Assistant Professor - Early Modern or Modern Eastern European / Eurasian 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 early modern or modern Eastern Europe/Eurasia. The specific area of specialization is open, including Russia, Eastern Europe and areas of Central Asia, the Eastern Steppes, and the Caucasus. We particularly encourage scholars with interests in transregional, multiethnic, and/or borderlands histories. We also welcome interdisciplinary candidates whose historical work addresses social, cultural, economic, and/or political processes, and who engage with material and/or visual/aural cultures. We expect the scholar in question to have completed significant work in an Eastern European or Eurasian language and archives.

We seek a colleague who will contribute to the History graduate program thematic clusters. The successful applicant will have the ability to teach a survey of Russian history over at least a few centuries, and should be prepared to offer a range of undergraduate lecture and seminar courses, as well as graduate seminars, on various topics related to Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia. 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 the Institute for Globalization Studies, the Humanities Institute, the Center for Changing Systems of Power, and others. 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) in History, or a related field from an accredited instutition. The selected candidate should have their degree in hand by July 1, 2025.

Preferred qualifications:
Research Specialization, Training and Accomplishment in the History of Early Modern or Modern Eastern Europe or Eurasia and in one of several subfields including (but not limited to) transregional histories, multiethnic histories, and imperial borderlands. Publication record in the History of Early Modern or Modern Eastern Europe/Eurasia. Experience teaching undergraduate courses in person. Ability to teach a relatively broad survey of the region over at least a few centuries, 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 November 1, but additional applications will be accepted until December 15, 2024.

For questions regarding this role, please contact Alix Cooper (Chair of Search Committee) Alix.Cooper@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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