Adjunct Faculty - Department of Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities | New York University - Military Veterans

GLOBAL CULTURE WARS HSED-UE 1033 HIST-UA 651 A Cultures and Contexts Core Course For the Spring semester of 2025 The Department of Applied Statistics, Social Sciences, and Humanities seeks applicants for an adjunct appointment to teach a Humanities course, Global Culture Wars (described below). Prior experience with a large course and with understanding the diverse perspectives of multiple cultures is preferred. The course meets in person on Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11am-12:15pm. Course Description and Objectives Global Culture Wars will examine three or four specific culture wars in an international context. These may be debates regarding matters of race, religion, gender, or other cultural divisions. The specific issues will change each semester depending on the instructor and the state of the world. Whichever culture wars are selected for each semester, they are going to be far from the only ones going on in the U.S. or around the world but they should provide good case studies to ask questions about larger developments. We need, of course, to begin with developing a common definition of the term "culture wars" and we will spend time doing that. Culture wars are as old as the development of culture and as new as the recent wars in the Middle East and the Ukraine, or the battles about book bans, expansion or limitations in school and college curricula around the world, or the never ending political divisions in the US or elsewhere. All of these deep divisions are windows into questions such as who owns any given culture? What does it mean to be a citizen of a particular nation (i.e. are there national cultures)? How do people define themselves and define who is included and excluded in a specific culture? They are also often international in development. Individual cultures are never isolated and developments in one corner of the world can have a major impact on events elsewhere. Finally, we will spend time in class asking practical questions regarding what to do in the current world of intense culture wars and how do we maintain a conversation with people with whom we deeply disagree, while also holding on to our own core values. This is a large course with usually 100 students and 5 teaching assistants. It meets a university CORE (General Education) requirement in Cultures and Contexts. For more information about the content of the course, contact Professor Jasmine Hawkins-White ( jnh9355@nyu.edu ) For more information about compensation, contact Cesar Recca ( cmr9777@nyu.edu ) Required qualifications: Graduate degree in a related field Preferred qualifications: PhD in a related field and experience teaching related material. Materials: Please submit a Resume/CV, cover letter that describes why you are interested in the position and your relevant background or experience. Feel free to also include syllabi or teaching evaluations from a related course. For people in the EU, click here for information on your privacy rights under GDPR: www.nyu.edu/it/gdpr NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels. Sustainability Statement NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more atnyu.edu/sustainability