Position Announcement - Associate Professor of Martime History

New Positions in Maritime History are opening all around - here's two:

Old Dominion University invites applications for an Associate Professor in Maritime History, a new field for the Department of History. Position begins July 2006. Successful applicant will be a distinguished scholar of maritime history, and will be expected to lead in the creation and development of a Center for Maritime History. The Center will offer a concentration in maritime history for the B.A. and M.A. degrees. Ph.D. in history, a record of teaching and scholarship meriting appointment as an Associate profesor and strong interpersonal skills required.

The University of Connecticut invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the Assistant Professor level in United States History/American Studies at its Avery Point campus. Suggested specializations: nineteenth- and twentieth-century U.S. history combined with an interdisciplinary focus on American culture. An interest in coastal and maritime history is also preferred.