The Department of Culture and Society at University of Aarhus in Denmark invites applications for a teaching assistant professorship in Hindi. The position is affiliated with the South Asia studies programme at Asia studies, and the teaching assistant professorship involves teaching Hindi courses in the Bachelor’s degree programme in South Asia studies and the Master’s degree programme in Asia studies (India and South Asia). The teaching assistant professorship is a permanent position dedicated to full-time teaching, including 20% for developing the subject area. The appointment begins on 1 August 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The position requires a proactive interest in new methods in the field of foreign language pedagogy and didactics; understanding of the relationship between Hindi and other South Asian languages. Employment as teaching assistant professor requires a Master’s degree in Hindi or similar academic qualifications. Applicants must have relevant experience of teaching Hindi as a foreign language. If the successful teaching assistant professor is not fluent in Danish, he or she will be expected to learn Danish within a period of approximately two years.

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