Job Announcement Professor in the Study of Buddhism Faculty of Arts, Leiden University Leiden (Netherlands)
The Faculty of Arts, Leiden University, is seeking to fill the position of professor (m/f) in the Study of Buddhism (0.6-0.8 fte, initially for a period of five years). Vacancy number: 5-246 The position comprises the following tasks: - teaching of courses on the textual sources of Buddhism, on living Buddhism in Sri Lanka and / or the Himalayan region and / or Southeast Asia, and on the relationship between them; - research in this field; - instigating, stimulating and supervising doctoral research in this field; - attracting external financial resources for research and teaching in this field; - performing administrative tasks within the Department of Languages and Cultures of South and Central-Asian Studies. The successful candidate holds a doctorate, and possesses: - excellent research abilities in the field, as appears from a wide range of publications which have appeared nationally and internationally at leading publishers or in important journals; - excellent teaching qualities and broad experience in offering academic teaching in various forms. - experience in supervision and training of young researchers; - demonstrable expertise with regard to the primary textual sources of Buddhism and its later living forms in Sri Lanka and / or the Himalayan region and / or Southeast Asia; - sound knowledge of at least one Indic/Himalayan canonical language, and of at least one modern South Asian, Southeast Asian or Himalayan language relevant to the study of living Buddhism; - demonstrable ability to attract external funding for teaching and research; - demonstrable administrative and management abilities and the willingness to participate actively in administrative tasks in the department, the relevant research-frameworks and the Faculty of Arts. Expertise in East Asian Buddhism and in Buddhism of other than the mentioned regions, as well as sound knowledge of one or more of the languages relevant there, will be to the candidates advantage. If the appointed professor is not conversant with the Dutch language, he / she will be expected to acquire a good command of this language within two years. A trial lecture will form part of the selection process. An assessment of management capabilities will take place as well. Those who consider themselves qualified for this post, as also those who want to draw attention to potential candidates, are to address themselves in writing to the dean of the Faculty of Arts, prof. dr. G.E. Booij, Faculteitsbureau Letteren, Postbus 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. The closure date is four weeks from the appearance of this advertisement. Applications are to be accompanied by a curriculum vitae, a list of publications and a plan for future research. A profile can be obtained via the office of the Faculty, reachable at +31-71-527 23 18 / e-mail: [email protected], and also on our website: www.letteren.leidenuniv.nl under the head Organisatie and then vacatures. De dean of the faculty is available to given further information about this chair; he can be reached at the mentioned telephone number. Leiden University wishes to hire more women. For this reason, they in particular are invited to submit applications. Contact: Prof. Dr. G.E. Booij Dean of the Faculty of Arts Faculteitsbureau Letteren PO Box 9515 2300 RA Leiden Netherlands Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.vacatures.leidenuniv.nl _________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://agd.polylog.org/cal/
