Visiting Assistant Professor: Comparative Politics/International Relations

Lafayette College

Position description

The Department of Government and Law invites applications for a one-year visiting position in Comparative Politics/International Relations. The position runs for academic year 2021-2022 and will be at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor if Ph.D. is in hand by the start date, or, for ABD, at the rank of Visiting Instructor. Teaching requirements include three courses each semester, and candidates should be prepared to teach Introduction to Comparative Politics, as well as intermediate and advanced courses in their areas of expertise. Ability to teach Introduction to International Politics would be a plus. Though we welcome applications from across the comparative politics and international relations subfields, we are particularly interested in candidates with regional expertise in Africa, Latin America, or South Asia, and topical specialization in one or more of the following: migration and immigration; post-colonial studies and state formation; ethnic conflict and post-conflict processes; the politics of development.

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