Job Vacancy: Assistant Professor, History of Capitalism in Modern America, Brown University

From: Seth Rockman <seth_rockman@brown.edu>

History of Capitalism in Modern America. The Department of History at Brown
University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship
in the history of capitalism defined broadly to encompass candidates
working in labor history (free and unfree), business history, economic
history, history of economic thought, history of consumer society, and the
political economy of the nineteenth and/or twentieth-century US. The
successful candidate must show exceptional scholarly promise and will be
expected to teach a range of courses at the undergraduate level (including
general chronological courses), as well as to participate in a graduate
program that seeks to generate connections across chronological and
geographical specializations. The appointment will begin on July 1, 2013,
or as soon as possible thereafter. Receipt of the Ph.D. is expected by the
time of appointment. Interested candidates should submit a letter of
application, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference via
Interfolio http://www.interfolio.com/apply/13885.  Queries may be addressed
to Seth Rockman, Chair, History of Capitalism Search, at
Seth_Rockman@brown.edu. The deadline for receiving applications is October
15, 2012. Brown University is an EEO/AA employer. Women and members of
underrepresented racial and ethnic groups are encouraged to apply.