Part-time Teaching in Jewish Studies Fall 2023 - Spring 2024, with training in any of the following subfields: Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Hebrew Language Instruction; Judaism; Jewish Literatures; broad training in Jewish Studies.
The Department of Jewish Studies has openings for part-time lecturer in Jewish Studies, with training in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Judaism, and Jewish Literatures, and Jewish Studies as a collection of related disciplines. Responsibilities include undergraduate--both lower and upper division--teaching in Jewish Studies. Teaching assignments include:
JS 317 (Units: 3) Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Process and conditions which led to the harassment, expulsion, and extermination of the Jews during World War II including new information about the concentration camp system.
(This course is offered as HIST 317 and JS 317. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
JS 546 (Units: 3) 20th Century American Jewish Women Writers
Exploration through novels, short fiction, and memoir the connections American women forge and the tensions they experience via encounters with self, family, Judaism, American society, and world history.
(This course is offered as JS 546, ENG 546, and WGS 546. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Courses for 23-24 will include:
Heb 101-102/201-202: Hebrew language instruction, all levels
JS 318 (Units: 3) The Holocaust and Law: Complicity, Dissent, and Correction
Examines how the Nazis revised German legal code to suit their own definition of citizenship within the old Reich and beyond its borders. Repudiating legal precedents from the Stein Hardenberg Reforms to the Jewish Emancipation of 1872, the course examines how the Nazis reclassified Jews legally in order to exterminate them. In three sections, "How it Happened," "The Transformation of the Judiciary," and "Legal Reckoning and the end of War," this class examines Nazi Law and its relation to the Holocaust.
(This course is offered as JS 318 and HIST 318. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Special conditions: Courses have various modalities, but they are primarily in person.
Qualifications: Applicants must either have a Ph.D. or be in the process of completing a doctorate in Jewish Studies or any relevant field to Jewish Studies in the Humanities, with specific training in the fields stipulated by the warranted courses.
Responsibilities: Undergraduate teaching in Jewish Studies. Teaching assignments for Fall 2021 include:
Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Jewish Writers of the Americas.
Foundational beliefs, stories, and practices of the Jewish religious tradition; various transformations the tradition has undergone throughout history and into the modern period.
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience as stipulated by the CBA.
Lecturer A/2 Full-Time Equivalent Salary Range: $4,530 – $6,056 per month
Lecturer B/3 Full-Time Equivalent Salary Range: $5,405 – $11,994 per month
Lecturer C/4 Full-Time Equivalent Salary Range: $6,190 – $13,172 per month
Lecturer D/5 Full-Time Equivalent Salary Range: $7,794 – $13,797 per month
Anticipated hiring range is generally at or near the minimum of the appropriate range, commensurate with education and experience. Most new lecturers are hired at the Lecturer A or B rank.
This is a conditional appointment contingent on enrollment and the ability to offer the course.
Application Process: Applicants should submit a cv, a cover letter that addresses descriptions of their research, teaching interests, and experience, as well as 1 sample syllabus. Two letters of recommendation may be requested once initial applications are reviewed; therefore, the cover letter should include the names of two academic references and their requisite emails.
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Thank you for your interest in employment with California State University (CSU). CSU is a state entity whose business operations reside within the State of California. Because of this, CSU prohibits hiring employees to perform CSU-related work outside of California with very limited exception. While this position may be eligible for occasional telework, all work is expected to be performed in the state of California, and this position is assigned to on-campus operations.
