York University
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

Department of English (2 Positions)

Applications are invited from qualified candidates for a two-year Sessional Assistant Professor position teaching Fiction (Post-1945). The successful candidate will have a PhD in English, demonstrable expertise in Late-20th-Century and 21st-Century Fiction written in English, and experience teaching in this field at the university level. The successful candidate will have a record of scholarly research in the field and be able to demonstrate considerable range in Post-1945 Fiction and its precursors from a variety of geographic regions. Facility with contemporary theory and digital humanities is preferred. She/he will be expected to teach introductory survey and upper-level courses and seminars in the field.

Applications are invited from qualified candidates for a two-year Sessional Assistant Professor position teaching Renaissance Literature and Shakespeare. The successful candidate will have a PhD in English, demonstrable expertise in Renaissance Literature and Shakespeare, and experience teaching Renaissance Literature at the university level. The successful candidate will have a record of scholarly research in the field and be able to demonstrate considerable range in Renaissance poetry, prose, and drama. She/he will be expected to teach introductory survey and upper-level courses and seminars in the field and in British literature of other periods.

These contractually limited appointments carry a teaching load of three full courses or the equivalent. The start date for this position is July 1, 2013. All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2013.

Applicants should submit, in hard copy, a letter of application, an up-to-date curriculum vitae, and a teaching dossier, and arrange for three confidential letters of recommendation to be sent directly to Professor Jonathan Warren, Chair, Department of English, 208B Stong College, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3.

Please include a personal statement and a writing sample in your application package.

York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York’s website atwww.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. Temporary entry for citizens of the U.S.A. and Mexico may apply per the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).