Yang Visiting Scholars in World Christianity

Harvard Divinity School invites applications for a one-year, term-limited, paid position for Yang Visiting Scholars in World Christianity for the academic year 2025–26.

Each visiting scholar teaches one course (either in the fall or in the spring semester) and presents their research in a public lecture, panel discussion, or events during their time at HDS. Yang Visiting Scholars are required to be in full-time residence at Harvard Divinity School while carrying out their proposed research projects and while teaching their course.

Positions are open to early career and senior scholars with doctorates in the fields of religion and to those with primary competence in other humanities, social science, and public policy fields who demonstrate a serious interest in World Christianity and hold appropriate degrees in those fields. Selection criteria emphasize the quality of the applicant's research prospectus, teaching experience, publication plans, and the significance of the contribution of the proposed research to the study of World Christianity – its cultural, social and political contexts, viewed globally, and not only through the lens of particular regions. 

Applications must be made online at academicpositions.harvard.edu. The deadline is September 30, 2024, for appointments beginning on August 1, 2025.

This is a full-academic year appointment beginning August 1, 2025, and ending May 31, 2026. The workplace of this position is in Cambridge, MA. It is not possible to fulfill this role remotely. The extension of this appointment is unfortunately not possible.

The salary for 2025–26 is $70,000. The appointment is full-time, lasting ten months, and includes health benefits and reimbursement of some expenses.

For more information, please visit our website at hds.harvard.edu/yangscholars or contact the Yang Scholars Program Office at yangscholars@hds.harvard.edu.

HDS is an equal opportunity, affirmative-action employer, and encourages applications and nominations of women and/or ethnic minority candidates. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.