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Tenured/Tenure-track Position in Humanities: Human Geography

Employer
NYU Shanghai
Location
Shanghai, China
Salary
Competitive
Date posted
Oct 19, 2022

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NYU Shanghai (NYUSH) invites applications for an open rank Tenured/Tenure Track position in the field of Human Geography with a focus on Cultural, Political, or Urban Geography.  We are particularly interested in scholars who employ qualitative methods, including ethnography, and whose research demonstrates both theoretical and empirical rigor. Possible areas of research interest include: political ecology; critical geographies of race, gender, and sexuality; Black geographies; the historical, cultural, and political construction of territories and borders; built and natural environments; imperial, colonial, and decolonial geographies; or similar themes. We also seek scholars whose interests could complement areas of existing strengths in the Humanities Program at NYUSH, including but not limited to Urban Studies, Environmental Studies, Science and Technology Studies, History, or approaches emphasizing transnationalism and global connections. Geographic region(s) of research specialization is open. Candidates should have completed their PhD in Geography or another closely related field at the time of hiring.

Qualifications

We seek candidates who have completed a Ph.D. in Geography or a closely related discipline. 

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of research, statement of teaching interests, and at least one writing sample via Interfolio. Additionally, junior applicants will be prompted to enter the names and email addresses of at least three referees. Each referee will be contacted to upload a reference letter through Interfolio.

Applications may be received until December 12, 2022. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. To apply, follow this link https://apply.interfolio.com/115797

If you have any questions, please email the NYU Shanghai NY Office of Faculty Recruitment shanghai.faculty.recruitment@nyu.edu

Terms of employment at NYU Shanghai are comparable to NYU New York and other U.S. institutions with respect to research start-up funds and compensation, and they include housing subsidies and educational subsidies for children. Faculty may in certain cases have the opportunity to spend time at NYU New York and other sites of the NYU Global Network, engaging in both research and teaching. 

About NYU Shanghai

NYU Shanghai is the third degree-granting campus within New York University’s global network. It is the first higher education joint venture in China authorized to grant degrees that are accredited in the U.S. as well as in China. All teaching is conducted in English. A research university with liberal arts and science at its core, NYU Shanghai resides in one of the world's great cities with a vibrant intellectual community. NYU Shanghai recruits scholars of the highest caliber who are committed to NYU's global vision of transformative teaching and innovative research and who embody the global society in which we live.

NYU’s global network includes degree-granting campuses in New York, Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi, complemented by fourteen additional academic centers across five continents. Faculty and students circulate within the network in pursuit of common research interests and cross-cultural, interdisciplinary endeavors, both local and global.

For people in the EU, click here for information on your privacy rights under GDPR: www.nyu.edu/it/gdpr. 

NYU Shanghai is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity, and social inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from under-represented individuals in the profession, across color, creed, race, ethnic and national origin, physical ability, and gender and sexual identity. NYU Shanghai affirms the value of differing perspectives on the world as we strive to build the strongest possible university with the widest reach. 

 

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NYU Shanghai

Founded in 2012, NYU Shanghai is China's first Sino-US research university and the third degree-granting campus of the NYU Global Network. 

he newly constructed NYU Shanghai campus is located in the Pudong district of downtown Shanghai. Fifteen stories tall, with two additional levels underground, the academic building contains 55,000 square meters (550,000 square feet) which houses an expansive library, with an extensive physical and electronic collection with access to NYU’s global library resources; a 300-seat auditorium; a 150-person colloquium space; a theater, music, and arts hall; and kitchen and dining facilities.

Generously equipped with classrooms capable of accommodating varying class sizes, dedicated floors for teaching and practical laboratories for various sciences, intimate study spaces, and faculty and administrative offices, the building will function as a campus unto itself and as the center of a thriving academic community.

Wireless IT services and a robust IT infrastructure ensure that the building, and by extension, the students and faculty, remain fully connected to the NYU global network.

Shanghai is a place where soaring sky-scrapers cast shadows on old lane houses, where one-man rickshaws wait for passengers outside the station for one of the world’s fastest trains, and where fine cuisine from around the world and 50 cent fried rice are available on the same street. With the constant interplay of change and development in a historical setting, Shanghai is truly an exciting place to be and lends itself to a vibrant student life in and outside of the classroom.

Shanghai is the largest city in China, with best estimates placing the population at 16 to 24 million inhabitants. The city has a truly unique history, even though it could be considered relatively young when compared with Beijing and other cities. This characteristic, however, is central to the framework that makes Shanghai what it is today. Besides being China’s economic center, it is also an increasingly popular tourist destination with more than three million tourists annually, a number that is on the rise.

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