FYI...Stefanie >---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES > MARY FAIR CROUSHORE PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES > >The University of Michiganis College of Literature, Science and the Arts >is seeking a Director for its Institute for the Humanities. The >appointment carries the title of Mary Fair Croushore Professor of the >Humanities. > >The special challenge of the directorship will be to maintain and enhance >the activities of the Institute; to promote effective interrelationships >among the many existing faculty, programs, and projects in the humanities >within the College; and to integrate the activities of our humanities >departments and programs with the strong presence in other fields such as >the arts and law on this campus. > >QUALIFICATIONS: Distinguished scholarship in one or more humanities >disciplines, with a record of publications and teaching suitable for a >tenured appointment in the appropriate department; commitment to >interdisciplinary work and a broad vision of the humanities; some >experience in academic administration, such as staff supervision, >budgeting, program planning, grant writing, and fundraising. > >DUTIES: Promote and support scholarship in and across the humanities; >plan and direct the activities of the Institute for the Humanities, and >supervise its staff; develop good relations with departments and programs >in the humanities, arts, and law at Michigan, and with humanities >institutes elsewhere; work with the College development staff on >fundraising toward endowment goal of $20 million, of which more than $13 >million is now in hand. The appointee will have a half-time position in >an appropriate department which includes teaching one course per term, and >will revert to a full-time position in that unit or jointly with other >units after five years. > >APPLICATIONS: Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and >names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three references to Professor >Robert Weisbuch, Department of English, The University of Michigan, Ann >Arbor MI 48109-1045. Review of applications will begin in mid-November >and continue until the position is filled. The position is to begin 1 >September 1997. The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity, >affirmative action employer. > > >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > >Robin Sarris phone: 313-764-7301 >Administrative Manager fax: 313-763-3128 >English Language and Literature >7609 Haven Hall >University of Michigan >Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 > >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Department of Resource Management Lincoln University, Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************
