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Position: Asst Prof, Modern South Asian Culture (Leiden)

Location: Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

Application Deadline: 1 March 2012

Website: http://www.hum.leiden.edu/lias/

Details:  Leiden University invites applications for a fulltime Assistant Professorship in Modern South Asian Culture. Appointment will be fixed-term from September 2012 through August 2015, with the possibility of extensions of up to three years, and of tenure thereafter. Requirements include a PhD degree. Applications by candidates near completion of the PhD will be considered.

South Asia refers to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Himalayan states. The Assistant Professor will combine Humanities and Social Science perspectives on culture, to engage popular and high-cultural production in film, literature, theater, art, music, and (new) media, with reference to cultural identities (ethnicity, gender, language, social organization), and to social, political, economic, and religious contexts.

 

Before submitting your application or query, please read the full CFA at
http://vacatures.leidenuniv.nl/wetenschappelijk/12-003-professor-asian-culture.html

 

Review of applications will commence 1 March 2012 and continue until the position is filled. Interviews are scheduled for April and May 2012.  Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break.

 

Contact: Queries to Maghiel van Crevel
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Website: http://www.hum.leiden.edu/lias/

 

Primary Category: South Asian History / Studies

Secondary Categories: Anthropology
Area Studies
Cultural History / Studies
Sociology

 

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