[aaus-list] Search: Chair/Full or Associate Professor of Russian/Literature and Cultural Studies (fwd)

[M T Znayenko]

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Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:01:22 -0400
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Subject: Search: Chair/Full or Associate Professor of Russian/Literature and
     Cultural Studies

Subject: [SEELANGS] Search: Chair/Full or Associate Professor of
Russian/Literature and Cultural Studies

Full or Associate Professor of Russian/Slavic Literature and  Cultural
Studies and Department Chair

The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and  Literatures at The
Ohio State University invites applications and  nominations for the position
of tenured Full or Associate Professor  of Russian/Slavic Literature and
Cultural Studies and Department  Chair, to begin September 1, 2009.  The
field of specialization is  open.

Candidates should demonstrate a distinguished record of scholarship  and an
international reputation, excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate
and graduate levels, and a strong commitment to
interdisciplinarity.  Successful candidates should have  considerable
administrative experience, the ability to work across  disciplines, and the
vision to lead a thriving multidisciplinary  department at a Research I
university.

With a faculty of twelve and over thirty graduate students and lecturers,
the department is one of the largest and most successful  in the field, with
an extensive curriculum in Slavic and East  European languages, literatures,
linguistics, and cultures and a  robust B.A. program in Russian and M.A. and
Ph.D. programs in  Slavic Literature/Cultural Studies and Slavic Linguistics
(including a new specialization in Slavic Second Language
Acquisition).   The  university is home to an excellent Title VI Center for
Slavic and  East European Studies, which offers an interdisciplinary M.A.
and  coordinates the more than 60 faculty members engaged in research
in  Slavic and East European Area studies on campus.  In addition,
the  university has a top-20 research library, which holds over a  million
volumes relating to the Slavic and East European field, as  well as the
largest repository of medieval Slavic manuscripts in  the world.

Applicants should send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the
names  of three references to the following address.  Applications will be
reviewed beginning November 15, 2008.

Daniel Collins, Associate Professor
Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
400 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1340