AY2025-2026 Position 5732 Religious Studies - Lecturer
AY2025-2026 Position 5732 Religious Studies - Lecturer
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Lecturer in South or Southeast Asian Islam. Position No. 5732. The Department of Religious Studies in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences at Southern Methodist University invites applications for a nontenure track renewable position in South Asian or Southeast Asian Islam at the rank of Lecturer. The position requires inperson teaching in Dallas beginning August 1 2025. The teaching load is typically four classes in each of the fall and spring semesters. Service expectations include attending departmental meetings mentoring and engagement with students and colleagues across the university. Contract renewal and promotion to Senior Lecturer is contingent upon performance. We encourage applications from women and underrepresented populations in the discipline.
Department of Religious Studies: The Department of Religious Studies at SMU is a dynamic collegial group of researchers and teachers with intellectual breadth that spans the globe multiple academic disciplines and several thousand years of history. Our research has been recognized with numerous fellowships grants and awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship a Templeton Foundation grant and several national and international book awards. Faculty in the department are also dedicated to undergraduate and graduate teaching and have been recognized multiple times at the university national and international levels. Visit us at SMU: SMU is a nationallyranked private nonsectarian research institution located in one of the nations fastest growing metropolitan areas. Researchers are part of an inclusive and intellectually vibrant community of internationally recognized scholars across the humanities social sciences mathematical sciences engineering and business. SMU offers excellent benefits including full samesex domestic partner benefits. The City of Dallas is one of the nations most cosmopolitan commercial and cultural centers and the DallasFort Worth metroplex is the fourth largest in the US. Explore Dedman College at https:// and SMU at
Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in Religious Studies or related field at time of appointment ability to teach courses in Asian Religions Topics related to Religions of South and Southeast Asia Contemporary Islam. Proven ability/interest in and commitment to teaching.
Preferred Qualifications: Ability to teach courses on Islam in Asia across all periods Islam and empire contemporary Islam and courses that would contribute to the minor in Asian Studies; experience mentoring culturally diverse students; interest in contributing to a robust graduate program in Religious Studies and broader culture of excellent teaching on campus.
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