Migration and Diaspora Studies

Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada, invites applications for an appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in the area of Migration and Diaspora Studies.

This position is an interdisciplinary strategic hire to enhance Carleton University’s research, teaching and program development in Migration and Diaspora Studies. The successful candidate will undertake high-quality research, teach undergraduate and graduate courses on Migration and Diaspora Studies and supervise graduate students.

This position is also intended to help mobilize an area of research strength at Carleton by providing leadership within a community of more than 20 faculty members and many more graduate students already working in this area. While informed by a variety of disciplinary and thematic perspectives, the research of this community is fundamentally concerned with issues relating to transnationalism, broadly defined, and the social, cultural, political and economic implications of the movement of people.

Follow the link for the full posting and application procedures: http://www5.carleton.ca/facultyrecruitment/2012/migration-and-diaspora-studies