Dear all,
The School of Arts and Sciences at Ahmedabad University is seeking to appoint a small number of additional professors in the Humanities and Languages division.
Our teaching and research base will include History, Philosophy,
Religious Studies, Modern and Classical Languages, World Literatures and
Global Humanities. This is an exciting opportunity to join a
fast-growing school in India at a new private university with a public
ethos.Applicants
must already have a doctorate (or be close to completion) from an
institution with international recognition. Appointees will be expected
to engage in high-level research, to publish in their specialist field,
to teach and examine undergraduates, to seek opportunities to win
external funding for their research, and to supervise and examine both
Masters and Doctoral work. They must have a record of excellence and
potential, commensurate with their appointment level and stage of
career. They will be expected to provide evidence of excellence as
demonstrated by publications in leading academic journals or a research
project at an international level, an emerging record of scholarly
accomplishments, presentations at significant conferences and examples
of original forms of knowledge production. Applications
are especially encouraged from scholars of Indian or non-Western
Philosophy with philological training in Pali, Tamil, Persian, Prakrit
and/or Sanskrit.Ahmedabad
University supports innovative, interdisciplinary, project-based
education, and asserts the centrality of the arts and sciences in a
broad, fulfilling education. We welcome applications from scholars with
strong communication skills who can contribute to imaginative learning,
and have a willingness to work collaboratively as part of a community of
emerging scholars. All faculty at the University are expected to engage
in both teaching and research, and we operate a six-year tenure track.
Ahmedabad University is committed to diversity, and welcomes
applications from qualified persons from underrepresented groups
regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion or similar status.Applicants are requested at this stage to submit1. a letter stating their interest in a position at the University and outlining briefly their qualifications for it;2. an up-to-date CV detailing their training, jobs held, university teaching experience, and publications;3. one representative article or other publication as an example of their scholarship; and4. a statement of their future research and teaching interests (maximum length, 1000 words).Applications and enquiries should be made to the office of the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences using the email address artsandsciences@ahduni.edu.in. Please quote the reference SAS/HL/003 on your application and in any associated correspondence.
With best regards,
Shishir Saxena
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Shishir Saxena
Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Sciences
Ahmedabad University, India