Vacancy: Assistant Professor of Old Norse Studies at the University of Washington (US)

Published 29 August 2023
University of Washington campus

The Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, seeks a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Old Norse studies to begin September 2024 and will have a 9-month service period. Application deadline is 01-12-2023.

This position will perform teaching and research on Old Norse literature and Viking and Medieval Norse studies that emphasize interdisciplinarity. Complementary specializations could include such disciplines as: archaeology, art history, environmental humanities, folklore, gender studies, geography, history, linguistics, media theory, memory studies, paleography, philology, race and ethnicity studies, religion, runology, or textual studies. 

Applicants will be expected to provide high quality teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, contributing to ongoing curricular development.

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