3 jobs found in Philadelphia, PA

Anthropology Tenured/Tenure-Track Position in Indigenous Studies Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania Location: Philadelphia, PA Open Date: Aug 28, 2026 Deadline: The Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) invites applications for an open rank (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor) position in Indigenous Studies, beginning in the 2027/28 academic year. We are particularly interested in candidates who explore the relation between coloniality, indigeneity, contemporary politics, and deep time in a global perspective. Scholars working on research areas that include sovereignty and governance, dispossession and extraction, climate and environment justice, law, health and healing, media and communication, and/or science and technology studies are encouraged to apply. We also welcome applications from scholars who work with collaborative, feminist and decolonial methodologies and projects that focus on...

Associate Professor/Professor of Anthropology and Associate Curator/Curator and Director of the Penn Cultural Heritage Center at the Penn Museum Location: Philadelphia, PA Open Date: Aug 25, 2026 Deadline: The Department of Anthropology and the Penn Museum at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) invite applications for a tenured faculty position and Curator/Director of the Penn Cultural Heritage Center (PennCHC) beginning in the 2027-28 academic year. We seek to appoint an associate or full Professor. The successful candidate should have expertise in archaeology and cultural heritage. Candidates should have a record of bringing together academics with non-academic stakeholders as well as organizing and managing cultural heritage initiatives. While the area of specialization is open, we are particularly interested in candidates with active research in the Americas and/or Africa who situate their research within global heritage scholarship. The...

      Princeton University is pleased to announce the call for applications to the Fung Global Fellows Program at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). The program will select early-career scholars from around the world to be in residence at Princeton for an academic year (10 months) and to engage in research and discussion around a common theme. The fellowships will be awarded to those employed outside the United States who have a faculty appointment or a professional research appointment, and they will be expected to return to their positions at the conclusion of the fellowship. Lastly, they must have demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and unusual intellectual promise. Early-career scholars will be appointed at the rank of Visiting Research Scholar. Democratic governance faces mounting pressure around the world. The rise of populist movements, declining trust in institutions, polarization,...