Grand Valley State University

Visiting Assistant Professorships 2013-2014 

World History, European History, and/or American History Surveys

The Department of History at Grand Valley State University invites applications for full-time Visiting (non-tenure-track) appointments for the 2013-2014 academic year, with the possibility for renewal, at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor (or at the rank of Visiting Instructor if ABD). The teaching load of four courses per semester will include surveys in World History, European History, and/or American History. Depending on the candidate's areas of expertise, course assignments could also include one or more of the following courses: Research Methods in History, History of American Foreign Relations, Topics in the History of Sport, and History of Warfare. Grand Valley State University is an affirmative action and equal opportunity institution. The Department is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to the intellectual diversity and excellence of the academic community.

Interested candidates are asked to submit a letter of application, teaching materials (examples include statement of teaching philosophy, syllabi, assignments) and curriculum vitae, followed by three letters of reference and a transcript, to:

Dr. Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin, Assistant Chair

Department of History

Grand Valley State University

MAK D-1-220

Allendale, Michigan 49401-9403.

Applications will be reviewed until Monday, May 13.

For further information please call 616-331-3298 or email

Dr. Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin at shapiroc@gvsu.edu.

The Grand Valley Journal Of History

 The Michigan Council for History Education (MCHE)

and the Great Lakes History Conference

invite proposals for:

 “Collisions and Encounters: Migrations in a Global Perspective, 15^th Century to the Present”

 October 11-12, 2013

 Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan



 The Thirty-Ninth Annual Great Lakes History Conference, held in conjunction with the Michigan Council for History Education, will focus on issues associated with internal and external migrations.  The Great Lakes program committee will accept proposals that speak to a broad range of topics associated with the research and pedagogy of migration that are of interest to far-reaching audiences. 

Those audiences include immigration scholars, public historians, professors and teachers who all shape how we come to understand the significance of migrations.  The theme of “Collisions and Encounters” suggests an extensive range of actions and reactions to migrations, and should attract a wide range of interesting presentations.  Additionally we are interested in issues related to pedagogy and assessment, asking fundamental questions about the way we teach histories of migration, and will ask students to demonstrate their own understanding of these very nuanced and important histories.

We encourage not only the presentation of research by academics, graduate students, and undergraduates, but also papers, roundtables, and panels from teachers, librarians, archivists, activists, and public historians that speak to the many “Collisions and Encounters” over time.  Possible areas of scholarship might include, but are certainly not limited to:

--The impact of immigration on labor

--Identity, politics, and history

--Documentary projects, oral histories or new available resources relating to migrations

--Transnational history and our evolving understanding of immigration

--Migration’s impact on the law both internationally and locally

--The many intersections of race, gender, ethnicity, and migration

--Indigenous peoples

The deadline for submission of proposals, consisting of an abstract (500 words or less) and one-page resumé/c.v., is June 15, 2013.  For full panels or roundtables, please have one contact person submit the materials for the group. Send proposals via email to the program committee in care of Gordon Andrews (andrewgo@gvsu.edu).

To register for SST 495, you must be ADMITTED TO THE COLLEGE OF ED, BE TAKING OR HAVE TAKEN SST 310 AND BE TAKING OR HAVE TAKEN STUDENT ASSISTING before you can register for  SST 495.  When you are ready to register for SST 495, you need to go to the History Department website, second button down is the PERMIT button, please hit that button and complete a permit to register for SST 495.  Once the permit has been received by the department and you have met ALL the requirements, you will receive a permit VIA EMAIL for the class which will then allow you to register for SST 495.  Please be specific as to which semester and section you would like to register.