Institution: Yale University

Location: Connecticut, United States

Position: Assistant Professor, Religious Studies

YALE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES intends to make a tenure-track appointment in the field of East Asian Buddhism beginning July 1, 2015, at the rank of Assistant Professor.  Applications are invited and welcome from scholars with research specialties in pre-modern Chinese and/or Japanese Buddhism.  Expert knowledge of Japanese and Chinese required and a familiarity with Sanskrit desired. A PhD or equivalent degree at the time of hire is required.  Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, protected veterans, persons with disabilities, and underrepresented minorities.  A letter of application describing your research, a c.v., a two-page dissertation abstract, a chapter-length writing sample, a syllabus for an introductory undergraduate course, ” East Asian Buddhism,” and three letters of reference should be submitted on-line at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Yale/RLST.

The review of applications will begin December 1, 2014. 

Contact: phyllis.granoff@yale.edu

Submit on-line at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Yale/RLST

Website: http://religiousstudies.yale.edu/