Category Archives: South Asian diaspora

Mt. Holyoke Assistant Professorship in History — South Asia since 1500

2018 Deadlines, History, Multiple ethnicities, September 2018 deadline, South Asian diaspora, Tenure-track

Deadline: September 15

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “Possible research fields include empire, diasporas, gender, caste and religion, the circulation of people, goods, and ideas, and postcolonial societies.”

URL: https://jobs.mtholyoke.edu/index.cgi?&JA_m=JASDET&JA_s=691

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University of Michigan-Dearborn Assistant Professorship in English

2017 deadlines, American Indian, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Asian American, Asian American Studies, English/Comparative Literature, Ethnic studies, Indigenous Americas, Latina/o, Latina/o/Hispanic Studies, Multiple ethnicities, November 2017, Pacific Islander, South Asian diaspora, South Asian diaspora, Tenure-track

Deadline: November 17 (posted on Higher Ed Jobs 12/8)

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: Inviting “applications for an Assistant Professor, tenure track in 20-21st Century Ethnic and/or Immigrant literature (excluding African American literature) and Creative Writing, beginning September 1, 2018. Applications from those who teach Arab-American or Latinx literature are particularly welcome.”

URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/44989

Harvard University Postdoctoral Fellowship — Inequality in America

2018 Deadlines, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian American Studies, Borderland Studies, Cultural Studies, Demography, Disability Studies, Economics, Education, English/Comparative Literature, Environmental Studies, Ethnic studies, Family Studies, Gender/Women's Studies, Geography, History, History of Science, Human Development, International studies, January 2018 deadline, Latin American Studies, Latina/o/Hispanic Studies, Law/legal studies, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Postdoc, Psychology, Public Health, Public Policy, Religious Studies, Sexuality/Queer Studies, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, Sustainabliity Studies, Urban Studies

Deadline: January 16

Length: 2 years with possible renewal for a 3rd

Comments: Seeking recent PhDs working in one of the following research areas.

URL: https://inequalityinamerica.fas.harvard.edu/postdoctoral-program

California State University-Northridge Assistant Professorship in Gender and Women’s Studies

2017 deadlines, African American Studies, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Borderland Studies, Cultural Studies, Economics, Ethnic studies, French/Francophone Studies, Gender/Women's Studies, Geography, History, Human Development, Human Rights, International studies, Latin American Studies, Latina/o/Hispanic Studies, Law/legal studies, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, November 2017, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Public Policy, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, Tenure-track

Deadline: November 30

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: Seeking “a tenure-track Assistant Professor that has demonstrated effectiveness in teaching and research in Feminist Legal Studies or criminal justice law, broadly defined, which can include specializations in international law, global conflict, immigration, indigenous studies or refugee studies. We invite a focus on any of the following geographical areas: Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle-East and/or the United States. The successful candidate would articulate an intersectional, feminist postcolonial or decolonial theoretical-methodological approach.”

URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/46714

Michigan State University Assistant Professorship in Digital Humanities/Digital Rhetorics

2017 deadlines, All humanistic fields, Anthropology, Asian American Studies, Borderland Studies, Cultural Studies, East Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Ethnic studies, History, History of Science, Human Development, Human Rights, International studies, Latin American Studies, Latina/o/Hispanic Studies, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, November 2017, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, Sustainabliity Studies, Tenure-track, Urban Studies

Deadline: November 22

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We favor candidates whose work engages with issues of rhetoric, culture, and environmental justice (such as rhetoric & food sovereignty, migration/immigration, environmental racism, land-based social justice issues, or culturally relevant environment rhetorics).”

