XAVIER UNIVERSITY, Cincinnati, OH. Assistant Professor, tenure track, starting August 2011. Area of specialty: American philosophy. Area of competence: history of philosophy, with an emphasis on the close reading of great books. Ph.D. required by start of position. 3 undergraduate courses/semester, usually 2 sections of a core course (either Ethics as an Introduction to Philosophy, including some study of the Republic, or Theory of Knowledge, including study of the Discourse on Method) + 1 upper-division elective. Summer teaching usually available. Research and service are expected and supported. Salary competitive. We are a diverse, historically based department in a Catholic, Jesuit university; in addition to supporting a major, we contribute to the university’s core curriculum and honors programs. For more information, visit www.xavier.edu/philosophy. Xavier University has a strong commitment to diversity and, building upon recent success, seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including women and minorities. EO/AAE. Candidates should e-mail only a letter of application and a CV to Prof. Richard Polt, Chair (polt [__at__] xavier [dot] edu). Selected candidates will be asked for further materials including a graduate transcript, a writing sample, evidence of teaching excellence, and three letters of recommendation. Preliminary interviews will be conducted by Skype or telephone. To ensure consideration, applications must be received by April 4, 2011.

The Department of Philosophy at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel —subject to approval by the academic and budgetary authorities of the University—will be hiring someone to fill a tenure-track position at the level of Lecturer or Assistant Professor. The successful candidate must hold (or be about to receive) a Ph.D. in Philosophy.

We are looking for someone whose area of specialization is Political Philosophy and/ or Ethics. Preference will be given to candidates who can enrich the department’s curriculum by giving courses that provide historical background and breadth to the issues with which with deal.

Interested applicants should submit the following:
• Complete and recent curriculum vitae which includes a full list of publications
• Copies of two recent publications
• A short (2 page) academic profile of yourself along with a description of your recent research, and the research you are currently engaged in.
• Evaluations of prior teaching (if any)
• The names and email addresses of three referees.
• The deadline is for receipt of material is March 31, 2011.

All material should be submitted by electronic mail to Dr. Abraham Mansbach, Head of the Department of Philosophy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel: mansbach [__at__] bgu [dot] ac [dot] il

Trinity College invites applications for the Raymond Pryke Chair in the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One Program at the Assistant Professor level commencing July 1, 2011. This is a three-year appointment renewable for two further years.

The chair holder will be the director of the Trinity One program and will work towards its development and growth. He or she will teach in the program and will be its “public face.”

The program has an International Relations stream and an Ethics stream, each comprising two full-year seminar courses and a co-requisite course, all at the first-year level. For generic descriptions of the seminar courses, and for further information about the program, visit www.trinity.utoronto.ca/trinityone.

The chair holder will teach two full-course equivalents, including a (full-year) seminar course in the International Relations stream or the Ethics stream of the Trinity One program. The second full-course equivalent will also be in the Trinity One program, or will be in Trinity College’s specialist/major program in International Relations or in the College’s major program in Ethics, Society, and Law, or will comprise a half course in one of these programs and a half course (undergraduate or graduate) offered by a related department (e.g., History, Political Science, Philosophy) in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto.

The chair holder will be a Fellow of Trinity College.

Qualifications: Applicants must have a Ph.D. or the equivalent. Areas of competence: ethics and literature or ethics and political theory (Ethics stream); international relations (IR stream). The College is seeking applicants with superior teaching abilities and with experience teaching in the humanities or social sciences at the university level, preferably including first-year-seminar teaching. Candidates with experience in the administration of an academic program at the university level are preferred.

Applications: Applicants should ask three referees to send a letter of recommendation under separate cover to the address below. These letters must be received by the application deadline. Applicants should also send a curriculum vitae, a teaching dossier, a summary of qualifications, and a statement of interest in the position to: Professor Derek Allen, Dean of Arts, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 6 Hoskin Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1H8. The closing date for applications is March 31, 2011. Inquiries should be addressed to derekallen [__at__] trinity [dot] utoronto [dot] ca.

Trinity College is committed to employment equity in all forms.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Worcester College proposes to appoint to a Tutorial Fellowship in Philosophy in association with a University Lecturership (CUF) in the Faculty of Philosophy, with effect from 1 October 2011, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The area of specialisation (AOS) of the post is Ancient Philosophy, particularly the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle. This means that the successful candidate must be able to engage in research, as well as provide graduate and undergraduate teaching, in the AOS. It would be desirable if he or she were also able to provide teaching at a comparable level in Ancient Philosophy after Aristotle. The area of competence (AOC) is ethics. This means that the successful candidate must be able to teach ethics at least at an advanced undergraduate level. He or she will also be expected to teach a range of introductory and advanced philosophy subjects for the College.

Candidates should have a Bachelor of Arts degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject, and should normally have received the degree of PhD (or DPhil) by the time the appointment is taken up (1 October 2011, or as soon as possible thereafter), or at least have submitted a completed doctoral dissertation for examination. Alternatively, candidates who do not meet this requirement may be considered if they have attained a comparable level of publication.

The successful candidate must demonstrate a research record of international standing appropriate to the stage of his or her career; the ability to provide excellent tutorial teaching and to give lectures and classes; the ability to act as an examiner; the ability to supervise graduate students; and a willingness to undertake administration and pastoral responsibilities on behalf of both the College and the University.

The combined College and University salary for this post will be on a scale up to £57,201 (as at 1 August 2010) per annum. Additional College allowances are available as set out in the further particulars. It is expected that a designated fund will also be available to support the Hinton Clarendon Fellow’s teaching and research activities. The postholder will have an office in Worcester College.

Further particulars, including details of how to apply, can be downloaded from:
http://www.worc.ox.ac.uk/Notices%20and%20News/downloads/
Further%20Particulars%20-%20FINAL%20%28Philosophy%29.pdf

or obtained from the Academic Registrar, Worcester College, Oxford, OX1 2HB (tel: +44 1865 278342; email: jane [dot] gover [__at__] worc [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk).

Applications must be submitted by email to the Academic Registrar no later than 12.00 noon on Friday 25 February 2011.