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Job Announcement: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medical Anthropology
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY – The Department of Anthropology and the Health: Science, Society and Policy (HSSP) Program invite applications for a two-year, non-renewable Florence Levy Kay Postdoctoral Fellowship in medical anthropology beginning Fall 2012. We seek a scholar who examines health, illness, medicine and/or healing processes from an anthropological perspective, preferably with a research focus outside of the United States. Ph.D. must be in hand by commencement of fellowship and preferably received within the past six years. The Fellow, who will be appointed as a faculty member at the rank of lecturer, will teach one course per semester, receive a salary for 2012-2013 of $55,903 (plus benefits), with moving expenses (around $1,500), and a research fund of up to $4,000 per year. The Fellow will contribute to the vibrant intellectual communities of Anthropology and HSSP; interdisciplinary connections and mentoring are available and encouraged.
Send, preferably by email, letter of interest, CV, brief description of research project, short writing sample, teaching dossier, and three letters of recommendation to Laurel Carpenter, Kay Fellow Search Committee, M.S. 006, Brandeis University, Waltham MA 02454-9110, lcarpent@brandeis.edu. Substantive questions may also be directed to Professor Sarah Lamb, Kay Fellow Search Committee Chair, lamb@brandeis.edu. Brandeis University is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. First consideration will be given to candidates who apply by December 1, 2011.
Brandeis University is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates.