Category Archives: South Asian diaspora

Concordia University (Montreal) Assistant Professorship in Law and Society/Global South

2017 deadlines, April 2017 deadline, Borderland Studies, East Asian Studies, History, Human Rights, International studies, Latin American Studies, Law/legal studies, Multiple ethnicities, Political Science, South Asian diaspora, Tenure-track

Deadline: April 7

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We welcome applications from scholars with research in law and society in colonial, postcolonial, international, transnational, or comparative contexts.  Research specialties may include, but are not limited to: transitional justice, empire and the law, peace and conflict studies, legal pluralism, and law in everyday social life and informal contexts.  Applicants must have a Ph.D., or be near completion of a doctoral degree, in History, Political Science, or a relevant discipline.”

URL: http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/about/jobs/tenure-track-appointments/tenure-track-position-in-law-society-global-south.html

Northern Arizona University Lectureship in Transnational Feminism

2017 deadlines, African origin, American Indian, Anthropology, Borderland Studies, Canadian indigenous peoples, Cinema/Media Studies, Cultural Studies, East Asian Studies, Gender/Women's Studies, Geography, History, Human Development, Human Rights, Indigenous Americas, International studies, January 2017 deadline, Latin American Studies, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Public Policy, Religious Studies, Sexuality/Queer Studies, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, Term appointment, Urban Studies

Deadline: January 4

Length: Unstated

Comments: “We particularly encourage applications from candidates whose work focuses on an innovative and rigorous interdisciplinary approach to teaching about the Global South and/or Indigeneity. Applicants with disciplinary emphases on one or more themes such as, Islam, gender, and sexuality; reproductive justice and sexual, queer, and/or trans politics; sexuality and settler colonialism; indigenous feminism; gender and diaspora are strongly encouraged to apply.”

URL: NAZ TransFem job

Carleton College Postdoctoral Fellowship in Refugee and Migration Studies

2017 deadlines, African origin, American Studies, Anthropology, Borderland Studies, Cinema/Media Studies, Cultural Studies, English/Comparative Literature, Ethnic studies, February 2017 deadline, History, Human Development, International studies, Latin American Studies, Latin American/Caribbean, Latina/o/Hispanic Studies, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Postdoc, Religious Studies, South Asian diaspora

Deadline: February 1

Length: 2 years

Comments: “Candidates’ research and teaching should be situated in the humanities or humanistically-oriented social sciences and should show an interest in the cultural contexts, traditions, languages and histories of both migrant and “host” communities. Candidates whose teaching and research interests span two or more of the following area studies programs present at Carleton College are particularly encouraged to apply: Middle East Studies, European Studies, American Studies, and Latin American Studies.”

URL: https://jobs.carleton.edu/postings/3022

University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Fellowship in Race, Ethnicity and Immigration

2017 deadlines, African American Studies, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian American Studies, Economics, Ethnic studies, Geography, History, Human Development, International studies, January 2017 deadline, Latina/o/Hispanic Studies, Law/legal studies, Multiple ethnicities, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Postdoc, Public Policy, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, Urban Studies

Deadline: January 22

Length: 1 year

Comments: “projects related to race and ethnic relations and/or immigrant political incorporation in the United States; help organize and participate in faculty/graduate student workshops; and aid in evaluating the progress of graduate students and undergraduates receiving research grants.” Must have earned a PhD between January 1, 2015, and June 1, 2017.

URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/39663

Grand Valley State University Assistant Professorship in Global Studies

2017 deadlines, Anthropology, Borderland Studies, Cultural Studies, Demography, Digital Studies, East Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Ethnic studies, French/Francophone Studies, Geography, History, Human Development, Human Rights, International studies, January 2017 deadline, Latin American Studies, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, Sustainabliity Studies, Tenure-track

Deadline: January 9

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: Preferred “Ability to contribute to an additional existing interdisciplinary program within the college, particularly Human Rights, Middle East Studies, East Asian Studies, African/African American Studies, Latin American and Latino/a Studies, or the anticipated Digital Studies minor.” “Areas of expertise could include: global inequality, migration, trans-nationalism, global health, global communication, environment/sustainability, human rights, gender, race or ethnicity.”

