Columbia University
The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and
The Anthropology Department
Open-Rank Search 2008-09

The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and the Anthropology Department at Columbia University announce an open-rank search for an innovative scholar working on race or ethnicity. A US-focus is preferred but not required; candidates working outside the US must have research interests that are relevant for students working on race and ethnicity the United States. Research in areas such as ethnicity and intellectual property rights; trauma, historicity and race; ethnography, embodied practice, and race; frontiers, borders and boundaries; sovereign power, governmental power and racial formation; geographies of inequality and race; immigration and democratic process; and new media and emerging cultures of circulation are some examples of areas of interest. The candidate’s tenure home will be in the Anthropology Department, while undergraduate courses will be taught at CSER (2/2 load). CSER is currently redefining its intellectual direction the successful candidate will play an active role in consolidating this effort. Application deadline is November 15, 2008.

An application consisting of a letter of inquiry describing teaching interests, a one-page statement about current research, curriculum vitae, sample of writing, and the names of three referees should be uploaded at the following website:

https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1218131535206

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.