Category Archives: East Asian

Rhodes College Assistant Professorship in the New Testament

2017 deadlines, African origin, African-American, Asian American, East Asian, Latin American/Caribbean, November 2017, Religious Studies, Tenure-track

Deadline: November 6

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We encourage applications from individuals whose interests go beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries, in particular from candidates who can contribute to programs such as Africana Studies, Archaeology, Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Film and Media Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latin American Studies, Neuroscience, and Urban Studies.”

URL: Rhodes NT job

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Cornell University Open Rank Professorship in Asian American Studies

2017 deadlines, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian American, Asian American Studies, Cinema/Media Studies, East Asian, English/Comparative Literature, Ethnic studies, History, Human Development, International studies, October 2017, Political Science, Sociology, Tenure-track

Deadline: October 31

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We are searching . . . across multiple fields within the humanities and the social sciences.” “We seek candidates with expertise in areas such as cinema and media studies, transnational Asian and Asian American cultural production, citizenship studies, immigration studies, political theory, environmental studies, ethnographic filmmaking, and gender studies.”
URL: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9992

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

Villanova University Assistant Professorship in Global Interdisciplinary Studies

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

Deadline: October 30

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “The responsibilities of the position include team teaching and working with students in our interdisciplinary programs that are thematically and area focused, namely: Africana Studies, Asian Studies, Arab and Islamic Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, Irish Studies, Latin American Studies, Peace and Justice Studies, and Russian Area Studies.”

URL: https://jobs.villanova.edu/postings/12293

Emerson College Assistant Professorship in Asian Diasporic Literature

Asian American, Asian American Studies, East Asian, East Asian Studies, English/Comparative Literature, November 2017, Pacific Islander, South Asian diaspora, South Asian diaspora, Tenure-track

Deadline: November 1

Length Tenure-track

Comments: “The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in Asian Diasporic literature (East and South Asian, Asian American and Asian British studies cultures, languages and literatures) or a related field”; “Desired secondary areas of interest include: critical race theory, contemporary literature taught in translation, global and transnational studies, gender and sexuality studies, postcolonial studies, settler colonial studies, or Asian literatures and literary traditions.”

URL: https://emerson.peopleadmin.com/postings/14851

College of the Holy Cross Assistant Professorship in Classics (Social/Cultural History of the Ancient World)

2017 deadlines, African origin, Classics, East Asian, English/Comparative Literature, History, Latin American/Caribbean, Latina/o, Multiple ethnicities, November 2017, Tenure-track

Deadline: November 12

Length: Tenure track

Comments: “Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated research in the social and/or cultural history of the ancient world, and to those with an interest in and ability to contribute to one or more of following interdisciplinary programs: Africana Studies; Asian Studies; Environmental Studies; Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; International Studies; Latin American & Latino Studies; Middle Eastern Studies; and Peace & Conflict Studies.”

URL: https://new-england.hercjobs.org/jobs/10253681/tenure-track-faculty-position-in-classics-social-cultural-history-of-the-ancient-world

University of California-San Diego Assistant Professorship in Critical Muslim Studies

2017 deadlines, African origin, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, East Asian, East Asian Studies, English/Comparative Literature, Ethnic studies, History, Human Development, International studies, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, Oceana indigenous peoples, October 2017, Pacific Islander, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, Tenure-track

Deadline: October 6

Length: Tenure track

Comments: “The Ethnic Studies Department at UCSD seeks to hire an assistant professor working in the area of Critical Muslim Studies and its intersections with race, gender, sexuality, decoloniality, Islamophobia and/or critical theory. We seek a colleague whose work theorizes the racialization of Muslims in the context of law, history, politics, science and/or culture.”

URL: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF01518

Washingon University of St. Louis Assistant/Associate Professorship in Premodern Chinese Literature

2017 deadlines, Asian American, East Asian, East Asian Studies, English/Comparative Literature, November 2017, Tenure-track

Deadline: November 15

Length: Tenure track

Comments: “The successful candidate should also be willing to contribute to any of the following programs: East Asian Studies, Film and Media Studies, Performing Arts, Comparative Literature, Women and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Religious Studies, and the university’s growing interest in digital humanities, medical humanities, and Asian-American Studies.”

URL: https://jobs.wustl.edu/ — Job 37619

University of Chicago Assistant Professorship in Race and Ethnicity in the Social Sciences

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, Cultural Studies, East Asian, Ethnic studies, Geography, History, History of Science, Human Development, Human Rights, Indigenous Americas, International studies, Latin American Studies, Latin American/Caribbean, Latina/o, Latina/o/Hispanic Studies, Mediterranean Studies, Multiple ethnicities, Pacific Islander, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Public Policy, Sociology, Tenure-track, Urban Studies

Deadline: January 10

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We invite applications for one or more tenure-track position(s) at the rank of Assistant Professor from 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 is a division-wide search. Successful candidates will be appointed in one of the following departments: Anthropology, Economics, History, Comparative Human Development, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology. The Division of Social Sciences is committed to increasing the diversity of the faculty, and we therefore encourage applicants who come from racial, ethnic, and social groups that are underrepresented in academia.”

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