Hi, All: Apologies if this is a repost. It was forwarded from a colleague to a colleague to me: Best Mark Dear colleagues, I am chairing my department's search this year for an assistant professor in "Literature and Media" and was hoping you might pass on information about the position to anyone you think would be especially suitable for the job. The job ad is below. Thank you in advance. Sincerely, Rita Raley ----------- University of California, Santa Barbara English, 2607 South Hall Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3170 Assistant Professor in Literature and Media http://www.english.ucsb.edu Tenure-track Assistant Professor. We seek a candidate who specializes in literature and media technologies or cultures between 1800 and c. 1980, the epoch of modernization from the first industrial revolution to the onset of the current digital revolution. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research focuses on writing, reading, communicational, computational, visual, or sensory media in the period between early-modern technologies of writing and reading and contemporary digital technologies (two areas in which our department has strength). The ideal candidate would be able to teach a range of courses in literature and media, as well as a literary historical field; contribute to the department's digital humanities and undergraduate specialization in Literature & Culture of Information, as well as intersect with the department's collaborative research and teaching initiatives (including the Transcriptions/Literature, Culture, and Media Center and the Transliteracies Project); and contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching, and service. (Please visit the UCSB English website for information on our department's ongoing initiatives.) Position effective July 1, 2009. Ph.D. required at the time of appointment. Send letter of application, dossier, and non returnable sample of written work (20pp or less) to Literature and Media Search Committee, Department of English, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 3170. To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by October 24, 2008. Receipt of all applications will be acknowledged. The University of California is an EO/AA employer. > ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org