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The mission of the Department is to promote and advance the study of the ancient Mediterranean in its broadest sense, focusing on the cultures, languages, literature, art, and archaeology of diverse regions implicated in the expansion of Greek and Roman cultures, from the Bronze Age Aegean to the Middle Ages and beyond. The scope of our department’s research is dynamically self-forming encompassing literary, historical, and archaeological fields of study. Classics is by nature interdisciplinary as well as methodologically, geographically, materially, and culturally diverse, and our missions of research and teaching therefore encompass a wide range of periods, objects, and methods of study. 

In classical language and literatures, the department has a strong philological orientation across a broad range of genres, periods, and topics in literary and cultural history. Current faculty strengths include epic and lyric poetry in the Greek tradition from the archaic to the late antique period; Greek drama of the fifth century BCE and related questions of aesthetics and performance; Greek historiography; Greek literature and literary cultures of the Roman Imperial period; Latin poetry including lyric, epic, and elegy; Roman historiography and cultural history; Greek and Roman mythological discourses ; and ancient representations of gender and ethnicity. 

All faculty contribute to an expansive program in Greek and Latin that emphasizes core texts of the Greco- Roman literary tradition while also encompassing texts and topics beyond the canon. Philological methodologies are the foundation of both our undergraduate and graduate teaching, and individual faculty bring a range of critical and interpretive frameworks to bear in line with their research interests. 

Our current faculty strengths in archaeology are Aegean prehistory and protohistory; classical Athens and mainland Greece; Hellenistic and Roman Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean; and Roman Italy. In our classes we emphasize the study of primary archaeological material, historical and contextual perspectives, as well as diverse methodologies, applications, and interpretive frameworks in the study of material culture. Approaches include archaeological excavation, intensive archaeological survey, and artifact and assemblage analyses; GIS applications and digital visualization projects; as well as art historical, historical, and anthropological methods that communicate within and between fields of classics, archaeology, ancient history, and material culture studies.

The Department of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been authorized to search for a distinguished colleague to join the Department as George L. Paddison Professor of Latin. Applicants for the Paddison Professorship should be tenured professors or tenured associate professors (or equivalent, e.g. senior lecturers, readers) who could be promoted to professor upon appointment.

We seek a colleague who will contribute to an intellectually diverse and growing department. This position will complement and augment existing faculty strengths and maintain our strong reputation in the study of Latin literature, as well as support the department’s core curricula in ancient languages and Mediterranean cultures.

The Paddison Professor teaches a wide range of courses and seminars in Latin literature and Roman culture and is expected to take an active role in supervising and mentoring both undergraduate and graduate students. The teaching load is normally two courses per semester and includes advanced language and literature courses, courses on literature in translation, classical civilization courses, and graduate seminars.

The successful candidate will have an outstanding record of publication, an international reputation for excellence in research, and a demonstrated commitment to first-rate teaching, mentoring, and service as an academic and administrative leader. The area of specialization within the field of Latin literature is open.

Ph.D. or equivalent in Classics or a related degree.

Preference will be given to candidates with an outstanding publication record, an international reputation for excellence in research, and substantial teaching and administrative experience.

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Please provide the required documents listed. For the “Teaching Philosophy/Evaluations” category, upload a teaching statement.

If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the University’s Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost office at (919)-962-1091 or send an email to facultyrecruitment@unc.edu.

Please note: The Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost office will not be able to provide specific updates regarding position or application status. 

If you have any questions about the job requirements or the hiring department notify the Department Contact.

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