Open Positions at the University of Memphis (US)

The Department of English at the University of Memphis is hiring in Contemporary African American Literature and Culture and the position description also mentions secondary specializations in children's and young adult literatures and cultures: The Department of English at the University of Memphis invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Contemporary African American literature with a sub-specialty in one or more of the following categories: Children’s literature, Afrofuturism, digital humanities, music and literature, queer theory and literature. The position is at the Assistant Professor level beginning August 2024. For more information on how to apply, please follow this link:  https://workforum.memphis.edu/postings/37947

Applications will be accepted through the end of October.

The Department of English at the University of Memphis is also hiring in Southern Literatures (with a very open-ended description—potentially could be interpreted as Literatures and Cultures of the Global South. For more information on how to apply, please follow this link: https://workforum.memphis.edu/postings/37930