Rhodes Professor of American History, University of Oxford - United Kingdom
The scope of this Chair covers United States history, including the colonial period, and we would seek to appoint the best candidate in any relevant sub-field. The History Faculty has a core group of academic postholders who teach across United States history from the eighteenth century to the present day, as well as a larger community of historians whose work intersects with the History of the United States. We have existing research strengths in the history of American politics, race, religion, gender, slavery, capitalism, Empire, and the US’s role in the world. We would especially welcome applications from those working on the twentieth century, where there is considerable student demand, or from those whose work offers synergies with other postholders in the Faculty working on Global and Imperial History, Women’s History, and the History of Sexuality, or with the Faculty’s long-standing strengths in modern British and European history and the Bodleian’s archival resources, especially in the Revolutionary era.
The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon UK time on Monday 9 March 2026. Interviews are expected to be held in Oxford on 7 and 8 May 2026.