Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Basque Studies

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Job Description

The Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Basque Studies, open rank (Assistant (II), Associate (III), or Full (IV) Professor), to begin July 1, 2027. The field of specialization is open. We welcome applications from scholars in any humanities, arts, or social science discipline whose research and teaching engage the Basque Country, its languages and cultures, or the global Basque diaspora.

The successful candidate will hold a tenure home in a College of Liberal Arts department appropriate to their discipline including Anthropology; Art, Art History and Design; Communication Studies; English; History; Music, Philosophy; Political Science; Sociology and Cultural Analysis; Theatre and Dance; or World Languages and Literatures. The candidate will also contribute to the interdisciplinary research, teaching, and public-facing mission of the Center for Basque Studies, including its Ph.D. program in Basque Studies.

Basque Studies at Nevada is broadly interdisciplinary, spanning history, anthropology, literature, linguistics, political science, geography, art, sociology, and cultural analysis. We are especially interested in candidates whose scholarship builds bridges across fields and speaks to national and international audiences. The faculty member who joins the Center can expect to teach and mentor students in the Ph.D. in Basque Studies and in their home department’s undergraduate and graduate programs. The standard teaching load is 2-2, with substantial involvement in graduate education, including graduate-level teaching, student mentoring and advising, and service as chair or member of graduate committees. Faculty affiliated with Basque Studies contribute to Center for Basque Studies conferences and publications, participate in its full range of public outreach and programming, and should expect to perform service and administrative roles appropriate to the stage of their career development.

The rank and tenure status of the appointment will be commensurate with the successful candidate’s record and qualifications. Early-career scholars, established mid-career faculty, and senior scholars are all encouraged to apply.

Required Qualifications

• A Ph.D. in a relevant humanities or social science discipline or a similar terminal degree in the Arts. For appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, the degree must be completed no later than July 1, 2027. Candidates for appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor must hold the Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree in the discipline and present a record of scholarship, teaching, and service commensurate with tenure at that rank.

• An active and promising research agenda that engages Basque Studies—the language, cultures, history, society, arts, or diaspora of the Basque people—broadly conceived.

• Qualifications sufficient to hold a tenure home in an appropriate department within the College of Liberal Arts.

• Demonstrated excellence, or clear promise of excellence, in teaching, research, and service.

• Reading, writing, or speaking knowledge of Euskara and/or Spanish or French.

Preferred Qualifications

• A record of, or clear potential for, interdisciplinary and international scholarly collaboration.

• Experience with, or commitment to, graduate mentoring and doctoral education.

• A record of securing, or strong potential to secure, external research funding.

• Experience engaging public, community, or diaspora audiences.

• Scholarly strengths that complement and extend existing expertise at the Center and across the College of Liberal Arts—for example, in comparative and transnational approaches applied to a range of disciplines, linguistics, digital or public humanities, environmental arts and humanities, cinema and media studies, gender and sexuality studies, migration and diaspora studies.

Compensation

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with rank, education, and experience, consistent with the appropriate faculty compensation grade within the Nevada System of Higher Education. This is a 9-month, “B” contract appointment. The salary schedule can be found here: https://www.unr.edu/hr/compensation-evaluation/salary-schedules under “Academic Faculty (nine-month contract) salaries, with salaries ranging typically from Q1 to Q2 for each rank.

Remarkable Retirement

Our retirement plan is beyond compare. Your 19.25% contribution is generously matched by the University. With the faculty retirement plan, you are 100% vested your first day. Sit back and watch your retirement dollars grow! All permanent employees on an annual “A” or “B” contract who are employed at least 50% full-time are eligible to participate in the NSHE retirement program.

