Assistant Professor; Tenure Track

The Departments of French and Italian and Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Colorado Boulder invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Environmental Humanities, beginning August 2027. This position is a joint appointment, with teaching responsibilities in the Department of French and Italian and the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures. The tenure home will be determined by the candidate’s primary area of expertise.

We seek a dynamic scholar whose research and teaching bring multilingual and transcultural perspectives to environmental questions, examining how literature, media or other cultural forms shape ecological knowledge and responses to environmental change. The successful candidate will have a primary specialization in French and Francophone Studies or Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES), focusing on the 19th, 20th, and/or 21st centuries.

Candidates must also have a secondary expertise in another field in the collaborating departments:
French and Francophone Studies, REEES, German or Italian studies. The combination of primary and secondary areas of expertise should support comparative scholarship and teaching that connect the two departments. We welcome research in environmental humanities broadly conceived. Possible areas include (but are not limited to) blue humanities, environmental justice, racial epistemologies, food studies, plant studies, digital humanities, and humanistic approaches to science and technology.

Candidates whose scholarship includes media or artistic practices alongside literary studies are particularly encouraged to apply.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder is the intellectual core of the university, conducting research, scholarship, creative work and education in more than 60 fields. Our research generates new knowledge, solving some of the world’s most critical problems. The college leads nationally in undergraduate and graduate education in the natural sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities, bringing extraordinary research and scholarship to our students, both in and out of the classroom.

CU Boulder is making sustainability a defining priority across research and undergraduate education, building on its established strengths in climate and environmental science. The newly developed Common Curriculum launches in Fall 2027 with a focus on sustainable futures created through fostering individual well‑being, social equity, long‑term economic vitality, and the health of the natural environment. The university’s sustainability research initiatives support interdisciplinary scholarship through faculty fellowships and collaborative workshops.

The SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education supports curriculum development and experiential learning across disciplines. These and other efforts create opportunities for an environmental humanist to collaborate with colleagues across campus, chart new pedagogical pathways in the field, and help shape the university’s approach to sustainability.

• The successful candidate will pursue an active research agenda and contribute to undergraduate and graduate education in both departments.
• Teaching responsibilities will include interdisciplinary…