[SDH/SEMI Members] FW: Professorship in e-History

[Ray Siemens]

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From: David Pritchard [mailto:d.pritchard at uq.edu.au] 
Subject: Professorship in e-History

 

Professor of e-History 

School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics

The University of Queensland

Brisbane

AUSTRALIA

 

An outstanding leader in History and e-History, and an energetic, innovative
leader in e-Humanities, interested in building research and teaching
synergies across the University. 

 

The School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics is a dynamic team
with a reputation for innovative approaches to teaching and research
excellence. The School is the second largest in the Faculty of Arts, with
thirty-six academic staff who are widely published internationally and have
extensive research backgrounds. The School, regarded as a leader in
humanities teaching and research in Australia, and the largest cohort of
undergraduates and postgraduates, research income and publication output in
the Faculty. 

 

The role The School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics is seeking
an outstanding appointee to provide academic leadership in History and
internationally-recognized expertise in e-History and related aspects of
e-Humanities. This is a new initiative created to give the study of History
at UQ across several faculties and a number of schools and centres a point
of convergence and a unique difference through a major e-History and
e-Humanities project. The appointee would work with researchers on new
methods and ways of accessing, assembling and analyzing historical
information through electronic media. 

 

The appointee will be expected to develop the national and international
standing of the School, the Faculty and UQ for leadership in e-History and
e-Humanities, including government and industry partnerships and other forms
of external recognition, collaboration, and funding. The appointment will be
50% in teaching and research within the School and 50% in e-History and
e-Humanities projects. The appointee will report jointly to the Head of the
School and the Executive Dean of Arts, and be involved in an e-Humanities
management committee drawn from leaders in relevant projects and programs
already existing across UQ. 

 

 The successful candidate should hold a PhD in History or in digital
Humanities and have an outstanding record of academic leadership, teaching
at all levels, research, and research supervision. The candidate should have
expertise in one of the established fields in the History Discipline, and
the ability to create links to other disciplines within the School would be
an advantage. Proven success in obtaining external funding is essential. 

 

 Remuneration The remuneration package will be $129,654 p.a., plus employer
superannuation contributions of 17% (total package will be $151,696 p.a.).
This is a full-time, continuing appointment at Academic Level E.

 

Contact Obtain the position description and selection criteria online . To
discuss the role contact Head of School, Professor Clive Moore, telephone
(07) 3365 2154 or email c.moore at uq.edu.au. Send applications to the Human
Resources Consultant, Faculty of Arts, The University of Queensland, St
Lucia, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 4072, or email applications.arts at uq.edu.au. 

 

 Applications close 13 October 2008. 

 

http://seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=67
<http://seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=67&PageNumber=1&JobID=13
827070> &PageNumber=1&JobID=13827070

 

Dr David Pritchard

 

Cultural History Project

Centre for the History of European Discourses

Discipline of Classics and Ancient History

 

School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics

Faculty of Arts 

University of Queensland

Brisbane 

QLD 4072 

Australia

 

Telephone: +61 7 3365 3338

Fax: +61 7 3365 1968

Email: d.pritchard at uq.edu.au

 

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