[App] Women’s Studies in Religion, Postdoc and Visiting Faculty at Harvard Divinity School

Harvard University, Women’s Studies in Religion Program
Harvard Divinity School
Research Associate and Visiting Faculty

HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL announces five full-time positions as Research Associate and Visiting Faculty for 2012-13 in its Women’s Studies in Religion Program. Proposals for book-length research projects utilizing both religion and gender as central categories of analysis are welcomed. Priority will go to book projects for which most research has been completed.

They may address women and religion in any time, place or religious tradition, and may utilize disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches from across the fields of theology, the humanities, and the social sciences. Full-time residence is required at Harvard Divinity School during the 2012-13 academic year. Associates meet together regularly for collective discussion of research in progress; each Associate teaches a one-semester course related to the research project; and the Associates present their research in a public lecture series.


Salary for 2012-13 will be $50,000. The appointment is full-time, lasting ten months, and includes health benefits and reimbursement of some expenses. Completed applications must be submitted online by October 15, 2011. Letters of recommendation should be addressed to the WSRP Search Committee and submitted electronically in word, rich text, or PDF format to wsrprec@hds.harvard.edu. Information and application may be accessed at http://www.hds.harvard.edu/wsrp/appform/application.htm.

Contact: Jacob Rhoads
Program Coordinator
Women’s Studies in Religion Program
Harvard Divinity School
45 Francis Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-5705

Website: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/wsrp/appform/application.htm
Primary Category: Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Secondary Categories: Religious Studies and Theology
Posting Date: 06/22/2011
Closing Date: 10/15/2011