Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in History of Technology

Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is ranked among the world’s top universities. Agile, bold, and inventive, NTU Singapore shapes the future by combining technology and human creativity to tackle the toughest challenges facing society today.

The School of Humanities (SoH) at NTU Singapore is committed to disciplinary excellence and interdisciplinary innovation, with particular strengths in Digital, Health, and Environmental Humanities, and the study of Global Asia. SoH is part of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CoHASS), which aims to be Asia’s leading centre for innovative, interdisciplinary Humanities, Arts and Social Science research and practice.

The Position

The history department at NTU Singapore seeks a scholar for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in the History of Technology. The postholder should be able to place the recent history of Artificial Intelligence in the context of longer histories of how people engage with technology to produce, organize, preserve, and transmit knowledge. This position is open to scholars specializing in any historical period, with a preference for scholars active in digital scholarly techniques themselves. They must be able to teach the history of artificial intelligence, and provide an historical dimension to NTU’s new programme in AI Ethics and Society, a new postgraduate degree anchored in the humanities, dedicated to the study of ethical, societal, and governance dimensions of AI. 

History at NTU

The successful candidate will join the History department at NTU, home to a world-leading group of scholars, who offer a curriculum that equips students with critical thinking and a rich multi-perspectival awareness of history of Asia in the world. Faculty have particular strengths in archaeology and urban history, ecology and disaster studies, the history of gender, of science, technology and medicine, intellectual history, and the history of the body and of the senses. We provide a dynamic range of methodological expertise, with a focus on the Asian region.

The department offers successful history single and double major undergraduate programmes, as well as a PhD in History, and contributes to interdisciplinary Masters programmes.           

More information about the History program and faculty can be found https://www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/admissions/undergraduate/history and https://www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/about-us/history/faculty-members

Research Profile

Applicants should demonstrate a strong and original research agenda in the history of knowledge technologies. Areas of interest may include (but are not limited to) Asian Studies, Digital Humanities, History of Computing, of Mathematics, and of Writing and the technologies of its reproduction, and Science and Technology Studies. 

Teaching and Supervision

The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses in History, and should be comfortable teaching an MA-level course on the history of artificial intellgience. The candidate will supervise postgraduate research and contribute actively to mentoring students working in History and interdisciplinary research.

Requirements include:

• A PhD in History or a related field;
• Evidence of strong scholarly promise and a developing publication profile;
• Demonstrated commitment to high-quality teaching and student mentorship;
• Demonstrated ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of computing from the abacus to AI;
• Interest in collaborative, interdisciplinary, and internationally engaged research;
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

Please submit the following documents by clicking the 'Apply' button

• Cover letter
• Curriculum Vitae including a full publication list
• Research Impact Statement (max 5 pages)
• Teaching Impact Statement (max 3 pages) 

The closing date for applications is 3 December 2026. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified via email.

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