• Teaching BA- and MA-level courses (first and second semester) related to Arabic literature and Arabic studies;
• Teaching second year BA-level elective in the International Studies program, The Hague, preferably in the field of literary cultures of the Middle East and North Africa;
• Supervising BA and MA theses in Arabic Studies;
• Supervising BA theses in the International Studies program, The Hague;
• Contributing to the development of the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate curriculum in Arabic Studies.

• A doctorate in Arabic Studies with a focus on literature; advanced PhD candidates can also be considered;
• Experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate students, and supervising theses;
• Proficiency in English;
• Obtainment of University Teaching Qualification during the course of the appointment, if the candidate is not already in possession of the Qualification.

Fixed-term contract: 3 years.

We offer a fixed-term post from February 2018 through December 2021, for 22.8 hours per week. Salary range, depending on education and work experience, from €2,588 to €4,757 gross per month, based on a full-time appointment (pay scale 10 or 11 in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities).

Leiden University offers an attractive benefits package with additional holiday (8%) and end-of-year bonuses (8.3 %), training and career development and sabbatical leave. Our individual choices model gives you some freedom to assemble your own set of terms and conditions. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break. More at www.workingat.leiden.edu/.

Diversity
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The Lecturer will hold a position in the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (www.hum.leiden.edu/lias/). LIAS is comprised of a School of Asian Studies and a School of Middle-Eastern Studies, with international staff and student populations. The institute is committed to a present-day vision of area studies, integrating disciplinary and regional-historical perspectives on a solid foundation of excellent language skills. Current staff in LIAS has expertise in the fields of Anthropology, Archaeology, Art Studies, Buddhist Studies, Film Studies, History, International Relations, Language Pedagogy, Law, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Material Culture Studies, Performance Studies, Philology, Philosophy, Political Economy, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Visual Culture Studies. 

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