Job Posting in Byzantine Art and Archaeology

The Department of History at Boğaziçi University invites applications for a full-time Assistant or Associate Professor position to begin in Spring 2018. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the department’s undergraduate and graduate courses on Byzantine art history and archaeology, and to display a research profile that is strongly focused on the art history and archaeology of Middle or Late Byzantine Anatolia.

Applicants must be Turkish citizens with excellent command of English and have a PhD in Art History and Archaeology by the time of appointment. In addition to teaching and mentoring students, the successful candidate is required to engage in intensive academic research and publication activity, take on administrative duties in the department, and collaborate with the Boğaziçi University Byzantine Studies Research Center.

The deadline for applications is September 1, 2017. 

Hard and electronic copies of the following documents are required:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Statement of research interests (not to exceed 3 single-spaced pages)
• Statement of teaching philosophy (not to exceed 2 single-spaced pages)
• Syllabus for a two-semester undergraduate survey course on Byzantine art history and archaeology
• Syllabus for a one-semester graduate level seminar on a selected theme of Byzantine art history or archaeology
• Three letters of recommendation (Referees should send their letters directly to the department, in electronic format or as hard copies.)
• Writing sample (academic journal article or book chapter)

Electronic files must be received in PDF format by the application deadline at  byzantinehistory@bogazici.edu.tr. Hard copies should be mailed on or before the deadline to the address below:

Bizans Sanat Tarihi ve Arkeolojisi Seçici Kurulu
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi
Tarih Bölümü
34342 Bebek
İstanbul