Wake Forest University's Middle East and South Asia Studies Program

03/22/2023

Link to Announcement Webpage: Faculty Career Website (myworkdayjobs.com) Apply Application Instructions: External Applicants: Please upload your resume on the Apply screen. Your application will au…

04/06/2022

04/07/2021

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN ARABIC

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY’s Middle East and South Asia Studies Program seeks applications for a one-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor in the Arabic language, beginning July 2021. We seek candidates who have a commitment to excellence in teaching. Applicants must have a Ph.D. (or ABD status) in Arabic linguistics, literature, second-language pedagogy, or a related area. We seek a candidate with native or near-native fluency in Arabic and English, and experience in teaching Arabic language courses of all levels as well as for specific purposes at the university level. The candidate will be expected to teach six courses per year or the equivalent.

Interested applicants should apply via the University’s career website at: https://hr.wfu.edu/careers/. The application should be submitted as ONE PDF file. A complete application will include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement that addresses the candidate’s commitment to creating an inclusive classroom environment for students from a range of diverse backgrounds, two sample syllabi, a lesson plan, and a 30-minute video teaching demonstration. Three letters of recommendation should be emailed to Wake Forest Human Resources, [email protected], and copied to Acacia Fike-Nelson, [email protected]. Review of applications will begin 30 April 2021. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, but for full consideration they should be received by 20 May. If access to the internet is an issue, a hard copy of the application can be submitted to Acacia Fike-Nelson, Coordinator for Interdisciplinary Studies, P. O. Box 7225, Winston-Salem, NC 27109.

Inquiries about the application process and document submission may be addressed to [email protected]. Inquiries about the faculty position or department should be directed to Professor Charles Wilkins at [email protected].

02/15/2021

Tonight!

01/11/2021

Congratulations, Ybsera! MESAS minor with honors (among the first to receive that distinction). Class of 2020.

10/15/2020

We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Hindi-Urdu at Wake Forest University. Apply by November 20, 2020 to become a part of our amazing community.

10/14/2020

Job announcement: We are seeking applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor in Hindi-Urdu to start July 1, 2021. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, but to guarantee full consideration they should be received by November 20, 2020.

Click here for more details and to apply:

https://wfu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Faculty_Career_Website_live/job/Winston-Salem-NC/Assistant-Professor--Hindi-Urdu_R0002720

07/14/2020

Interesting discussion of the use of Urdu in woodcut prints by the artist Zarina.

Join a Met curator to explore Home is a Foreign Place, a suite of 36 woodcut prints on handmade paper by the artist Zarina. The series explores memory and home through an evocative combination of text and image.