Deputy Director of SOAS South Asia Institute and Senior Lecturer/Reader in Contemporary Indian Studies

SOAS, University of London -South Asia Institute

Senior Lecturer: £48,075 - £55,367 p.a inclusive of London Allowance  

Vacancy No:  000584

SOAS, University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies) will launch the SOAS South Asia Institute (SAI) in 2014. The SAI will be at the forefront of a major strategic initiative, designed to confirm and strengthen the position of SOAS as the UK’s foremost centre of research, teaching, and outreach with reference to South Asia. The Institute will be an interdisciplinary knowledge hub bringing together the expertise of one of the largest communities of South Asia scholars housed under one roof in the Western world. It will promote independent, critical analysis, provide new and exciting opportunities for postgraduate training and postdoctoral research, and produce scholarly work of the highest international quality.

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