The Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the Assistant Professor level in Children’s Literature. This appointment is to commence July 1, 2011, and is subject to budgetary approval.
Candidates with a Ph.D. in Children’s Literature with an emphasis on the genre’s historical and/or international development will be given preference. The Department is particularly interested in candidates whose work demonstrates a depth and breadth of understanding of Children’s Literature’s role in children’s lives from an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural perspective suitable to York’s humanities-based Children’s Studies program. The successful candidate will show evidence of a vigorous research program, grounded in contemporary theory and recent methodological developments in the study of children and childhood, but located within the intellectual and cultural traditions of the Humanities. The successful candidate will show the promise of excellence in teaching and will have a completed Ph.D. in hand by the commencement of the appointment. The successful candidate should be eligible for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Candidates should be able to teach Children’s Studies-affiliated courses in York’s first- and second-year interdisciplinary General Education Program, and to develop and teach upper-level undergraduate courses in the program. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the work of the Canadian Children’s Culture Collection and to the online journal Children’s Studies.
York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York's website at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative action office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority.
A letter of application, curriculum vitae, three confidential letters of recommendation, and a sample of the applicant’s written work (no longer than 20 pages) should be sent by October 30th, 2010 to:
Professor Doug Freake, Acting Chair
(dfreake@yorku.ca; Tel: 416-736-5158; Fax: 416-736-5460)
Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
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