URL: http://www.careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/498071/assistant-professortenure-system

Duke University Assistant Professorship of Practice in International Comparative Studies

2018 Deadlines, Anthropology, Borderland Studies, Cultural Studies, Demography, East Asian Studies, English/Comparative Literature, Environmental Studies, Gender/Women's Studies, Geography, History, Human Development, Human Rights, International studies, January 2018 deadline, Latin American Studies, Multiple ethnicities, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Public Policy, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, Term appointment

Deadline: January 16

Length: 4 years

Comments: “The successful candidate will have completed a Ph.D. in the humanistic and/or social sciences prior to appointment, be engaged in research and teaching that explores comparative/global topics, and be interested in pursuing interdisciplinary and cross-regional collaborations.” “Possible disciplines include cultural geography, socio-cultural anthropology, comparative/global history, political science and public policy, environmental studies, women’s studies, postcolonial studies, and comparative literature.”

URL: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/10333

University of Nevada-Las Vegas Assistant Professorship in Asian and Asian American Studies

2017 deadlines, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian American, Asian American Studies, Cultural Studies, December 2017, East Asian Studies, English/Comparative Literature, Ethnic studies, Gender/Women's Studies, History, Human Development, International studies, Political Science, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, South Asian diaspora, Tenure-track

Deadline: December 1

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We are particularly interested in candidates who possess expertise in Asian American and/or Pacific Islander communities, diasporic cultures, gender and sexuality, critical race theory, and empire and colonialism.”

URL: UN-LV Asian Amer job

University of California-Santa Barbara Assistant Professorship in Modern South Asia 1500-Present

2017 deadlines, History, International studies, Multiple ethnicities, November 2017, South Asian diaspora, South Asian diaspora, Tenure-track

Deadline: November 24

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “Any area of specialization is welcome, but we are especially seeking a scholar who can add breadth and depth to our department’s strengths in the historical dynamics of religious, linguistic and ethnic identities and relationships, movements seeking national and/or regional autonomy, the history of gender, race and sexualities, science and the environment, imperialism and decolonization, and/or public history. We are also interested in scholars whose research explores connections, whether through migration, financial transfers, trade, media circulation, travel or other means, between South Asia and other areas of the world.”

URL: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01087

Pratt Institute Assistant/Associate Professorship in Global South Studies

2017 deadlines, African origin, Anthropology, Borderland Studies, Demography, East Asian, East Asian Studies, Gender/Women's Studies, Geography, History, Human Development, Indigenous Americas, International studies, Latin American Studies, Latin American/Caribbean, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, Oceana indigenous peoples, October 2017, Pacific Islander, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Sexuality/Queer Studies, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, South Asian diaspora, Tenure-track

Deadline: October 21

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “Qualified candidates include those who employ transnational approaches to cultural, social, or historical studies which focus on social movements, forms of resistance, feminisms, or non-western, experimental and/or queer knowledge formations. Scholars should demonstrate expertise within south-north south-south, or south/east contexts, transits, and/or geographies.” “Research and teaching could be anchored to communities of color within critical area studies that engage with and extend existing paradigms in African, Latin America, Middle Eastern, East Asian, South Asian, or Southeast Asian Studies.”

URL: Pratt Global South job

Pratt Institute Assistant/Associate Professorship in Critical Social Analysis

2017 deadlines, African American Studies, African origin, African-American, American Indian, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian American, Asian American Studies, Borderland Studies, Canadian indigenous peoples, Cinema/Media Studies, Communications, Cultural Studies, East Asian, East Asian Studies, English/Comparative Literature, Ethnic studies, History, History of Science, Human Development, Indigenous Americas, International studies, Linguistics, Multiple ethnicities, October 2017, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Sociology, South Asian diaspora, South Asian diaspora, Tenure-track

Deadline: October 21

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “Qualified candidates include those who employ critical race theory and/or decolonizing approaches to cultural, social, or historical studies which focus on communication, media/social media, linguistic communities, translations, sound, narratives, and storytelling, all within south-north south-south, or south/east contexts, transits, and/or geographies. Research and teaching could be anchored to communities of color that engage with and extend existing paradigms in Indigenous/Native Studies, Black Studies, and/or Asian/American and Trans-Pacific Studies. Comparative, qualitative, and decolonial research is welcome.”

URL: Pratt job