Jobs, Grants, and Fellowships in the
History of Medicine

Announcements are posted here when sent to the webmaster - Matthew Scanlon so it is by no means a complete list of the opportunities available in this field.

The Chronicle of Higher Education maintains an extensive website of employment notices, grant programs and academic fellowships in all areas. Most recent postings here immediately follow each heading. Meetings can be found under "news".

JOBS FOR 2007-2008

Yale University
Yale University seeks a Lecturer in the history of medicine for a one-year term to begin July 1, 2008, with the possibility of renewal for a second year. Historians working on any geographic area of the history of medicine, broadly defined, since the 18 th century are invited to apply. The primary appointment will be in the Section of the History of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, and duties will include undergraduate and graduate teaching in the Yale Program in the History of Science and Medicine. Applications should be sent as soon as possible, and will be considered on a rolling basis as they are received.
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a brief statement about their work and teaching interests, and names and contact information of two scholars who may be consulted for references, either by email to Ewa Lech at ewa.lech@yale.edu or by post to John Harley Warner, Chair, Section of the History of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, L130 SHM, P.O. Box 208015, New Haven, CT 06520-8015. For questions, please contact Ewa Lech by email or by phone at 203-785-4338/4701.
Yale University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and actively encourages applications from minority and women scholars. Ph.D. required at the time of appointment.

Penn State College of Medicine
Chair of Department of Humanities

The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine at the Milton S Hershey Medical Center invites applicants and nominations for the position of Chair of the Department of Humanities. They seek scholars whose academic accomplishments meet the criteria for the rank of full professor and who have experience in, and a wide-ranging appreciation of, the medical humanities. Nominations and Letters of application may be mailed to the address below. A CV, and three personal references should accompany letters of application.

Dr. Alan Snyder Ph.D.
Chair Humanities Search Committee
500 University Drive, R110
Hershey, PA 17033
Email asnyder@psu.edu
phone 717-531-8496

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia

The school of history, technology and society (HTS) invites applications for a tenure-track advanced Assistant or Associate Professor of History beginning Fall of 2008. Primary area of expertise should be history of science, technology and/or medicine.

Send a letter of application, CV, sample publications and three letters of reference to John Krige, Chair, History Search Committee, School of History, Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0345. To learn more about the program go to http://www.hts.gatech.edu

Northwestern University

Seeking to hire a tenured scholar in the humanities whose work engages the life and /or bio-medical sciences. The tenured hire will be the rank of either associate or full professor depending on applicant's qualifications, and will be appointed jointly by the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and an appropriate home department. Applications should include a letter of application, CV, short career overview and an article-length sample of published work. For more information I refer you to:

http://www.humanities.northwestern.edu/faculty/facultysearch.html
email address is hum@northwestern.edu

Fellowships for 2007-08

This site updated May 5th, 2008