Lecturer in Anthropology SOAS, University of London -Department of Anthropology & Sociology

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.
Candidates seeking further information should contact the Head of the Department, Professor David Mosse via e-mail at: dm21@soas.ac.uk.
They may also wish to consult the Department’s web site at:http://www.soas.ac.uk/anthropology/.
To apply for this vacancy or to download a job description/further information, please visit www.soas.ac.uk/jobs
Closing date: 31 December 2013
Interviews are provisionally scheduled for week commencing: 24 February 2014