Job: Postdoc, History of Science (Department of History, UCLA: Los Angeles, CA)
Forwarded to HISTNEUR-L from campus job announcement list. On behalf of the Neuroscience History Archives and the Louise Darling Biomedical Library, I'd like to encourage newly-minted neuroscience historians to apply for this postdoc position. Please feel free to contact me off the list if you like--I can put you in touch with a former postdoc or two, as well as tempt you with a description of the wealth of resources that will be at your disposal should you spend the next academic year here. Cheers, Russell Johnson P.S. The high temperature here today was 84 degrees Fahrenheit, dipping down to 50 tonight. - - - - - Begin Forwarded Message - - - - - POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE The Department of History of the University of California at Los Angeles invites applications for a postdoctoral appointment in the history of science for 2000-01. We invite applications from scholars working on the history of any area of science in any part of the world, and especially from those whose historical research includes a social, cultural, or economic dimension. We also welcome applications from scholars who can link history of science to history of technology, medicine, social science, expertise or the professions. The successful candidate will teach one course in each of the three quarters of the academic year (late September to mid-June). Competitive salary, plus health benefits. Position subject to final funding approval. Send letter of application, cv, one publication or writing sample, a short statement of teaching and research interests, and three letters of recommendation by 30 March 2000 to: Professor Theodore Porter Postdoctoral Search Committee Department of History 6265 Bunche Hall, Box 951473 UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90095-1473 ___________________________________________________ Russell A. Johnson rjohnson@library.ucla.edu Archivist and Cataloger (310) 825-6940 History & Special Collections Division Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA Box 951798 Los Angeles CA 90095-1798 <http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his/hisdiv.htm> Archivist (310) 825-3191 or 206-2753 Neuroscience History Archives Brain Research Institute, UCLA Box 951761 Los Angeles CA 90095-1761 <http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/bri/archives/nhahome.htm>