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Job Description:
The American University in Cairo (AUC) is pleased to announce several new Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellowships for recent Ph.D. graduates. The fellowship program is made possible by generous support from the Mellon Foundation. Successful applicants will be appointed as Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellows with the rank of visiting assistant professor, and will become part of a unique program designed to provide young scholars with the opportunity to acquire the skills and experience necessary for success in teaching. The program also supplies fellows with travel and other support for research purposes. In addition, one of its principal objectives is to provide fellows with unparalleled opportunity to observe, work in and learn about one of the most fascinating countries in the world, Egypt.
Fellows will primarily teach students engaged in AUC's freshman-level Core Curriculum. The Core is designed to introduce students to the liberal arts and sciences and includes a variety of freshman-level courses in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Fellows will teach Core courses that reflect their personal interests and disciplinary backgrounds. They will also have the opportunity to teach additional courses in their own or related disciplines while at AUC.
Requirements:
Several Fellows will be appointed to AUC's program of Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellowships beginning in fall 2008.
To be eligible for appointment, applicants for Post-Doctoral Fellowships should have received their Ph.D.'s within three calendar years of the date of application. In exceptional cases A.B.D.'s will be considered. Teaching experience is not required.
Additional Information:
Successful applicants will hold a term of appointment for three academic years; receive support for travel associated with a job search at the end of the employment; receive special research awards of up to $5,000 per year; and participate in a monthly seminar that will provide Fellows with an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas and views with leading scholars and intellectuals from both Egypt and the wider Arab world.
All applicants must submit the following documents via online.
a) an updated C.V (upload via Step 2 in the next page); b) a letter of interest; c) a completed AUC Personal Information Form (PIF).
For complete details and application information:
http://aucegypt.interviewexchange.com
