Job Announcement: Assistant Professor, History, Languages/Literary Traditions, and Religions of Ancient Iran

The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles, announces a search for a tenure-track position in ancient Iranian studies at the rank of Assistant Professor to be filled effective July 1, 2025. Applications are invited from junior scholars with research and teaching interests in the history, languages/literary traditions, and religions of ancient Iran, especially the first millennium BCE to the end of late antiquity. The department is particularly interested in candidates whose research and teaching in the history, languages/literary traditions, and religions of ancient Iran are diachronic, engage broader cultural and intellectual traditions (in particular the Ancient Near East, the Classical World, and Central Asia), and are transdisciplinary in scope. Candidates will teach (and develop) a variety of classes, including general education courses, as well as graduate seminars in ancient Iranian history, philology and religions. This position represents an exciting new development for UCLA, complementing its existing strengths in the study of the ancient Iranian world. Candidates are to contribute actively to the research and work of the Pourdavoud Institute for the Iranian World (https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu), as well as the Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary Traditions (https://yarshater.ucla.edu). In addition, candidates are also to participate in UCLA Global Antiquity (https://globalantiquity.ucla.edu) and establish links with colleagues working on ancient studies at UCLA. Broad community engagement in Los Angeles and beyond is expected from the successful candidate.

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