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POSTING DATE:   November 20, 2015
APPLICATION DEADLINE:  November 30, 2015
POSITION:  Part-time Academic
DEPARTMENT/LOCATION:  Department of History
PAY RATE:  As per Collective Agreement

WORK ASSIGNMENT:  The part-time academic will be responsible for History 2207.03, Aboriginals and Empires: Canada’s Origins to 1763, a second-year class conducted in the Winter Term of the 2015-16 academic year, January 1-April 30, 2016.   The class explores the early history of the parts of the continent that eventually formed British North America.   It examines the history of Canada’s First Nations, the arrival of European peoples, and the major events in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.  Class is currently scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:35-12:55.  The part-time academic is responsible for all aspects of teaching, grading and administration of the class and in addition is to be available for two hours per week outside class times for student consultation. The part-time academic reports to the Chair of the Department.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: Candidates must possess a Ph.D. in History or be registered in a Ph.D. programme.  Previous experience teaching Canadian history is required.  Interested parties are asked to apply by hand-delivered letter or FAX (supported with a C.V.) to the following:

The Chair
Department of History
Dalhousie University
Room 1158, Marion McCain Building
6135 University Avenue
Halifax, NS
FAX: 902-494-3349

All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University.

Dalhousie University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer.  The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal peoples, people with a disability, racially visible persons and women.