Faculty Fellow, The Center for European and Mediterranean Studies

Faculty Fellow
The Center for European and Mediterranean Studies
New York University Faculty of Arts and Science

Deadline: December 20, 2022

The Center for European and Mediterranean Studies in Arts and Science at New York University invites applicants for a Faculty Fellow position in the field of Mediterranean Studies. The initial appointment will be for one year beginning September 1, 2023, renewable annually for a maximum of three years, pending administrative and budgetary approval.

CEMS/NYU seeks a scholar experienced in advising student research and specializing in one or more of the following fields: comparative European and Mediterranean politics, anthropology, or sociology; or modern Mediterranean history. We seek the candidates with research and/or teaching interests concerning Southern Europe and the Mediterranean regions, with a specific focus on questions of migration, human rights, identity, inequality, or the environment.

Responsibilities include teaching three graduate and undergraduate courses per year - possibly including a graduate research methods seminar and overseeing undergraduate independent studies.  The position also involves a significant role in advising theses for both master’s students and undergraduate honors majors. Service to the program will involve representing the Center at university occasions and committee meetings. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship and excellence in teaching.

Qualifications
Candidates should have completed their Ph.D. no earlier than January 2018 and no later than August 1, 2023.  

To apply, please submit a cover letter (including research interests and any undergraduate/graduate level courses for which you were the primary instructor or TA), CV, three letters of recommendation, writing sample, and a statement of diversity and inclusion.  As diversity is an important part of the NYU mission, for the latter statement we ask you to provide a brief paragraph telling us how diversity figures into your past and present teaching, research, community engagement, and/or life experience, as well as how you would bring issues of diversity to bear on the teaching and programming of NYU CEMS. Information about diversity statements may be found at http://as.nyu.edu/departments/facultydiversity/recruitment/diversity-statements.html.

Applications should be submitted through http://apply.interfolio.com/109626

The Faculty of Arts and Science at NYU is at the heart of a leading research university that spans the globe. We seek scholars of the highest caliber who embody the diversity of the United States as well as the global society in which we live. We strongly encourage applications from women, racial and ethnic minorities, and other individuals who are under-represented in the profession, across color, creed, race, ethnic and national origin, physical ability, gender and sexual identity, or any other legally protected basis. NYU affirms the value of differing perspectives on the world as we strive to build the strongest possible university with the widest reach. To learn more about the FAS commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion, please read here http://as.nyu.edu/departments/facultydiversity.html.

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