SAHSA Mission Statement
MISSION STATEMENT
SAHSA was founded to promote scholarship on the history of the South Asian region in the United States. The organization
(1) enhances the profile of South Asian history within the wider historical profession;
(2) fosters the study of South Asian history across disciplinary and methodological boundaries;
(3) encourages the study of South Asian history in relation to global histories;
(4) provides venues for scholars to communicate with one another;
and (5) promotes excellence in scholarship.
Membership is open to all teachers and scholars of South Asian history. SAHSA resources for scholars include regular conferences and an email discussion list. SAHSA intends to promote discussion on South Asian history and historiography through this website as well as more traditional publication avenues.
POST: lecturer/senior lecturer/reader in the history of South Asia, especially pre-1800 and/or South Asian Islam
Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader in the History of South Asia, with a preference for a specialization in the period before 1800 and/or in South Asian Islam. Candidates should demonstrate research and teaching excellence. The person appointed will be expected to contribute to teaching at both BA and MA levels and to supervise research students working on the history of South Asia.
Prospective candidates seeking further information on the Department and the School may contact the Head of Department, Dr John Parker on jp23@soas.ac.uk or Dr Eleanor Newbigin on en2@soas.ac.uk.
This post commences on 1 September 2012. Annual leave is 30 days per year plus statutory and bank holidays. USS pension scheme will be available.
To apply for this vacancy or download a job description/further information, please visit www.soas.ac.uk/jobs.
Closing date: Friday 20 January 2012
South Asia history seminar at the School of Oriental and African Studies
Happy new year and a warm welcome to the beginning of the new term. Please find attached the list of speakers for the South Asian history seminar at SOAS this term - we have a really exciting line up. This information, as well as abstracts of the papers and the full titles of some of the papers, will be appearing on the seminar website so please keep an eye on that: