Senior Preceptor in Hindi and Urdu | Harvard University Job at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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  • Harvard University
  • Cambridge, MA

Job Description

School: Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Department/Area: South Asian Studies

Position Description:

The Department of South Asian Studies seeks applications for a senior preceptor in Hindi and Urdu. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2025. The senior preceptor will be responsible for teaching Hindi and Urdu at all levels and across multiple genres and time periods. Administrative duties include curricular leadership in Hindi and Urdu, and training and supervision of teaching assistants and teaching fellows. The position is for five years and renewable contingent upon performance, enrollments, and curricular need.

Basic Qualifications:

The successful applicant will have experience in teaching Hindi and Urdu in a university context, and at all levels. The applicant should also have experience in university advising. Native or near-native fluency and/or expertise in Hindi and Urdu along with graduate-level training in Hindi and Urdu and related fields of study (such as South Asian area studies, literature, religion, or linguistics) is also required.

Additional Qualifications:

Applicant should ideally have a record of conducting research in India and/or Pakistan, as well as knowledge of other South Asian languages.

Contact Information:

Jaronica Fuller, Department Administrator, South Asian Studies, 1 Bow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Contact Email: jcfuller@fas.harvard.edu

Special Instructions:

Please submit the following documents through the ARIeS portal (). Candidates are encouraged to apply by October 31, 2024. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.

1. Cover letter

2. Curriculum Vitae

3. Teaching/advising statement (describing the candidate's philosophy and practices as well as their approach to creating a learning environment in which every student is encouraged to ask questions and share their ideas.)


4. Teaching materials. Please submit a list of courses taught in reverse chronological order, indicating whether the courses were taught remotely. A list of materials taught would also be helpful (grammars and dictionaries used, along with a representative list of texts taught at the intermediate and advanced levels). Please submit formal syllabi and teaching evaluations.

5. Service statement describing efforts to strengthen academic communities, e.g., the candidate's department, institution, and/or professional societies.

6. Names and contact information of at least three referees, who will be asked by a system-generated email to upload a letter of recommendation once the candidate's application has been submitted. Three letters of recommendation are required, and the application is considered complete only when at least three letters have been received.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Harvard has more than 360,000 alumni around the world. The University has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a truly global education. Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States.

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