Career

Academic Positions

All jobs are advertised in Careers, the College Art Association newsletter, and job postings are made in advance on their website CAA. Also, "The Harvard Guide to Postdoctoral Fellowships" is available free of charge from the Fellowships Office in Byerly Hall.

General Career Information

The Department and the Office of Career Services help in many ways with job searches, ranging from passing along announcements for academic jobs at history departments across the country to the organizing of workshops about procedures and expectations.

Organization
Candidates need to take the initiative in organizing materials, acquiring information about potential positions and taking advantage of opportunities. Take special care with everything within control; provide thoughtfully composed letters of application, an impeccably presented curriculum vitae, and good summaries of the findings of, or skills developed, in connection with the dissertation. Application letters and associated materials take a lot of time, especially given the differing requirements of each potential job. Learn everything possible about the job so as to address employers' possible concerns. Interviewers may not know the details or importance of what the candidate has been working on, so addressing a broad audience is particularly important.

Letters of Recommendation
When requesting letters of reference, provide advisors and committee members with a copy of the application letter and curriculum vitae. Candidates may wish to have these letters on file at the Dossier Service run by the Office of Career Services, and will need to furnish the service with the appropriate waivers ensuring their confidentiality. Online Registration is available.