History Department at CMU

10/13/2023

We're hiring! Please share widely:

Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of History seeks to appoint a tenure-track scholar as the inaugural Askwith Family Assistant or Associate Professor in Holocaust Studies. We invite applications from historians of the Holocaust who can teach courses in Jewish history and the history of the regions or thematic topics they study.

Apply here:

10/13/2023

We're hiring!

Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of History seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor in the history of the modern or early modern Middle East, North Africa, or the Persian-speaking or Turkic-speaking worlds.

We invite applications from scholars with disciplinary backgrounds in History or historically-informed scholars working in the fields of Anthropology or Middle East Studies.

Learn more and apply here:

04/11/2023

Our very own Professor Michal Friedman is April's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Spotlight!

Read her interview via the link below:

Michal Friedman is the Jack Buncher Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and specializes in Jewish diasporic history, especially that of Sephardi Jews and in Spanish history and culture.

02/15/2023

We would like to bring your attention to the newly created Jack Buncher Chair in Jewish Studies, CMU History YouTube channel, which highlights speakers from events, seminars, and projects organized by the Jack Buncher Chair in Jewish Studies, a newly-endowed position held by Michal Friedman at Carnegie Mellon University's Department of History.

This channel highlights speakers from events, seminars, and projects organized by the Jack Buncher Chair in Jewish Studies, a newly-endowed position held by ...

11/02/2022

https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37346081/assistant-professor-asian-american-history

We're hiring!

Description Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of History invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Asian American...

11/02/2022

10/04/2022

Head to cmu.edu/history to learn more about the admissions process to our Doctoral Program in History.

Applications are due in mid-December.

09/19/2022

We have some great mini courses! These meet during the second half of the Fall semester, mid-October to December.

Read their full descriptions & browse the entire course offerings here:

https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/history/undergraduate/courses/index.html

09/06/2022

Mark your calendars!