Associate or Full Professor; Tenure-Track in History of Medicine: Pre-Modern

Salary

Associate = $135,000 - $165,000;
Full Professor = $160,000 - $190,000

The Johns Hopkins Department of the History of Medicine of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine invites applications for tenure-track faculty at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The Department seeks a new colleague in the area of pre-modern medicine, health, and healing before 1800 whose research is innovative and agenda-setting and would extend the scope of the department’s research, teaching, and expertise.

The successful candidate would also engage closely with our unique Historical Collections which contains more than 30,000 rare books with a substantial focus on printed works from Europe and North America . Our teaching remit stretches across several divisions of the University, including Ph.D. and online MA students within our department’s degree-granting programs, MD and MPH students within the broader schools of medicine and public health at Johns Hopkins, and undergraduates and graduate students at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences through the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology.

The successful candidate would help to anchor our survey teaching in history of premodern medicine for undergraduate, MA (online), and PhD students.

Founded in 1929, the Institute of the History of Medicine is dedicated to promoting scholarship on the history of medicine, disease, and the health sciences, and their relation to society. The Institute seeks to bring historical perspectives to bear on contemporary health issues as part of a lively and collegial intellectual community across the humanities and medical sciences.

The expected salary range for this position is as follows:
Associate Professor = $135,000 to $165,000

Professor = $160,000 to $190,000

The referenced salary range reflects base pay, which is based on faculty rank and years in rank. This salary range does not include all components of the Department of History of Medicine's faculty compensation program or pay from participation in the department's incentive compensation programs. Therefore, the actual compensation paid to the selected candidate may vary from the salary range stated herein.

For more information, please contact the hiring department.

A successful candidate will bring energy and enthusiasm to this broad array of learners and be successful at reaching a range of audiences. In addition to excellence in historical scholarship and teaching, they should also demonstrate the capacity to communicate the enduring relevance of historical analysis to potential audiences in clinical practice, health policy, and the general public. The Department of the History of Medicine is committed to diversity and equity;

we seek candidates who will contribute to a climate that attracts and values students, faculty, and collaborators of all ethnicities, nationalities, and genders. Applicants must have defended a Ph.D. by June 30, 2027.

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After receiving a conditional offer, the successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check including education verification. When deciding whether a candidate’s conviction history is…