Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Salary
- Not specified
- Date posted
- Aug 18, 2017
View more
- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Humanities, Foreign Languages & Literatures
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
You need to sign in or create an account to save a job.
The Department of Comparative Literature seeks to appoint a
tenure-track assistant professor in comparative literature, with
expertise in modern Asian, African, and/or Middle Eastern
literatures. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2018.
The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching at the
undergraduate and graduate levels, typically two courses per
semester and including both required and elective courses. We are
seeking an energetic colleague who will be committed to building
our programs in literature and forging new directions in the
humanities, one ready to share in advising students as well as
participating fully in the intellectual life of the department and
the university. Preference will be given to applicants with
training in comparative and/or world literary theory. We welcome as
well applicants who are working in creative combinations of
languages and literatures and/or film and digital media. Applicants
must have received the doctorate or equivalent degree, or show
clear evidence of planned receipt of the degree by the beginning of
employment. Applicants must also demonstrate substantial work with
original-language materials in at least three languages, including
at least one Asian, African, or Middle Eastern language. Keywords:
Assistant professor, faculty, tenure track, comparative literature,
East Asian literatures, South Asian literatures, Southeast Asian
literatures, Middle Eastern literatures, African literatures, East
Asian languages, South Asian languages, Southeast Asian languages,
Middle Eastern languages, African languages, film, digital media,
Boston, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA, Northeast, New England
Special Instructions: Please submit the following materials through
the ARieS portal (http://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/7769).
All materials must be submitted by October 15, 2017: 1. Cover
letter 2. Curriculum Vitae 3. Teaching statement (approximately 500
words) 4. Research statement (approximately 500 words) 5.
Dissertation Abstract and Table of Contents 6. Sample of
scholarship (25 pp. writing sample) 7. Names and contact
information of three referees, who will be asked by a
system-generated e-mail to upload a letter of recommendation
through the ARIeS portal once the candidates application has been
submitted. All letters should be received no later than October 29,
2017. Harvard is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or
any other characteristic protected by law. Applications from women
and minorities are strongly encouraged. Contact Information:
Professor Karen Thornber, Search Committee Chair, Department of
Comparative Literature, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard
University, Dana Palmer House, 16 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
02138. Contact email: Melissa Carden, carden@fas.harvard.edu.
You need to sign in or create an account to save a job.
Get job alerts
Create a job alert and receive personalized job recommendations straight to your inbox.
Create alert