Perks of working at UNR

• Health insurance options including dental and vision – Health Insurance

• Generous sick leave, life insurance, and long-term disability – Faculty Benefits

• E. L. Wiegand Fitness Center offers an annual or semester membership and family membership options. E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center

• Mountain EAP supports employees (and eligible dependents) through life’s difficult moments. Mountain EAP is located in Reno and specializes in counseling and advising services for personal or interpersonal issues.
• Faculty Senate is the principal representing body for faculty. Its membership includes representatives from each academic and administrative major unit of the University. Faculty Senate

• No state income tax!

Grants-in-aid for Faculty Employees

The University is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee’s spouse or domestic partner. Faculty Grant-in-Aid.

Faculty Dual Career Assistance Program

The University of Nevada, Reno recognizes the importance of addressing dual-career couples’ professional needs. We offer a dual career assistance program to newly hired faculty spouses/partners that provides resources and assists them to identify career opportunities in Northern Nevada. Dual Career Assistance Program

Center Information

The Center for Basque Studies, housed in the College of Liberal Arts, is the leading research and educational institute of its kind outside the European Basque homeland. Established in 1967, the Center advances interdisciplinary research on Basque history, language, culture, politics, and the global Basque diaspora, and disseminates that scholarship to local, national, and international audiences. The Center offers a Ph.D. in Basque Studies with specialization across disciplines including anthropology, world languages and literatures, geography, political science, English, and history. It is home to the Center for Basque Studies Press and maintains one of the largest Basque collections in the world outside the Basque Country—approximately 55,000 volumes—in the Jon Bilbao Basque Library within the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center. The Center sustains active partnerships with the Basque Government, Etxepare Euskal Institutua, the University Studies Abroad Consortium, and universities across the Basque Country, Europe, and the Americas. Additional information about the Center can be found at https://www.unr.edu/basque-studies.

College and University Information

As Nevada’s flagship institution, the University of Nevada, Reno is a public Research 1 land-grant institution of the Nevada System of Higher Education with a student population of approximately 21,000, including over 3,000 graduate students with a campus also at Lake Tahoe. We are a comprehensive, doctoral university that has been designated as a Carnegie R1 institution with very high research activity and a Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. Nearly half of our students are students of color, and we are considered a Hispanic Serving Institution. In accordance with the University’s land grant tier-one research institution mission, our faculty are expected to contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching, and service in a pluralistic environment.

The University has a dynamic intellectual, artistic, and sports life, and a close relationship to the city of Reno. Located in one of the nation’s fastest-growing innovative economies, Reno is home to a thriving technology ecosystem, attracting leading companies in advanced manufacturing, clean energy, logistics, artificial intelligence, and data infrastructure. It is a growing tech and innovation hub with a diverse population and a rich cultural history that hosts an active art, music, and festival scene. Known for its proximity to Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains, Reno is a vibrant, diverse, and growing city located on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, about 200 miles east of San Francisco, about 100 miles east of Sacramento, and 30 miles north of the state capital, Carson City. Combined with the neighboring city of Sparks, the Reno-Sparks metropolitan area has a population of more than 500,000. Reno is only 30–45 minutes from Lake Tahoe and major ski resorts and is rated one of the top locations in the United States for living and outdoor recreation. It has an international airport with direct flights to many U.S. transportation hubs and to Mexico. For more information about the city and the surrounding area, please visit www.cityofreno.com and www.visitrenotahoe.com.

The College of Liberal Arts is home to the humanities, social sciences, and arts, offering 13 academic units and 8 additional programs, museums, and centers, including the Center for Constitutional Law and the Center for Basque Studies, that foster creativity, critical thinking, and engaged citizenship. As one of the largest academic units on campus with just under 4,000 students and 240 faculty, the College combines a strong liberal arts tradition with innovative and interdisciplinary teaching, research, and community engagement, preparing students for meaningful careers and lifelong learning in an interconnected world. The College emphasizes inquiry, discovery, and openness to new ideas and perspectives and supports major scholarly research and creative activity across its disciplines and offers a number of programs at the Lake Tahoe campus. Visit www.unr.edu/liberal-arts  for more information about the college, faculty, and students.

