| The Department of Slavic Languages invites applications for an assistant professor (tenure-track) in Russian literature beginning August 2008. Ph.D. required prior to start of appointment. Native or near-native competence in Russian and English required. Good interpersonal and administrative skills. Ability to teach Russian language at all levels and Russian literature at undergraduate and graduate levels. Field of specialization open though preference given to 19th and 20th century prose. Possible secondary specialties also open, though ability to teach any of following a plus: comparative Slavic literatures, medieval period, OCS, 18th century, structure of Russian. Full participation in the undergraduate and graduate missions of the department, including supervision of dissertations. To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by October 15, 2007. Submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference by mail to: Professor David Bethea, Department of Slavic Languages, 1432 Van Hise Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1525. Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information regarding applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. |
The Department of Slavic Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers instruction over a broad range of languages, literatures and cultures from the Slavic world. The Department began as a Department of Polish in 1936 and assumed its present name in 1942. For a more detailed look at the history of the department, please click here.
Among the languages taught regularly in our department are Czech, Polish, Russian, and Serbian/Croatian. Other languages (e.g., Bulgarian) may be taught on an occasional basis.
Our faculty is diverse in its interests and approaches and accessible and "user-friendly" in its interpersonal dealings. Undergraduates can major either in Polish or in Russian, with the latter having two tracks: Russian Language and Literature (emphasis on language, literature, and culture) and Russian Language and Civilization (emphasis on language and area studies). Most students entering the graduate program pursue the Ph.D. with an eye to becoming academics, although in recent years we have had several graduates who have successfully used their Slavic background in combination with other fields (e.g., information technology) to find employment. Virtually all of our continuing graduate students teach in the department at some point, and we are justifiably proud of our teacher training program and the number of teaching awards that our students routinely receive. A number of our undergraduate students have won prizes for their performances in national competitions; others have gone on to have successful careers at the local, national, and international levels. Likewise, we are especially proud of the placement record of our finishing Doctoral students, many of whom are now in permanent posts at prominent colleges and universities across the country. In short, we welcome you to our website and encourage you to explore it and, even better, to come see us in our classrooms and in our department corridors on the fourteenth floor of Van Hise Hall.