The University of Delaware invites nominations and applications for the position of History Department Chair, with appointment beginning in September 1998. Qualifications include a distinguished scholarly record in any field of history, meriting appointment as full professor; demonstrated administrative ability; and a desire to lead a 35-member department strongly committed to excellence in research and teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Send nominations and applications by November 17, 1997. Please include a letter of application, a CV, and a list of five references. Materials and inquiries should be sent to William Frawley, Chair, Search Committee, Dept. of History, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. Telephone: 302-831-6806. E-mail: billf@copland.udel.edu. Further information about the Department can be found at www.udel.edu/clio/.

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Fellowships to encourage the academic g growth of promising humanists with recent Ph.D. degrees. Fellows spend a year at Cornell teaching half-time in a department and pursuing their research. Applicants must have received the Ph.D. after September 1992, and must be citizens of the United States or Canada or hold permanent residency cards. Fields for the 1998/1999 academic year are: Asian Studies, Linguistics, Government, Art History, Philosophy, and Women's Studies. Stipend: $30,000. Deadline: January 3, 1998. For further information write: Agnes Sirrine, The Society for the Humanities, 27 East Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853. Or call: (607) 255-9274. Due to the winter holidays, the office will be closed between December 20 and January 5; therefore, applications will be unavailable after December 18.

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