Assistant Professor - Modern Chinese History

The Department of History at Stony Brook University (State University of New York) is delighted to invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of History in the area of modern Chinese history. Area of expertise is open. We particularly encourage scholars with interests in the following areas: history of science, technology and medicine; energy and environmental history; imperial borderlands, transregional, or multiethnic histories; political economy including capitalism; gender and diaspora. We are, however, open to applications beyond this scope. We expect the scholar in question to have completed significant work in a Chinese language and archives.

We seek a scholar who is enthusiastic about mentoring graduate students and who will offer courses aligned with one or more of the Department's graduate thematic clusters: Global connections, empire, capitalism; Health, science, environment; Race, citizenship, migration; Religion, gender, cultural identity; States, nations, political cultures.

The incumbent should be prepared to teach undergraduate lecture and seminar courses as well as graduate seminars from late imperial to contemporary Chinese history, and other topics of interest. This faculty member will have opportunities for affiliation and collaboration with interdisciplinary Stony Brook programs, institutes, and centers aligned with their interests. These may include units in the College of Arts and Sciences such as Asian and Asian-American Studies (AAAS), the Institute for Globalization Studies, the Humanities Institute, the Center for Changing Systems of Power, and others, as well as those located in other parts of Stony Brook, such as Technology and Society, Public Health, and Sustainability Studies. For more details about the History Department and our undergraduate and graduate curriculum, please see: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/history/

Required qualifications:
PhD (or foreign equivalent) from an accredited institution in History or a related field. The selected candidate should have their degree in hand by July 1, 2025.

Preferred qualifications:
Experience teaching undergraduate courses in person. Specialization in the History of Modern China and in one of several subfields. Ability to teach periods from late imperial to contemporary Chinese history, at the graduate as well as undergraduate levels.

A completed initial application will include:

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   Letter of interest

   
   
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   CV, including teaching experience

   
   
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   Writing sample (chapter or journal article of 25-40 pages)

   
   
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   List of three references with e-mail contact information

   
   

Only references of shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Shortlisted candidates will be expected to provide a research statement and teaching statement with sample syllabus, and possibly other materials.

The Department expects to conduct remote interviews with shortlisted candidates and then host finalists on campus in early 2025.

Review of applications will begin on October 1, but additional applications will be accepted until December 1, 2024.

For questions regarding this role, please contact Christopher Sellers (Chair of Search Committee) christopher.sellers@stonybrook.edu

Campus Description:
Stony Brook University is an R1 research institution located on the north shore of Long Island (60 miles east of New York City) and is a flagship campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The vibrant student body is one of the most diverse found at any research institution throughout the United States. Stony Brook University is also one of the best schools in the nation for promoting economic and social mobility.

The University embraces its mission to provide comprehensive undergraduate, graduate and professional education of the highest quality, and its rankings reflect that mission. Stony Brook University is the #1 public university in New York, #26 among public univeristys according to U.S. News and World Report 2024 Best Colleges. SBU is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, composed of the top 62 research institutions in North America. As Long Island's largest single site employer, Stony Brook has nearly 15,000 full- and part-time employees, including more than 2,800 faculty and nearly 26,000 students - 17,600 undergraduate students and 8,300 graduate students - and offers more than 200 majors, minors and combined-degree programs. Located approximately 60 miles east of Manhattan on Long Island's beautiful North Shore, Stony Brook is situated on 1,454 wooded acres, encompassing 13 schools and colleges; a Research and Development Park; world-class athletics facilities, including an 8,300-seat stadium and a 4,000-seat arena; and Stony Brook Medicine, Long Island's premier academic medical center. Also part of the University is a teaching and research campus in Southampton, New York, which offers graduate arts programs and is the site of the Marine Sciences Center. In addition, Stony Brook has a role in running, and performs joint research with, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast. Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, NY, and the Humanities Institute, with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, Stony Brook sustains an international reputation that includes the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

About the College:
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