<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Ashley Robinson <<a href="mailto:arobin12@iit.edu">arobin12@iit.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Postdoctoral Fellow - Illinois Institute of Technology</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">March 19, 2013 10:51:39 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Christena Nippert-Eng <<a href="mailto:nippert@iit.edu">nippert@iit.edu</a>><br></span></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:13px"><p class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Sir/Madam,</span></p><p class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We appreciate any assistance you can provide in distributing the
following job description for a post-doctoral fellow to join us here in
Chicago.</span></p><p class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Postdoctoral
Fellow</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
Benjamin Franklin Project at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), in
partnership with the Department of Social Sciences, is pleased to announce an
opening for a postdoctoral fellow as part of an expanded collaborative
partnership with the Jack Miller<span class=""> </span>Center
(JMC). Advancing a national project on the role of the humanities in
pre-professional education made possible with the generous support of the John
Templeton Foundation, JMC will sponsor a visiting fellow at six institutions,
each of whom will contribute to a three year national project on “Creativity,
Innovation, and Free Institutions.”</span></p><p class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> At
IIT, the post-doctoral fellow will offer three undergraduate courses a year on
topics pertaining to the history and political thought of the American Founding
as extensions of the new law and science of the Atlantic Enlightenment. A
strong preference will be given to candidates whose work has an
interdisciplinary focus, connecting ideas of scientific and technological
innovation, politics and law in the context of the rise of eighteenth century
invention and entrepreneurship.<span class=""> </span> Candidates
with a background in history of science, history of political thought and
political theory considering Enlightenment understandings of invention,
property and law would be particularly welcome and encouraged to apply.<span class=""> </span> </span></p><p class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In
addition to engaging in an active research and publishing agenda, the candidate
is expected to contribute to organizing other activities associated with the
Benjamin Franklin Project (see<span class=""> </span><a href="http://www.iit.edu/franklin">http://www.iit.edu/franklin</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(41,41,41)">).
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The appointment will run for three academic years, beginning
August 2013 and ending July 2016, with a teaching course load of 1 and 2 over
each academic year of the project. Annual salary is $50,000 plus
benefits. </span></p><p class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
successful candidate will join another JMC post-doc currently residing in the
Department of Social Sciences, located on IIT’s main campus, south of<span class=""> </span>Chicago’s
downtown<span class=""> </span>Loop<span class=""> </span>area. Please see our website for
more information about the department</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(41,41,41)"> <span class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://iit.edu/csl/socs/">http://iit.edu/csl/socs/</a></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(41,41,41)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(41,41,41)">and<span class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">information
about the university can be found at<span class=""> </span><a href="http://www.iit.edu/">http://www.iit.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(41,41,41)">. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To
apply please send CV and cover letter with “JMC Fellow Application” in subject
line to Ashley Robinson, department coordinator:
<a href="http://arobin12_at_iit.edu/">arobin12_at_iit.edu</a>. Please include contact information for references
but do not send letters unless requested. For additional information
please contact Professor Christena Nippert-Eng: <a href="http://nippert_at_iit.edu/">nippert_at_iit.edu</a>,
Director of the Benjamin Franklin Project. Review of applications will
begin mid April 2013 and continue until the position is filled. The
Illinois Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer.</span></p><p class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thanks, </span></p><p class="" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Ashley Robinson</font></p>
<font face="arial, sans-serif"></font></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Hand Of Sean'">Ashley
Robinson</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Department and
Communications Coordinator</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Department of Social
Sciences</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Illinois Institute of
Technology</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Siegel Hall, Suite 116</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3301 South Dearborn
Street</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Chicago, IL 60616</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ph # 312-56<b>7-5128</b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Fax # 312-567-6821</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:arobin12@iit.edu" target="_blank">arobin12@iit.edu</a></span></p></div>
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