Between two trips out of town, two academic conferences, and the Thanksgiving holiday, the blog got neglected in November. But it was not for lack of prodding. While at the Southern Historical Association meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, I heard rumors that the search for the Ambrose-Hesseltime Chair was at last underway.
My first direct confirmation came from National Review reporter and Michigan alumnus John J. Miller, whose article “Sounding Taps: Why Military History is being Retired,” alleged that tenured radicals at Wisconsin were blocking the search. He manfully fought off the shame and ignoniminy of the Wolverines’ defeat in the OSU-Michigan game to ask if I had seen the H-Net announcement looking for applicants to apply for this position:
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of History – Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of US Military History
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Institution Type: College/University
Position Type: Assistant, Associate or Full Professor
Submitted: Friday, November 10th, 2006
Closing Date:
| Main Category: Diplomatic/Military History |
| Secondary Categories: | U.S. History |
| The Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks applicants for the Ambrose-Hesseltine Chair in American Military History, tenure-track or tenured appointment, beginning August 2007. Ph.D. required by start of appointment. The successful applicant must demonstrate promise or provide evidence of excellence as a scholar and teacher. Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample [not to exceed 50 pages] by January 31, 2007. (Writing samples may be a book, article, essay or a chapter from a current project. In the latter case, applicants should attach a brief statement setting the chapter in the context of the larger work.) Please send all application materials to: Chair, U.S. Military History Search Committee, c/o Ms. Nicole Hauge, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 3211 George Mosse Humanities Building, 455 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706-1483.The UW at Madison is an AA/EOE and encourages applications from women and minorities. Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information regarding applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality. |
Contact Info:
Please send all application materials to: Chair, U.S. Military History Search Committee, c/o Ms. Nicole Hauge, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 3211 George Mosse Humanities Building, 455 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706-1483.Website: http://history.wisc.edu/
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A virtually identical ad appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Inevitably — and probably quite justifiably — Miller takes some credit for this new development.