Contact Information for this position

Search Chair: Jennifer (Jen) Hill, Director, Center for Basque Studies — [email protected]

Search Coordinator: Kate Camino -- [email protected]

Exempt

Yes

Full-Time Equivalent

100.0%

Required Attachment(s)

Please note, once you submit your application the only attachment/s viewable to you will be the attachment/s to the resume/CV section of the application. Any additional required attachment/s to the cover letter, references, or additional documents sections of the application will not be viewable to you after you submit your application. All uploaded attachment/s will be on the application for the committee to review. To request updates to attachments, prior to the committee review of applications, please contact the candidate helpdesk at [email protected].

Please attach the following documents to your application:

• Curriculum Vitae

• Cover letter (including an overview of research plans, teaching experience, the proposed College of Liberal Arts tenure home, and planned contributions to the Center’s and College’s missions)

• Contact information for three professional references

• Research Statement (500 words)

• Teaching Statement (500 words)

• Writing sample (up to 7,000 words)

**Finalists will be asked to share recent teaching evaluations.

This posting is open until filled

Qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. Applications received by November 1, 2026 will receive full consideration.

Posting Close Date

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About Us

The University of Nevada, Reno is a leading public research university committed to the promise of a future powered by knowledge. Founded in 1874 as Nevada’s original land-grant university, the University serves more than 23,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and 63 countries.

Classified by the Carnegie® Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as an R1 (“Very High Research”) university, it is also recognized in the Carnegie® Community Engagement classification. The University is also ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the “Best National Universities” and “Best National Public Universities.” It also ranks in the top tier of the WSJ/Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the New York Times’ “Top Colleges for Economic Diversity.”

Since 2009, nearly $1 billion has been has invested in advanced labs, facilities, and residence halls on the main campus. The University is home to Nevada’s first medical school – the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and the Wayne L. Prim Campus at Lake Tahoe, where education, research, and creative work thrive in a stunning mountain setting. The University delivers on its original land-grant mission with outreach across the state through the University of Nevada, Reno Extension, Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Nevada Small Business Development Center, the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, and Wolf Pack Athletics.

The main campus is in Reno, Nevada, a burgeoning global technology hub with a vibrant midtown and downtown. Found where the high desert of the Great Basin meets the High Sierra and Lake Tahoe, the beautiful, 290-acre main campus is also a Nevada State Arboretum. The University’s physical infrastructure is expanding with ongoing construction of the newly named John Tullock Business Building, set to open in fall 2025. Groundbreaking is also planned for a new State Public Health Laboratory Building on campus, alongside the recent acquisition of 16 parcels near campus, known as “University Village,” to provide affordable housing for graduate students and early career faculty.

Collaborating with world-renowned organizations, the University fosters innovation through initiatives such as the Digital Wolf Pack partnership with Apple, which ensures equitable access to technology for students, providing new incoming freshman or transfer students with an iPad Air and accessories. Google’s TechWise initiate is an 18-month program that fully supports undergraduate students in becoming entry-level software engineers by graduation.

In 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced that Nevada – led by the University of Nevada, Reno – was named one of the inaugural 31 Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (TechHubs). Nevada was selected from a competitive pool of 489 applicants from across the United States and its territories. Nevada’s Tech Hub will strengthen America’s lithium batteries, critical elements and other electric vehicle materials industry sectors within the state.

Through its commitment to high-impact education, world-improving research and creative activity, and outreach that’s transforming Nevada’s communities and businesses, the University continues its 150-year tradition of benefitting our state, nation and world.

The University recognizes that diversity promotes excellence in education and research. The inclusive and engaged community on campus recognizes the added value that students, faculty, and staff from different backgrounds bring to the educational experience.

Today, the University delivers on its original land-grant mission of access to education and knowledge by investing in the academics, facilities, support, engagement and vibrant campus life that promote our diverse students’ cognitive growth and academic achievement – all while remaining one of the best values in American higher education.

For more information, please visit the University’s website.

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