Indian Ocean / South Asian History Guest Faculty Position 2024-2025




Rank: Guest Faculty

Tenure Information: Non-Tenure Track



Job Description


The Humanities Department at Sarah Lawrence College seeks a guest faculty position in the history of the Indian Ocean world/South Asia for the 2024-25 academic year. The position is half-time, comprising two semester-long courses; these can either be taught in the same semester (both in Fall 2024 or Spring 2025) or else one per semester.


We welcome applications from historians specializing in the states and cultures of the Indian Ocean/South Asian region at any period. We particularly welcome candidates who employ cross-disciplinary or subaltern methodologies, who take broad comparative or transnational approaches, or who explore the Indian Ocean/South Asia's connections to Africa, the Islamic World, or East Asia. One of the two courses taught should be a broad survey course in Indian Ocean or South Asian history.
Successful candidates will also have a demonstrated commitment to innovation and teaching excellence in the classroom, and to working individually with students. To apply, candidates should submit a cover letter, C.V., proposed syllabi for two courses, a statement of teaching philosophy, and two reference letters.


Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.


Compensation listed for this position is on a per-course basis, contingent on teaching experience.







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Posting Number: F00157P

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Open Until Filled: Yes

Salary: $10,500 to $14,000



Special Instructions to Applicants






To apply, visit https://slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2165




Sarah Lawrence College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has as one of its goals the recruitment and retention of a racially and culturally diverse administration, staff and faculty. To that end, every job opening is seen as an opportunity to increase diversity and every effort will be made to expand the applicant pool in accordance with these goals.


The college is located in southern Westchester County, 25 minutes by train from midtown Manhattan, NYC. For further information on Sarah Lawrence College, our curriculum, teaching methods, and philosophy of education, please see our web site at https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/.

















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