Pending final funding approval, the Department of History at The University of Memphis, a Carnegie R1 institution, seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Public History
beginning in August 2025. A Ph.D. in History or related discipline is required upon appointment.
Candidates may specialize in any practice of public history, including but not limited to archival work, cultural resources management, digital history, film and media production, historic preservation, local history, museum exhibition and curation, oral history, and site interpretation. We welcome applications from historians of any time period or geographic area. We seek candidates who will develop connections with Memphis-area institutions.
The teaching load for this position is two courses per semester, including at least one survey level course per semester that satisfies the university’s General Education requirement in History. Candidates should be able to offer upper-level courses and graduate seminars that train students in the practices of public history.
