Faculty Position
Environmental Humanities
Duke University

The Department of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in environmental humanities to begin in Fall 2015. The appointment will be made at the Assistant Professor rank; the successful candidate might be jointly appointed in Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment or another Arts & Sciences department. Applications due November 10, 2014.

Theoretical and geographical areas are open, but we are especially interested in scholars working in fields that include: climate change and the anthropocene; non-renewable resources; slow violence; food sovereignty; toxicity and chemical infrastructure; and nature and natural disaster. Attention to issues of race and gender is welcome, as are candidates with experience working with environmental scientists. The Ph.D. must be in hand by July 1, 2015.

Letters of application and a curriculum vitae should be sent by November 10, 2014, to:
Pat Bodager,
Department of Cultural Anthropology,
Box 90091, Duke University
Durham, NC 27708.

All applications received by November 10, 2014 will be guaranteed consideration.

For more information, check out: http://culturalanthropology.duke.edu/