The
Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations,
University of
Chicago, invites applications for a tenure-track position at
the level of Assistant Professor in
Hindi language and literature, with a preferred start date
of July 1, 2014. . Candidates working in pre-modern
and/or modern Hindi are welcome to apply. Conferral of PhD
by June 30, 2014 is highly preferred, and PhD degree must be
conferred within one year of start date.
Teaching
duties are a minimum of four courses per year, usually
distributed over three
quarters (autumn, winter, spring). Among the four courses
taught,
one must be offered in an undergraduate College Core
sequence. The
remaining three will include Hindi language classes at the
advanced
(Third-Fourth year) level, as well as individually devised
graduate
seminars.
Applications
should include a cover letter, CV, three letters of
reference, teaching evaluations (if available), sample
syllabi, and at least one sample of
recent writing. None are returnable.
Cover
letter and CV must
be submitted via the Academic Careers Website at:
https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu, posting #01908.
Hard copies of all application
materials should be mailed to:
HINDI
SEARCH
South
Asian Languages
and Civilizations
University
of Chicago
1130
E. 59th Street,
Chicago
IL 60637-1543
U.S.A
For
full consideration, all application materials must be received
by
November 30, 2013. Review of applications will
continue until the position is filled. No
applications will be considered which arrive after January 15,
2014.
The
University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity
Employer.