Position Announcement
Assistant Professor - Tenure Track
Cultural Anthropologist of Contemporary China
The Department of Anthropology at Emory University announces an assistant professor tenure-track position for a cultural anthropologist of contemporary China (the PRC). We are interested in individuals with demonstrated competence in one or more of the following: urban life, migration, nationalism/transnationalism, memory/experience, the study of ritual/religion, and/or public (or popular) culture. The successful candidate will be expected to teach graduate and undergraduate courses related to the individual’s specialization(s), in addition to courses on contemporary China and other topics as needed by the Department. Consistent with Emory’s mission of engaged scholarship and excellence in liberal arts education, we seek a scholar with a documented record of innovative research, demonstrated strength in teaching, and a PhD in hand. Please send letter of intent, CV, and names of three referees to Chair, China Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, Emory University, 1557 Dickey Dr., Atlanta, GA., 30322. Electronic submission also accepted & preferred to: ANTHROCultSearch@emory.edu. Initial consideration of applications will begin immediately, but the search will remain open until the position is filled. Applications received by February 15, 2012 will receive full consideration. The starting date for the position is August 2012. Emory University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Chair Michael Peletz and Associate Chair Sally Gouzoules
Dr. Michael Peletz is Chair and Dr. Sarah Gouzoules serves as Associate Chair of the Department of Anthropology.
Dr. Peletz received his doctoral degree from the University of Michigan in 1983 and joined Emory in Fall 2006. His teaching and research interests focus on social and cultural theory, gender, sexuality, kinship, law, religion - especially Islam - social history, and modernity, particularly in Malaysia, Indonesia, and other parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim. Professor Peletz has done extensive fieldwork in Malaysia; his research and teaching interests have also taken him to Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, the Netherlands, and the UK. His most recent book, Gender Pluralism: Southeast Asia Since Early Modern Times was designated by the journal Choice as an “Outstanding Academic Title, 2009”. Professor Peletz spent the summer of 2009 as a Research Fellow at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden, and is working with colleagues in the Netherlands and elsewhere to develop a large-scale, multi-sited project on “‘Ordinary Muslims’ in Asia and the West”. Professor Peletz has taught courses at Emory on the history of anthropological theory; gender and sexuality; Southeast Asia; Muslim cultures and politics; and law, discipline, and disorder.
Dr. Gouzoules received her doctoral degree from the University of Chicago and joined the Anthropology department in the Fall of 2000. Her research and teaching interests center on the evolution of primate communication and social behavior. Her work has focused on the evolution of vocal communication systems in Old World monkeys and how these systems may inform our understanding of the evolution of human language. She has a long standing interest in kin selection theory, the evolution of social groups, and the behavior of, especially, macaque monkeys. Dr. Gouzoules teaches courses in both Anthropology and in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. She also serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Anthropology.