Assistant Professor

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The Department of Romance Studies is a diverse and plurilingual academic unit that engages in research and instruction in French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, and in the historical minority languages of Europe and the Americas.

The Department of Romance Studies has five primary purposes: 1) Provide undergraduate instruction to an average of 5000 students each semester, including 800 majors and minors, by engaging the languages, literatures and cultures within the transnational and regional contexts in which they have developed. 2) Provide graduate instruction to approximately 100 MA and PhD students in advanced course-work in French, Italian, and Spanish literature, linguistics, and culture. Academic instruction is combined with carefully supervised pre-professional training that includes classroom teaching and study/travel abroad, to prepare the next generation of researchers and teachers. 3) Provide academic technology support to foreign language instructors, and learning resources to students enrolled in foreign language courses through staff and facilities operating as the Foreign Language Resource Center. 4) Publish three internationally recognized scholarly publications: the journals Hispanofila and Romance Notes, and a book-length monograph series, North Carolina Series in Romance Studies. Each year 6 journals and several monographs are published. Our Publications office manages subscriptions, domestic and international, and all associated receipts and expenses. 5) Provide administrative and clerical support to faculty and graduate students to further their instructional mission as well as their scholarly research and publication goals.

The Department of Romance Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (http://romancestudies.unc.edu) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position: Assistant Professor in Modern/contemporary Hispanic Caribbean Studies to begin July 1, 2026. We encourage applications from innovative scholars with interdisciplinary research interests who can contribute to dynamic undergraduate programs in Hispanic Studies and the graduate program in Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures.

The successful candidate will join a vibrant community of scholars and students with opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and support through research units such as the Institute for the Study of the Americas, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History, the American Indian Center, and UNC's Latino/a Studies Program. The position carries a 2-2 teaching load. To learn more about the department's mission and values, please visit http://romancestudies.unc.edu.

PhD in Spanish, or related degree.

The successful candidate will have a record of research and teaching excellence, and administrative experience and/or potential. Research areas we are looking to strengthen include but are not limited to: Medical Humanities, Literature and the Law, Digital Humanities, Migration, and Afro-Caribbean Studies. The successful candidate will maintain an active research program, teach a range of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and perform service for the department and university, along with a share of advising PhD dissertations.

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Applicants are required to submit a cover letter, CV, research statement, teaching statement, and a scholarly writing sample. At the time of application candidates will also be required to identify the names, titles, and email addresses of three professional references at the rank of tenure-track assistant professor or higher. However, these recommenders will only be contacted for applicants who are selected for interviews. This position will remain open until filled. Review of applications will begin on November 12, 2025. First-round interviews will be held in December via video conference.

If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the University's Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost office at (919)-962-1091 or send an email to facultyrecruitment@unc.edu.

Please note: The Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost office will not be able to provide specific updates regarding position or application status.

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