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    PRESS RELEASE
    ARMENIAN RESEARCH CENTER, U. Michigan
    Dennis R. Papazian, Ph.D.
    Professor of History
    Director, Armenian Research Center
    The University of Michigan-Dearborn
    4901 Evergreen Road
    Dearborn, MI 48128-1491
    O 1-313-593-5181
    O Fax 1-313-593-5219
    Home: 201-505-1591
    Home Fax 201-746-0217
    http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/

    Center for Armenian Studies, Research and Publication

    Associate professor or assistant professor in Armenian or Armenian
    diaspora history with a strong competence in Middle Eastern history,
    preferably in the history of the Arabs. The candidate must have a Ph.D.
    by September 1, 2004, or strong evidence of probable award of degree
    shortly thereafter. The successful candidate should demonstrate
    potential for, and experience in, teaching, research and administration
    as well as an ability to bring multicultural perspectives to the
    instructional program. Knowledge of Armenian is necessary, and a working
    knowledge of Arabic and Turkish highly desirable. Appointment effective
    January 1, 2005 or September 1, 2005. Salary competitive.

    The successful candidate should also have administrative experience or
    potential and be prepared to assume the Directorship of the Armenian
    Research Center when the current incumbent retires. Fund raising
    experience is a plus. The successful candidate should provide visionary
    leadership in advancing undergraduate education, developing
    internationally recognized research and scholarship, develop
    collaboration within and among the several academic units of the campus,
    provide an advocacy for role of the Center, build productive
    relationships with community institutions and residents, lead external
    funding efforts, and enhance international programs and linkages.

    Candidates must have the academic qualifications and achievements
    consistent with an appointment to a tenured or tenure track position in
    the College.

    Letter of application should be accompanied by a curriculum vitae,
    writing sample, an official transcript, and three to five letters of
    recommendation. Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2004
    and continue until the position is filled. Contact Professor Sidney
    Bolkosky, Chair, Search Committee, Department of Social Sciences, the
    University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI 48128-1491.

    The University of Michigan is dedicated to the goal of building a
    culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty, committed to teaching and
    working in a multicultural environment, and it strongly encourages
    applications from minorities and women. The University of
    Michigan-Dearborn is an equal opportunity employer.

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    The Armenian Research Center is supported by an endowment of $2
    million, raised by the current director from the Armenian-American
    community, particularly the Knights of Vartan and the Edward Mardigian
    family.

    It is an integral part of the University of Michigan-Dearborn (UM-D),
    located in Dearborn, Michigan, a southwest suburb of Detroit. The
    director is directly supported by the University and the income from
    the endowment, some 5% a year, can be used for programs. Heretofore,
    a portion of that money has been used for the invaluable research
    assistant, Gerald E. Ottenbreit Jr., who will remain with the
    Center. The rest of the funds have been used to acquire research
    materials, including books, journals, microfilm, and microfiche, which
    has made the collection preeminent in America. A list of its holdings
    can be had by contacting Gerald Ottenbreit whose e-mail address is
    above.

    Funds are also used to support publications, a periodic
    Scholar-in-Residence, public lectures by invited scholars, academic
    research trips, receptions for the public, fundraising expenses, a
    newsletter, and other educational activities including periodically
    supporting Armenian language classes as needed.

    The Center has a community advisory committee, and would benefit from
    an academic advisory committee drawn from the campus and from other
    educational institutions.

    As noted above, the University is seeking a significant scholar at the
    assistant- or associate-professor level. Excellent knowledge of
    Armenian is a must, and other languages--such as Arabic, Turkish, and
    Russian and French--are highly desirable.

    The Dearborn campus of the University of Michigan has approximately
    12,000 students. It is primarily a commuter campus located on the
    fringe of the Detroit metropolitan area. Dearborn has an Arabic
    population of some 30,000 persons, hence a person with the knowledge
    of Arabic would be highly desirable. The person chosen should also be
    able to teach Ottoman and Turkish history, if at all possible.

    UM-D is a integral part of the three campus University of Michigan
    system. While the history department only offers an undergraduate
    degree, tenured professors at UM-D are members of the Horace
    H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, the umbrella graduate school of
    the University of Michigan, and members of the Rackham faculty are
    eligible to serve on dissertation committees on any of the three
    campuses.

    The nominal teaching load is three courses per semester, but the
    present Director is one-half time administrator and one-half time
    teacher-scholar. The teaching load is negotiable.

    The Center is currently moving into new quarters which are more than
    three-times the size of its present quarters, thus providing ample
    facilities for its program.

    The Campus recently has established a Center for Arab-American
    studies, concentrating on understanding and doing research on the Arab
    community in America.

    This position offers a rare opportunity to a scholar interested in
    teaching, research, and publication as well as engaging in educational
    activities within and outside the Armenian-American community.

    The chosen candidate may begin as early as January 2005 or as late as
    September 2005. The current Director, Prof. Dennis R. Papazian, will
    serve until September 1, 2005, at which time the selected candidate
    serving as Associate Director would become the Director.

    For further information, please contact Dennis Papazian at telephone
    201-505-1591, fax 201-746-0217, or by e-mail, [email protected]
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