Three-Year Term Assistant Professor in South Asian Religions

Barnard College, United States

Updated: about 1 month ago
Location: Beaumont, TEXAS
Job Type: FullTime
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Position Title Three-Year Term Assistant Professor in South Asian Religions
Job Description Summary
The Religion Department at Barnard College seeks applications for a three-year Term Assistant Professor in South Asian religions. The ideal candidate will be a specialist in South Asian religion with a focus in Hinduism. The successful candidate will bring methodological diversity to the department, which currently emphasizes literary, historical, and legal studies of religion. The position is open to candidates working in a wide range of research interests including ritual, performance, place, or ethnography. We would particularly (though not exclusively) welcome a colleague with expertise in caste, indigeneity, or other forms of marginalization practiced in modern or pre-modern South Asia. The successful candidate will also be conversant in the broad questions that animate the academic study of religion, including theoretical and comparative concerns. They will also be expected to teach an annual standard survey course entitled An Introduction to Hinduism along with 4 other courses (a five-course load). The department will also provide a substantial research supplement.
Type of Position Faculty
Department Religion
Full or Part Time Full Time
Position End Date (if temporary)
Posting Number 2022-00149- F

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Salary Range 82,000

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Quick Link https://careers.barnard.edu/postings/6678
EEO Statement

Barnard College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Barnard does not discriminate due to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability, or any other legally protected basis, and to the extent permitted by law. Qualified candidates of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.
Open Date 03/15/2024
Close Date
Open Until Filled No
Additional Information
Applications are due by April 15th, 2024. Final round interviews are expected to take place the week of April 30th to May 3rd.

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