Call for Applicants: Assistant Professor, Southeast Asian Literature and Culture (University of Washington)

The Department of Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Washington, Seattle, invites applications for an Assistant Professor with a teaching and research emphasis on modern Southeast Asian literature and culture, beginning Autumn 2021. The scholar will conduct research in one or more languages of Southeast Asia, with a focus on modern literature, or visual or popular cultures with a strong textual component.

The University of Washington teaches Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, Tagalog/Filipino, Vietnamese, and Thai. The candidate will join a vibrant campus community of students and scholars of Southeast Asia. In addition, both Seattle and Washington state are home to large Southeast Asian immigrant and heritage communities. The candidate will have demonstrated experience with, or commitment to, engaging with these diverse groups. The successful applicant will build connections within the department and across campus, and attract students to our vital and growing Southeast Asia program and community. The applicant will direct the Southeast Asia program within the department, and work collaboratively with relevant groups in the department, university, and community.

This is a tenure-track, full-time appointment (9-month service period), with a 5-course teaching load. University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research, and service. 

Priority will be given to applications received by the deadline of December 16, 2020.

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