COSAS Postdoctoral Researcher in Critical Caste Studies appointed at the rank of Instructor
COSAS Postdoctoral Researcher in Critical Caste Studies appointed at the rank of Instructor
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The Committee on Southern Asian Studies (COSAS) at the University of Chicago invites applications for a twoyear COSAS Postdoctoral Researcher in Critical Caste Studies (appointed at the rank of termlimited Instructor nonrenewable) to begin as early as July 1 2025. This position is designed for earlycareer scholars whose educational backgrounds have afforded them limited opportunities with highly selective research institutions in the United States and Europe.
The successful candidate will be expected to conduct research in their areas of interest; teach one course a year on topics of their choosing at either the undergraduate or graduate level; and participate in the intellectual life of the wider University. In addition to salary and benefits funds will be made available to the Postdoctoral Researcher for pursuing their own research for conference travel and for planning conferences or other postdocrelated events/programming.
We seek a scholar working within the emergent paradigm of critical studies of caste inequality and exclusion; we are particularly interested in scholars working on projects focused on issues in Dalit studies Adivasi studies and intersectional approaches between caste and race class gender/sexuality and (minoritarian) religion. Applications are invited from scholars in any field relevant to critical caste studies including social sciences humanities natural or biological sciences Divinity Law Policy or Social Work. The successful applicant will be appointed in the unit of the University of Chicago best answering to their disciplinary background; this may be any of the divisions or professional schools of the University of Chicago.
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