McMaster University

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McMaster University seeks outstanding candidates for the prestigious Wilson College Endowed Chair in Leadership and Civic Studies.

The Wilson College Endowed Chair in Leadership and Civic Studies (hereafter, “the Chair”) will be affiliated with the Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement, a newly formed collaborative academic unit between the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University. The Chairholder will be appointed for an initial term of five years, with the possibility of reappointment to a second five-year term. The Chairholder’s academic appointment will be a full-time tenured position at the rank of associate or full professor in an appropriate department in McMaster’s Faculty of Humanities or Faculty of Social Sciences. The appointment is expected to commence July 1, 2023.

The successful candidate will have an exceptional record of scholarly and educational contributions, and a desire to engage with external stakeholders in the public sector, the private sector, and the community and non-profit sector. They will have specialized training in a relevant discipline or field in the Humanities or Social Sciences (e.g., History, Political Science, Philosophy, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Policy Analysis) and a record of interdisciplinary engagement is an asset. The Chair will be expected to contribute significantly to scholarship in the interdisciplinary area of Civic Studies, to teach and supervise students from both Wilson College and the Chair’s home department, to engage with external audiences, to assist in the development of Wilson College and in building an equitable and diverse community of Wilson College scholars and students, and to contribute more generally to McMaster’s reputation for research and teaching excellence.

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