Associate​/Full Professor of Greek Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Sciences

Associate/Full Professor of Greek Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Sciences

Job Description

Job Title:

Associate/Full Professor of Greek Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Sciences Posting

Start Date:

10/14/26 Work Arrangement:
Onsite

Current UC employees must apply internally via Success Factors

Faculty rank and compensation will be based on experience and academic credentials.

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The Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati invites applications from tenure-track or tenured candidates for the Carl. W. Blegen Professor of Greek Archaeology at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. Candidates will be considered in any field of Aegean Prehistory and in any geographical area that complements the expertise of our current faculty, but are expected to have a record of ongoing scholarly research and publication.

The position is endowed and comes with a competitive salary commensurate with candidate experience. In addition, the Semple Fund will support research and related travel.

The Department of Classics offers a B.A. program in Classics, with concentrations in Classical Languages and Classical Cultures, and M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Bronze Age Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Greek and Latin Language and Literature, and Ancient History. The faculty thrive in an interdisciplinary environment that educates students in archaeology, philology, and ancient history. The department is housed together with the Burnam Classics Library, one of the largest and best collections of resources in Classics in the world, including a collection of Byzantine and Modern Greek resources.

The Department publishes Nestor, the bibliography for Aegean Prehistory, the journal Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, and oversees the International Aegean conferences and Aegaeum series. The Department added the Archive of the Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory (PASP) in 2024, which contains documents from the careers of Emmett Bennet, Jr., Michael Ventris, and Alice Kober among other scholars of Linear

B. Departmental Archives also include records from Carl Blegen’s excavations in Pylos and Troy. Full information about the department and its Archives can be found on our website: http://classics.uc.edu.

• Leverage the resources of the Blegen Chair and Semple Fund to enhance the research profile of the Department through research, publication, and fieldwork.
• Design and implement original research in their specialty area of Aegean Prehistory
• Direct or co-direct fieldwork projects in the Mediterranean
• Publish and disseminate research in…