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Harvard University Senior Preceptor in Urdu and Indo-Persian in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Details
Title Senior Preceptor in Urdu and Indo-Persian
School Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department/Area South Asian Studies
Position Description
The Department of South Asian Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University seek applications for a senior preceptor in Urdu and Indo-Persian. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2025. The senior preceptor will be responsible for teaching Hindi, Urdu, and Indo-Persian at all levels, and across multiple genres and time periods. Administrative duties include curricular leadership in Hindi, Urdu, and Indo-Persian and training and supervision of teaching assistants, teaching fellows, and or preceptors. The position is for five years and renewable contingent upon performance, enrollments, and curricular need.
Basic Qualifications
The successful applicant will have extensive experience in teaching Hindi, Urdu, and Indo-Persian in a university context, and at all levels. The applicant should also have extensive experience in university advising. Native or near-native fluency and/or expertise in Hindi, Urdu, and Indo-Persian along with graduate-level training in Hindi, Urdu, and Indo Persian and related fields of study (such as South Asian area studies, literature, religion, or linguistics) is also required.
Additional Qualifications
Applicant should ideally have a record of conducting research in India and/or Pakistan, as well as knowledge of other South Asian languages.
Special Instructions
Please submit the following documents through the ARIeS portal (https://academicpositions.harvard.edu). Candidates are encouraged to apply by October 31, 2024. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.
Cover letter
Curriculum Vitae
Teaching/advising statement (describing the candidate’s philosophy and practices as well as their approach to creating a learning environment in which every student is encouraged to ask questions and share their ideas).
Teaching materials. Please submit a list of courses taught in reverse chronological order, indicating whether the courses were taught remotely. A list of materials taught would also be helpful (grammars and dictionaries used, along with a representative list of texts taught at the intermediate and advanced levels). Please submit formal syllabi and teaching evaluations.
Service statement describing efforts to strengthen academic communities, e.g., the candidate’s department, institution, and/or professional societies.
Names and contact information of at least three referees, who will be asked by a system-generated email to upload a letter of recommendation once the candidate’s application has been submitted. Three letters of recommendation are required, and the application is considered complete only when at least three letters have been received.
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Contact Information
Jaronica Fuller, Department Administrator, South Asian Studies, 1 Bow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact Email jcfuller@fas.harvard.edu
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.
Minimum Number of References Required 3
Maximum Number of References Allowed 5
Keywords
Hindi, Urdu, Indo-Persian, senior preceptor, language teaching
Boston, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA, Northeast, New England
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