Assistant Professor - Modern European Intellectual History - Department of History

The University of California at Berkeley seeks applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment at the level of assistant professor in the Department of History.

The Department of History is one of the largest and most distinguished units in UC Berkeley's College of Letters and Science. The Department's faculty ranges across virtually all of the major geographical and chronological fields recognized by the discipline and includes experts in many areas of pivotal thematic significance.

To learn more about the department, please visit our department website.

The position is open to scholars working on any aspect of European intellectual history after 1800. All approaches (national, comparative, transnational, etc.) and fields will be considered, including but not limited to work on politics, law, religion, empire, economy, race, aesthetics, gender, and science.

The Department of History is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit OFEW's website:

PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.