Research Position for Females in Women's Studies in Religion at Harvard Divinity School

Harvard Divinity School is offering full-time Research Associate Position in women’s study in its religion program. Researchers may address women and religion in any time, place, or religious tradition, and may utilize disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches from across the fields of theology, the humanities, and the social sciences. Proposals for book-length research projects using both religion and gender as central categories of analysis are welcomed.

Eligibility:-

• Positions are open to candidates with doctorates in the fields of religion and to those with primary competence in other humanities, social science, and public policy fields who demonstrate a serious interest in religion and hold appropriate degrees in those fields. 

• Selection criteria emphasize the quality of the applicant's research prospectus, outlining objectives and methods; its fit with the Program’s research priorities; the significance of the contribution of the proposed research to the study of religion, gender, and to its field; and an agreement to produce a publishable piece of work. 

• Applicants for the 2021–22 academic year must have received the PhD by October 1, 2020. Applications from those whose degrees have not yet been awarded will not be considered.

Responsibilities:-

• Research Associates are required to be in full-time residence at Harvard Divinity School while carrying out their proposed research projects during the academic year.

•  Associates meet together regularly for collective discussion of research in progress. 

• Each associate teaches a one-semester course related to the research project, and the associates present their research in a public lecture series and at an annual conference.

Benefits:-

Salary for 2021–22 is $60,000. The appointment is full-time, lasting ten months, and includes health benefits and reimbursement of some expenses.

About Harvard Divinity School:-

Harvard Divinity School is a nonsectarian school of religious and theological studies that educates students both in the pursuit of the academic study of religion and in preparation for leadership in religious, governmental, and a wide range of service organizations. The School student body represents approximately 30 religious traditions and denominations each year, and reflects an equally broad spectrum in their academic interests and backgrounds, age, gender, nationalities and ethnicities, cultures and traditions, and professional and life goals.

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