Cover Letter

Mr. John Doe, Ph.D.

I am writing to apply for the position of Assistant Professor of Literature in the Department of Comparative Literature at Marilia University, as advertised on the MU website. Please, find my resume attached.

I am currently a doctoral candidate (Ph.D. program) at the University of Campinas and fully expect to complete my Ph.D. degree requirements by January 2013. I’m very interested in obtaining a faculty position at Marilia University, as its African Portuguese-Speaking Country has a stellar reputation that is known in Brazil.

I reckon that My last experience as a teacher and my extensive academic production can be useful to increase MU academic production and bring some Seminars and Congresses with regard to Post-colonial Theory and Critic. My Ph.D dissertation deals with some problems from scholarship literary criticism, and is intended to help in the understanding of how the post-colonial criticism overcame the ancient erudition.

This is an area of knowledge that has increased more in recent decades, but the Brazilian critical literature has not had a large tradition in this area. Therefore, I feel MU can take the lead, being the first in São Paulo State to begin and promote a serious and well-constructed research center for Post-colonial theory and criticism.

I would like to discuss with you some points of my cover letter and my resume.

Sincerely

Luís Martini, Msc.

Good Luck.