Assistant Professor of French (Indiana)

Assistant Professor of French, 17th or 19th century, Indiana University-Bloomington (USA)

Appointment for full-time tenure-stream position beginning Fall 2009. Seeking energetic individual with strong scholarly interests in the seventeenth or the nineteenth century to join a dynamic department covering all centuries and Francophone studies. Area of specialty within seventeenth- or nineteenth-century literature and culture is open.  Strong commitment to both undergraduate and graduate teaching as well as to research and publication is essential. Applicants must have a native or near-native fluency in French and must have PhD in hand by August 2009. Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the MLA convention.

Send letter of application, CV, and three letters of support by November 14, 2008 to:

Chair, Search Committee for French Literature

Department of French & Italian

Indiana University

1020 E. Kirkwood Ave.

Bloomington, IN 47405-7103

Indiana University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.  For more information about our department, please see www.indiana.edu/~frithome.