enjoy close interdepartmental collaboration with many other departments, including Anthropology, History of Art and Architecture, History, Philosophy, Comparative Literature, Religious Studies, and Medieval Studies.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in hand by the start date that emphasizes research and teaching interests in the Latin literature of any period in the republic and empire. Demonstrable success in teaching at the college level and a promising trajectory in publishing original peer-reviewed scholarship are necessary minimum requirements. As the position will call for occasional teaching of Greek, an advanced competency level of this language is also necessary.

The candidate’s teaching and research focus will ideally engage in one or more of the following areas: race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, classical reception, or performance studies. Such an emphasis will reinforce the department and institution’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and will specifically enrich courses in translation that the new hire can be expected to teach, such as Classical Mythology, Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity, and Roman Life and Culture. It is also desired that the new colleague will continue the interdepartmental relationships by forging alliances with scholars and mentoring graduate students pursuing similar research concerns from other departments.

Minimum Requirements

• PhD in hand by the start date that emphasizes research and teaching interests in the Latin literature of any period in the republic and empire.
• Success in teaching at the college level
• A promising trajectory in publishing original peer-reviewed scholarship
• Advanced competency in Latin and Greek

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching and research focus that engages in one or more of the following areas: race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, classical reception, or performance studies.
• Ability to forge alliances with scholars and mentor graduate students pursuing similar research concerns from other departments.

About the University

The University of Oregon is one of only two Pacific Northwest members of the Association of American Universities and holds the distinction of a “very high research activity” ranking in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The UO enrolls more than 20,000 undergraduate and 3,600 graduate students representing all 50 states and nearly 100 countries. The University of Oregon is guided by a diversity framework that involves a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion or all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. In recent years, the university has increased the diversity of its student body while raising average GPAs and test scores for incoming students. The UO’s 295-acre campus features state-of-the art facilities in an arboretum-like setting within the traditional homelands of the Kalapuya people. The UO is located in Eugene, a vibrant city of 157,000 with a wide range of cultural and culinary offerings, a pleasant climate, and a community engaged in environmental and social concerns. The campus is within easy driving distance of the Pacific Coast, the Cascade Mountains, and Portland.

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