URL: http://www.jobs.gvsu.edu/cw/en-us/job/492500/assistant-professor-brooks-college-of-interdisciplinary-studies-global-studies

University of Chicago Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Social Sciences

"Diversity", 2017 deadlines, African American Studies, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian American Studies, Borderland Studies, Cultural Studies, East Asian Studies, Economics, Education, Environmental Studies, Ethnic studies, Geography, History, History of Science, Human Development, Human Rights, International studies, January 2017 deadline, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Latina/o/Hispanic Studies, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Postdoc, Psychology, Public Policy, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, Urban Studies

Deadline: January 17

Length: 2 years

Comments: Seeking “junior scholars who engage issues of race and/or ethnicity within established social sciences disciplines or emergent disciplines such as Ethnic and Racial Studies, American Studies, Latina/o Studies, African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Native American Studies, Human Rights, or Justice Studies. This search is division-wide. Successful candidates will be appointed in one of the following departments: Anthropology, Economics, History, Comparative Human Development, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.”

URL: https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Open Rank Professorship in Muslim American Studies

2017 deadlines, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian American Studies, Cultural Studies, Demography, Ethnic studies, Geography, History, Human Development, International studies, January 2017 deadline, Multiple ethnicities, Political Science, Public Policy, Religious Studies, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, Tenure-track, Urban Studies

Deadline: January 15

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We seek a theoretically sophisticated, rigorous, and interdisciplinary scholar with a strong commitment to contribute to the governance and development of the AMAS program. Candidates with scholarly expertise and teaching interests in Muslim American studies using intersectional approaches, such as frameworks of race, gender, and sexuality, are particularly of interest. Preference will be given to candidates who specialize broadly in Muslim American studies and examine multiple communities or issues – African American, South Asian American, Arab American, Latino/a/x, etc. The search will consider candidates who focus on the U.S. as well as those who incorporate comparative and transnational frameworks in relation to the U.S.”

URL: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54301

Washington University of St. Louis Mark Steinberg Weil Early Career Fellowship in Humanities

2017 deadlines, African American Studies, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Asian American Studies, Borderland Studies, Cinema/Media Studies, Classics, Cultural Studies, Digital Studies, Disability Studies, East Asian Studies, English/Comparative Literature, Environmental Studies, Ethnic studies, French/Francophone Studies, Gender/Women's Studies, General/inclusive, German/Germanic Studies, History, History of Science, Human Development, International studies, January 2017 deadline, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Latina/o/Hispanic Studies, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, Museum Studies, Music, Pan-African Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Postdoc, Religious Studies, Romance Languages, Sexuality/Queer Studies, Slavic Studies, South Asian diaspora, Sustainabliity Studies, Theater, Urban Studies

Deadline: January 4

Length: 2 years

Comments: “We seek scholars from within a broad range of humanities disciplines or interdisciplinary fields and are especially interested in candidates who bring with them experience in community-based projects, data science in the humanities, and/or the urban humanities.”

URL: https://jobs.wustl.edu/ Job 35086

McGill University Assistant Professorship in Cultural Analytics

2016 deadlines, African American Studies, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Asian American Studies, Borderland Studies, Cinema/Media Studies, Classics, Communications, Cultural Studies, December 2016 deadline, Digital Studies, Disability Studies, East Asian Studies, English/Comparative Literature, Environmental Studies, Ethnic studies, French/Francophone Studies, Gender/Women's Studies, German/Germanic Studies, History, Human Development, International studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Latina/o/Hispanic Studies, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, Museum Studies, Music, Pan-African Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Romance Languages, Sexuality/Queer Studies, Slavic Studies, South Asian diaspora, Tenure-track, Theater, Urban Studies

Deadline: December 15

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: The “primary area of specialization in the field of cultural analytics and digital humanities. Candidates may be working in a variety of subfields across the humanities and social sciences, including literature, history, anthropology, music, photography, art history, cinema, linguistics, information studies, and cultural or media studies, and must have a demonstrable research program that uses computational analysis for the study of culture. Special emphasis should be given to methods that connect with critical approaches to cultural study, such as feminist, post-colonial, transnational, Indigenous, queer-, disability-, or race-theoretical, or other approaches that address questions of social justice and/or inequality.”
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URL: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8290