Great Books (Associate or Full Professor)
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, Texas, US
Description The School of Civic Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), supported by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanit...
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Description The School of Civic Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), supported by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, invites applications for full-time tenure-track faculty positions at the associate or full professor level in the Great Books (disciplinary specialty open). Outstanding senior candidates will be considered for endowed professorships and chairs. Considering the responsibility public institutions of higher education have to prepare students for leadership in a free society, the University of Texas System Board of Regents established the School of Civic Leadership at UT Austin. The School of Civic Leadership is an interdisciplinary school whose dual mission is to equip students with the knowledge and aptitudes necessary to lead in a free society, and to produce academic research at the highest levels of scholarly excellence. The School of Civic Leadership is expanding its major offerings. In addition to the Civics Honors major, in Fall 2027 the school is starting a Great Books major in partnership with the Thomas Jefferson Center and a Strategy and Statecraft major offered in partnership with the Clements Center. It is develo...