Post Doc
- Employer
- Princeton University, Department of Anthropology
- Location
- Princeton, New Jersey
- Closing date
- Mar 1, 2022
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- Position Type
- Postdoc
- Discipline
- Cultural Anthropology
- Hours
- Full Time
- Specialty
- Area Studies, African Studies
- Organization Type
- Academic
- Level of Experience
- Entry-level
Job Details
The Program in African Studies (PAS) at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) at Princeton University invites applications for Postdoctoral Research Associate or more senior research positions for the 2022-2023 academic year. Up to two postdoctoral appointments will be made to exceptional recent PhDs in the humanities, social sciences, interdisciplinary environmental science or engineering, with a focus on African thought, art, media, population, activism, conservation, economics, urban and rural communities, post-colonialism, and other research related to the African continent and its diaspora. Appointments will be for one year with the possibility of renewal for a second year based on performance and availability of funding. Applicants must have already demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and excellence in teaching. This position is open only to scholars who earned a PhD after September 30, 2016 and who do not currently hold a tenure-track or permanent academic position.
Responsibilities include teaching (one semester-long course each year) and actively participating in research, discussions, and scholarly collaborations within PAS and PIIRS. In addition, the successful candidate may have the opportunity to advise students in their area of expertise or related areas. When teaching, the successful candidate will carry a secondary teaching rank. Any teaching role is contingent on sufficient course enrollment and prior approval from the Dean of the Faculty.
Appointments will be made through the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). In addition to salary and benefits, the program will provide a research fund in the amount of $3,000 per year and office space. The start date of the position is anticipated to be for the fall 2022 or spring 2023 semester.
Applicants must apply online at https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/24221. The following application items are required and should be uploaded by the applicant:
* Cover letter
* Curriculum vitae
* Dissertation abstract
* Writing sample: one chapter of the dissertation or one published article related to the dissertation topic
* Research proposal
* Two course syllabi
* Details of prior courses taught and evaluation results if available
* Names and email addresses for three references
For fullest consideration applicants should apply by March 1, 2022. Due to the anticipated volume of applications, only final candidates will be contacted. Further information about The Program in African Studies can be found at: http://piirs.princeton.edu/afs.
Questions about the application process for this position may be directed to Tim Waldron at twaldron@princeton.edu.
The position is subject to the University's background check policy.
Requisition No: D-22-PII-00009
Company
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The institution moved to Newark in 1747, then to the current site nine years later. It was renamed Princeton University in 1896.
Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. It offers professional degrees through the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Architecture and the Bendheim Center for Finance. The university also manages the Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Princeton has the largest endowment per student in the United States.
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