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Tenure-Track Position in Modern Middle East Studies with a Preference for Iranian Studies or Gulf Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Middle East Studies

Description: The Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Modern Middle East Studies, with a preference for Iranian Studies or Gulf Studies (including one or more of the Arab Gulf states) in the modern era.
The position will begin October 1, 2025. The deadline for the application is October 15, 2024.

Basic Qualifications
Successful candidates must hold a Ph.D. S/he will be expected to actively engage in research, supervise graduate students, and take part in the academic activity in the Department of Middle East Studies, in addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on the modern Middle East with a preference for Iranian Studies or Gulf Studies.

Candidates are expected to hold a Ph.D. Ph.D. candidates may also apply, but they will have to present a letter from their advisor, committing to graduation by March 1, 2025.

Candidates are expected to demonstrate commitment to full-time teaching, supervision of graduate students, service to the department, faculty and the university. Candidates are equally expected to present an active research and publication agenda. The instruction language is Hebrew.

The application should include:
1. A Curriculum Vitae with contact information.
2. A cover letter.
3. A description of the research and teaching agenda.
4. Recent publications and/or writing samples.

Contact Information
For more information please contact:
Prof. Yonatan Mendel, Chair
Department of Middle East Studies
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva
E-mail: mendely@bgu.ac.il

Equal Opportunity Employer Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is committed to fairness and diversity in recruiting new faculty members and actively encourages women, members of minority groups, and those with disabilities to apply.
If you are a person with disabilities according to the definition in the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law, 5758-1988: 'A person with a physical, mental or intellectual disability, including cognition, permanent or temporary, whose immature function is limited to one or more of the main areas of life' – you should point this out in the candidacy forms.
Minimum Number of References Required 3

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איש/אשת קשר: Yonatan Mendel, mendely@bgu.ac.il, 052-8523107

שולח/ת ההודעה: דניאלה טלמון-הלר talmond@bgu.ac.il