Faculty Openings

Yang Visiting Scholars in World Christianity

Harvard Divinity School invites applications for a one-year, term-limited, paid position for Yang Visiting Scholars in World Christianity for the academic year 2024–25.

Each visiting scholar teaches one course (either in the fall or in the spring semester) and presents their research in a public lecture and/or other public events at HDS. Yang Visiting Scholars are required to be in full-time residence at Harvard Divinity School while carrying out their proposed research projects during the academic year.

Positions are open to early career or senior scholars with doctorates in the fields of religion and to those with primary competence in other humanities, social science, and public policy fields who demonstrate a serious interest in World Christianity and hold appropriate degrees in those fields.

Applications must be made on the portal for academic hiring at Harvard. The deadline is September 30, 2023, for appointments beginning on August 1, 2024.

For more information, please visit our website at hds.harvard.edu/yangscholars or contact the Yang Scholars Program Office at yangscholars@hds.harvard.edu.

HDS is an equal opportunity, affirmative-action employer, and encourages applications and nominations of women and/or ethnic minority candidates, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Tenured or Tenure-Track Position in Religion and Ecology

Harvard University’s Faculty of Divinity seeks to make a full-time, tenure or tenure-track appointment in the area of Religion and Ecology to fill the Richard Reinhold Niebuhr Professorship of Divinity. We seek candidates with expertise in Christian morality, ethics, and values, within the context of global religious pluralism and diversity. We are particularly interested in a scholar with expertise either in environmental justice or environmental ethics.

The successful candidate should be competent in the debates, methods, and theoretical frameworks of the subfield of religion and ecology, including religion and climate change. Applicants should also be familiar with forms of analysis that address race, gender, and social location. Excellence in teaching and research is expected. The doctoral degree must be held by June 30, 2024. The successful candidate will work closely with students in the Divinity School’s Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Studies, and Master of Religion in Public Life programs, as well as PhD candidates in the Study of Religion in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. They will also have an opportunity to teach undergraduates in Harvard College, and to collaborate with colleagues and students in other related programs, departments, and schools in the University.

Applications should be made on the portal for academic hiring at Harvard. Applications must include a current CV, a cover letter, a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation (submitted by the recommenders through the application portal). Review of applications will begin on September 30, 2023, and continue until the position is filled.

Letters of nomination are welcome. Applicants should address any questions regarding the position itself or the online application system to the search office at niebuhrsearch@hds.harvard.edu.

HDS is an equal opportunity, affirmative-action employer, and encourages applications and nominations of women and/or ethnic minority candidates, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Tenured or Tenure-Track Position in Catholic Studies

Harvard University’s Faculty of Divinity seeks to appoint a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member to fill the Charles Chauncey Stillman Professorship of Roman Catholic Theological Studies. We welcome applications from candidates with expertise in Catholic theology, as well as those who study Catholicism from the perspective of other disciplines—including Biblical studies, comparative studies, cultural studies, ethics, gender and sexuality, history, literature, philosophy, politics, and ethnography—and are open to the theological dimensions of their scholarship. Successful candidates should be prepared to teach classes that reflect the cultural diversity of Roman Catholicism in the United States and around the world. Excellence in teaching and research is expected. The doctoral degree must be held by June 30, 2024.

The successful candidate will work closely with students in the Divinity School’s Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Studies, and Master of Religion in Public Life programs, as well as PhD candidates in the Study of Religion in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. They will also have an opportunity to teach undergraduates in Harvard College and to collaborate with colleagues and students in other departments and schools in the University. Applications should be made on the portal for academic hiring at Harvard.

Applications must include a CV, a cover letter, a writing sample, and the names and email addresses of three professional references who are prepared to submit letters of recommendations. The School may contact those persons directly at a later stage in the search. Review of applications will begin on September 30, 2023, and continue until the position is filled.

Letters of nomination are welcome. Applicants should address any questions regarding the position itself or the online application system to the search office. Please contact us at stillmansearch@hds.harvard.edu.

HDS is an equal opportunity, affirmative-action employer, and encourages applications and nominations of women and/or ethnic minority candidates, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.