School of Oriental and African Studies, Department of Anthropology and Sociology

Lecturer in Anthropology

£32,558 - £46,741 p.a inclusive of London Allowance

Vacancy No: 000592

The Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London invites applications for a permanent lectureship tenable from September 2014. Preference will be given to a candidate with expertise in the anthropology of the Near and Middle East/Southwest Asia and/or West Asia. The successful candidate would be expected to teach ethnography-based courses on cultures and societies of these regions and on Islam, to contribute to the development of postgraduate programmes in their area of expertise, to teach and develop other courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and to assume normal administrative tasks including PhD supervision. The successful candidate will have an outstanding publication record.

You must have a PhD in Social or Cultural Anthropology. It is expected that you will have expertise relevant to the vision and strategy of the School.

Closing date: 31 December 2013

Interviews are provisionally scheduled for week commencing:  24 February 2014

SOAS values diversity and aims to be an equal opportunities employer.