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Winthrop University Assistant Professorship in African American Literature/Afro Caribbean Literature
Deadline: October 27 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “Specialization should be in African American Literature and/or Afro Caribbean Literature of any period. Research interests might include gender and sexuality studies, diaspora studies, literary and cultural studies, and/or postcolonial studies.” URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/173837
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University of Alabama Instructor Position in Gender and Race Studies
Deadline: October 1 Length/Track: One year, renewable Description: “Successful applicants will have demonstrated teaching experience in courses in any of the disciplines of Sociology, African American Studies, or Women’s Studies.” “We are particularly interested in candidates with a degree in Sociology, but other PhD disciplines are eligible for consideration.” URL: https://careers.ua.edu/jobs/a85538fd-d60b-4e5b-9904-373c225dd87b
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Smith College Assistant Professorship in Africana Studies — Black Women’s Studies/Gender Studies
Deadline: September 28 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “Successful candidates should be prepared to engage actively with diverse students across the liberal arts. Teaching responsibilities will include a broad and shared responsibility for a Black Feminist and/or Queer Studies curriculum and gateway courses such as Intro to Black Culture, History of African-American People to 1960 and…
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Cornell University Society for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship — “Survival” — 2026-27
Deadline: September 22 Length/Track: One year Description: “We invite humanistic engagement on what it means to live in moments that are marked by precarity, fragility, and catastrophe. What might it mean to flourish in a world on the brink of extinction or exhaustion? Survival can be individual or collective, shaped by cultural imperatives, ideological commitments, or…
2025 Deadlines, African American Studies, Africana Studies, All/Most Humanistic fields, Anthropology, Asian American Studies, Border Studies, Carceral Studies, Caribbean Studies, Communications/Media Studies, Comparative Literature/English, Cultural Studies, Diaspora Studies, Disability Studies, Drama/Theater Studies, East Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Film/Media Studies, French/Francophone Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, Geography, Germanic Studies, Global Studies, Health Studies, History, Human Development, Human Rights Studies, Indigenous Studies, Italian Studies, Jewish/Judaic Studies, Labor/Class Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies, Native American/American Indian/Indigenous Studies, Near Eastern/MIddle Eastern Studies, Pacific Islander Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Postdoc, Public Policy, Race/Diasporic/Indigenous Studies, Religious Studies/Theology, September 2025 deadline, Slavic Studies, South Asian Studies, Spanish/Latin American Studies, Starts in 2026, Urban Studies, Visual Studies -
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Lectureship in Afro-American Studies
Deadline: Not stated; posted on UM site 5/22 Length/Track: One year Description: “The preliminary schedule of classes to be taught is: Fall 2025 Semester: AA101 Introduction to Black Studies, AA151 Literature & Culture, AA156 Revolutionary Concepts in African American Music. Spring 2026: AA101 Introduction to Black Studies, AA156 Revolutionary Concepts in African American Music, AA600T…
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Pennsylvania State University Assistant Teaching Professorship in African American Studies
Deadline: Unstated; posted on Penn State site 4/9 Length/Track: One year “with a strong likelihood of renewal” Description: “An ideal candidate will be able to teach various undergraduate courses on the African American Experience in history, culture, politics, religion, and thought. Preference will be given to candidates with experience teaching courses focused on women and…
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Rutgers University-New Brunswick Wall Postdoctoral Associate Position in African American Literature
Deadline: April 21 Length/Track: One year Description: “We welcome applications from scholars pursuing research in African American and/or African Diasporic literature broadly and are especially interested in scholars engaged in black feminist criticism and theory. Scholarship and teaching intersecting with African American poetics, black ecologies, performance studies, sound studies, black queer studies, or the black…
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Spelman College Assistant Professorship in Religious Studies
Deadline: March 10 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We seek an outstanding teacher/scholar whose area of specialization is African American Religions with subfields including (but not limited to) womanist theology/ethics, African religious traditions in the diaspora, queer studies in religion, decolonial studies in religion, and/or science and religion.” URL: https://spelman.peopleadmin.com/postings/8614
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Montclair State University Assistant Professorship in Africana Studies
Deadline: Unstated in description; position posted on Montclair sites 1/17 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: Incumbent must have a “Ph.D. in African American History, African American Studies, or a closely related field (degree must be completed by the start date).” “This position is an exciting opportunity to advance research and teaching on issues central to the…
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University of Virginia Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies Assistant Professorship in African American and African Studies
Deadline: January 17 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We welcome candidates who specialize in Afro-Latin American Studies and Islamic Studies and approach themes like transncontinentalism, transnationalism, racialization, colonialism and post-colonialism, memory, identities, community, politics, and aesthetics through disciplinary or interdisciplinary modes from across fields in the humanities and social sciences.” Incumbent “will be able to take…
2025 Deadlines, African American Studies, Africana Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial Studies, Diaspora Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Global/International Studies, Human Development, January 2025 deadline, Latin American Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Race/Ethnic Studies, Starts in 2025, Tenure track
Gender/Queer/Trans Studies Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scholars 