African & African American Studies 2024-2025

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Jobs for 2025 (List alphabetically)[]

Boston University (MA)

The English department at Boston University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Black American and Diasporic Cinema at the rank of Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2025. We welcome candidates with strong research profiles in the history, culture, politics and poetics of Black cinema within and beyond the confines of Hollywood, including considerations of race, film historiography and the archive; international, anti-colonial and/or Black Diasporic cinematic traditions; theoretical work on race, performance, spectatorship and identification; intermedial work spanning film, television, digital media, photography, video games and visual art; and intersectional approaches to race, gender and sexuality. In addition to English, the successful candidate would hold strong ties to the Cinema & Media Studies Program, the African American & Black Diaspora Studies Program, and the American & New England Studies Program.

The English Department believes that the diversity of faculty, staff, and students is vital to the excellence of our research and academic programs, and we are especially eager to hire colleagues who support our institutional commitments to ensuring that Boston University is inclusive, equitable, and diverse. Our university community welcomes differences, encourages open-minded exploration, and upholds freedom of expression. Successful candidates must have the Ph.D. in hand by time of appointment and be prepared for teaching duties at the undergraduate and graduate level (2/2 load). Salary commensurate with experience. Send cover letter; CV; a 25-page writing sample; a 2-page description of dissertation or major publications; and a teaching statement by October 22, 2024 to ensearch@bu.edu. Initial interviews via Zoom or Skype.

https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/9132/assistant-professor-black-american-and-diasporic-cinema/?ix=17

Florida State University (FL, USA)[]

Teaching Faculty I, University Honors Program. 9/23/2024. NT. FT. https://jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psc/sprdhr_er/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_SCHJOB_FL&Action=U (Job ID 58290)

Michigan State University (MI)[]

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of African American & African Studies

Deadline: Oct. 1, 2024

The Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS) invites applications for an assistant professor tenure-stream faculty position (9-month appointment) and an open rank faculty position in Black Feminisms, Genders, and Sexualities Studies (9-month appointment) in the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University. The position (both hires) is a 100% appointment in African American and African Studies and begins August 16, 2025. 

AAAS at MSU was initially founded as a Ph.D. granting program in 2002 as a unit committed to making concrete connections between faculty scholarship, pedagogy, and social justice causes. On July 1, 2019, AAAS became a department. An undergraduate major was launched in 2022 to extend the Black Studies experience to an increasingly interested undergraduate population. As of spring 2024, we successfully graduated the first cohort of AAAS Bachelors of Arts. The Department of African American and African Studies embraces diverse approaches to intellectual leadership and artist-scholarship. We welcome interdisciplinary and integrated research, teaching, creative work, and engagement practices that are leading-edge in the doing of Black Studies. As a department our areas of specialization include Black Feminisms, Genders, and Sexualities Studies in all aspects of curriculum. Within the AAAS major, the curriculum is shaped by three concentrations: Communities in Action; Creative Expression, Culture, and Performance; and Black Institutions, Sustainability, and Statecraft. 

Apply: https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/519792/astascfull-professor-tenure-system-aaas

Stanford University (USA: CA)[]

Deadline: 1 Oct. 2024

Open Rank

open-rank search for a faculty position in Afro-Caribbean Studies and/or Afro-Latin American Studies in the humanities, arts, or humanistic social sciences, to be appointed at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor depending on candidate qualifications. The position is open to scholar-researchers or practicing artist-scholars with a PhD or MFA. The term of the appointment is expected to begin on September 1, 2025.
We welcome applications from candidates who concentrate on the broadly defined oceanic and land-based Caribbean and Latin American regions, encompassing the diverse array of cultural and linguistic currents of the region’s African-descended communities. Applicable fields may include, but aren’t limited to: history; literary, cultural, media or film studies; Black or African and African American studies; social and cultural anthropology; linguistics; music; performance studies; religious studies; philosophy; environmental humanities; dance; art history or visual studies; creative writing; women, gender, sexuality or queer studies; or photography. We are focused on identifying exceptional scholarship, innovation, and creativity rather than looking for a specific thematic or disciplinary specialization.
The successful candidate must have a PhD or MFA at the time of appointment and will be expected to teach and advise students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Applicants must have demonstrated a commitment to effective teaching and mentoring and the ability to maintain a world-class research trajectory or creative output. Applicants should also demonstrate their capacity for interdisciplinary thinking and institution-building to contribute to the growth of DAAAS.
Apply: https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/494730/open-rank-afrocaribbean-andor-afrolatin-american-studies

Institute of Sacred Music - Yale University- deadline Oct 15, 2024 (New Haven, CT USA)[]

The Yale Institute of Sacred Music is an interdisciplinary center where scholars and artists engage in academic and creative work across a variety of fields at the intersection of religion and the arts. Each year the Institute brings a diverse cohort of Long-term Fellows to Yale to pursue scholarly and creative projects that connect with the mission of the Institute and are informed by various interdisciplinary perspectives. ISM Fellows are exceptional scholars and practitioners at all career stages whose projects range from studies of Buddhist chant to African American sacred music, and analyses of Medieval ritual to Jewish art. With access to Yale’s unparalleled resources, ISM Long-term Fellows join a vibrant interdisciplinary community for the academic year where they convene regularly with their cohort to share their work in progress. Fellows also have the option to teach interdisciplinary courses based on their area of research at Yale.

The work of the ISM touches a broad array of disciplines, and applicants from any disciplinary background are invited to apply, including:

Anthropology ~ African American Studies ~ Area Studies ~ Art ~ Architecture ~ Composition ~ Creative Writing ~ Ethnomusicology ~ Film Studies ~ History of Art or Architecture ~ Latinx Studies ~ Literature ~ Liturgical Studies ~ Musicology ~ Native American and Indigenous Studies ~ Religious Studies ~ Ritual Studies ~ Sociology ~ Theatre Studies ~ Theology

Applications are due on October 15, 2024 for fellowships that begin in fall 2025. In addition to a competitive stipend, fellows receive research funds and relocation costs. More information and the application can be found athttps://ism.yale.edu/ism-fellows. The application is now open and available. For questions, please contact the ISM Fellows Coordinator at ismfellows@yale.edu.

The ISM also offers Short-term fellowships to work in Yale libraries and collections. More information can be found at: https://ism.yale.edu/fellowships/short-term-collections-based-fellowships

UC Berkeley (CA, USA). Assistant Professor - Afro-diasporic Cultures, Gender and Sexuality, Indigeneity Studies - Department of Music. The Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a fulltime tenure-track Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology with an expected start date of July 1, 2025. For more information about the position, including required qualifications and application materials, go to https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04491. The deadline to apply is September 20, 2024. Please direct questions to Marié Abe, Committee Chair, at marie.abe@berkeley.edu. Questions about the application process can be directed to Kris Andrews, Academic HR Analyst, at musichr@berkeley.edu. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status., TT/NT