Open Positions
Position in Comparative Politics of the Arab Middle East
Rank open
The Department of Politics and the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University have reinstated the search to fill the Myra and Robert Kraft Chair in Arab Politics to begin in the 2010/11 academic year. Applications are invited from scholars with research and teaching interests in the comparative politics of the Arab states. The successful candidate will hold tenure, or a tenure-track appointment in the Department of Politics and teach one course per semester in that department. The candidate will also hold a half-time research appointment in, and receive research support from, the Crown Center for Middle East Studies.
The Crown Center for Middle East Studies is offering one-year junior scholar fellowships to outstanding scholars of Middle East politics, economics, history, religion, or social developments for the 2010-11 academic year. This fellowship can be either a post-doctoral position for new PhDs or a research fellowship for assistant professors during their year off from teaching. It will allow junior scholars the flexibility and means to advance a specific research project related to the contemporary Middle East.