• Teaching BA- and MA-level courses related to world politics and political economy with a focus on the Middle East or Asia in the MA program International Relations (Leiden), but also in the BA programs Middle East Studies (Leiden) or International Studies (The Hague);
• Supervising theses in the MA program International Relations and the BA programs.

• A doctorate in International Relations with a focus on the Middle East or Asia;
• Experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate students, and supervising theses, including the ability to integrate an Area Studies/Humanities approach to IR;
• Knowledge of Arabic or other relevant languages;
• Proficiency in English.

We offer a fixed-term position for 38 hours per week (1.0 FTE) from 1 August 2019 - 31 July 2021, with the possibility of renewal based on need, funding and performance.

Salary range from €3637.- to €4978.- gross per month (pay scale 11), in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities), based on a fulltime employment.

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. For international spouses we have set up a dual career programme. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break. More at https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/working-at/job-application-procedure-and-employment-conditions.

Leiden University requires teaching staff to obtain the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ). If the successful applicant does not already possess this qualification or its equivalent, he/ she must be willing to obtain this Qualification within two years.

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The Faculty of Humanities is rich in expertise in fields such as philosophy, religious studies, history, art history, literature, linguistics and area studies covering nearly every region of the world. With its staff of 995, the faculty provides 27 master’s and 25 bachelor’s programmes for over 7,000 students based at locations in Leiden’s historic city centre and in modern buildings in The Hague. For more information: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities.

The lecturer will hold a position in the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (www.hum.leiden.edu/lias/). LIAS is comprised of a School of Asian Studies, a School of Middle-Eastern Studies and a Centre for the Study of Religion, 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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