Full Time Assistant Professor of Pre-Modern Indian Ocean Studies
The
Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University invites
applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor in
Pre-Modern Indian Ocean Studies to commence on September 1, 2019.
We
seek a scholar of pre-modern Indian Ocean history, culture, politics,
and economy, with a primary interest in the exchange of ideas, texts,
cultural objects, commodities and trade patterns, and the intermigration
of communities. We are particularly interested in an interdisciplinary
scholar whose teaching and research focuses on conceiving new ways of
thinking about circulation, mobility, and the migration of peoples and
ideas within a transregional context.
The Indian Ocean, in the
pre-modern, constituted a critical central link between “local” and
broader regional and transregional constellations of culture and
society, economy and politics that encompassed the Gulf region, Persia,
East Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. These linkages manifested
themselves in the circulations of religion, trade, ideas, language,
literature, labor, and the workings of empire and territory. The
potential candidate should be able to cover two or more of these
geographical areas, with a strong scholarly interest in the theories of
trans-cultural exchanges, migration and the creation of economies,
polities, geographies and boundaries, within the broader Indian Ocean
area.
The teaching load for this position is four courses per year. In addition, the position involves serving as an adviser for 20-25 students.
Founded
in 1972, NYU Gallatin is a liberal arts college of 1,500 undergraduate
students and 200 graduate students that are part of New York
University. Its innovative B.A. and M.A. programs in individualized
study encourage students to develop an integrated, interdisciplinary
program of study that combines courses taken in the various schools of
NYU with independent studies, internships, and Gallatin’s own
interdisciplinary seminars, writing courses and arts workshops. The
School emphasizes excellent teaching, top level faculty research,
intensive student advising and mentoring, and a unique combination of
program flexibility and academic rigor. To learn more about the Gallatin School, please visit our website at gallatin.nyu.edu.
Qualifications: Ph.D.
in hand by time of appointment; demonstrated excellence in teaching at
the college or university level; and a strong record of research and
writing. All application materials must be submitted electronically. To apply, please visit:https://apply.interfolio.com/51764
Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of your teaching philosophy, a writing sample of 10-20 pages, a brief description of three dream courses (250 words), and three letters of reference.
Review
of applications will begin on October 22, 2018 and will continue until
the position is filled. For questions, please contact Gallatin Human
Resources at gallatin.hr@nyu.edu.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.