Cornell University, Asian Studies
** (posted 2024/08/22, listed until 2024/11/01)*** the listing date or deadline for this position has passed and new applications are no longer accepted. ***
Position Description
The Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track/early tenure position at the Assistant or early Associate Professor level in Tamil humanities. Preference will be given to applicants engaged in developing innovative conceptual frameworks for the humanities and able to nurture students to think cross-temporally and transregionally. Areas of potential interest include: trans-cultural and cross-linquistic intellectual histories; the academic study of religion in relation to South India, Sri Lanka, and their connected spaces; humanistic studies of migration and mobility; and minoritized histories. Research-level expertise in literary Tamil is required, ideally supplemented by substantial skill in one or more trans-regional languages related to Tamil cultural spaces (whether cosmopolitan, e.g., Sanskrit, Pali, or Arabic, or another regional vernacular language, e.g., Sinhala, Telugu, Kannada, or Malayalam). Substantial expertise in pre-19th-century research materials is very strongly preferred. Candidates will be expected to offer both undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in South Asian humanities generally and in their specific area of expertise, as well as to read primary-language texts with graduate and advanced undergraduate students as needed. Candidates must have completed the Ph.D. in a relevant field in the humanities by June 2025. All applicants must submit a CV, research statement, teaching statement, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation by November 1, 2024 to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28146. All materials must be submitted in English. We ask applicants for all faculty positions to share their approach to fostering learning, research, service, and outreach in a diverse community. Applicants may choose to submit a stand-alone statement or embed the information in other parts of their application materials. Pay Range: $79,400 - $180,000. Actual salary offers in the College of Arts & Sciences will be based on education, experience, discipline, and relevant skills.
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Pay Ranges:
The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:
- Prior relevant work or industry experience.
- Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.
- Academic Discipline (faculty pay ranges reflects 9-month annual salary)
- Unique applicable skills.
Application Materials Required:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- Research statement
- Teaching statement
- Statement of Contribution to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Writing Sample (in English)
- Three reference letters (to be submitted online by the reference writers on this site )
Further Info:
350 Rockefeller Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853