Job Information
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill Bringing Southeast Asia Home Postdoctoral Scholar in NC-Chapel-Hill, United States
Vacancy ID: PDS004318
Position Summary/Description:
The Carolina Asia Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks a candidate for a one-year (renewable for a second year) postdoctoral scholar whose work addresses Southeast Asia and its transnational connections, preferably but not necessarily the Southeast Asian diaspora in the US Southeast. The successful candidate’s research should adapt traditional area studies to contemporary realities by situating the world region amidst overseas linkages broadly defined, from human migration and community networks to energy, trade, language, ecology, art, and/or other connective processes. Organized by UNC’s Bringing Southeast Asia Home initiative and funded by the Henry Luce Foundation’s program on Southeast Asia, this position will be located in the department that most closely aligns with the successful candidate’s academic discipline, pending approval from that department. We invite applications from scholars based in arts and humanities, as well as social and natural sciences, so long as their scholarship addresses the theme. In addition to advancing their own research project, the successful candidate will be expected to participate in the intellectual community of Southeast Asian Studies at UNC , including presenting their work at an annual UNC Southeast Asia workshop, and, dependent on approval from the scholar’s department and dean, teach one course per academic year related to the theme of the position.
Education and Experience:
Experience with publishing and teaching courses related to the theme of the grant. Experience in research that connects broadly to the US Southeast. Recent experience in Southeast Asia or with Southeast Asian diaspora(s) preferred.