MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Women in the Middle East and North Africa/Assistant Professorship

MIT School of Humanities,  Arts, and Social Sciences

Women in the Middle East and North Africa/Assistant Professorship

MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences seeks to fill a  tenure-track assistant professorship with an outstanding historian or  anthropologist specializing in women in the Middle East and North Africa, to  start September 2011. Preference will be given to scholars with a recent PhD.  Candidates should also demonstrate a strong familiarity with comparative and  interdisciplinary approaches to the study of women and gender.

This position will be supported by the Geneviève McMillan-Reba Stewart Fund  for the study of women in the developing world. The successful candidate for  the position must be qualified for a tenure track faculty appointment in  Anthropology or History, and should demonstrate a strong record of research and  teaching. It is expected that the appointee will teach courses in his or her  specific unit as well as in the MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies.

Candidates should apply at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/541.  Applicants will be asked to submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae,  and three letters of reference.
MIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and encourages  applications from qualified women and members of minority groups.
For more information about the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social  Sciences please go to: http://shass.mit.edu/. The application deadline is December 01, 2010.