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Kye Gompa in Spiti Valley, India. © Christian Luczanits
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Career Opportunities and Resources
The HCBSS updates this page annually with relevant academic job listings and maintains permanent links below to wider job databases.
Career Opportunities
Tenure Track Positions
- Brown University - History of Early Modern East Asia (c. 1400-1850)
- Applications due September 14, 2026
- University of San Diego - Assistant Professor, History
- Applications due September 15, 2026
- Wellesley College - Assistant Professor of Religious Studies: Religious Cultures of East Asia / Religions of Transnational East Asia
- Review begins September 15, 2026
- Indiana University - Bloomington - Roger E. Covey Professorship in Silk Road Studies (Open Rank)
- Applications due September 30, 2026
- University of California - Irvine - Assistant Professor of Korean History (post-1945)
- Applications due October 1, 2026
- University of Chicago - Assistant Professor in Middle Period Chinese Culture or Modern Chinese Culture
- Applications due October 8, 2026
- Wesleyan University - Assistant Professor of History
- Applications due October 15, 2026
- Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge - Assistant Professor - Modern East Asian History
- Applications due October 15, 2026
- Texas Tech University - Assistant Professor of South or Southeast Asian History
- Applications due October 15, 2026
- Wofford College - Assistant Professor of Modern Asian History
- Applications due October 16, 2026
- Randolph-Macon College - Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies
- Applications due October 21, 2026
- Northwestern University - Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese History
- Applications due October 30, 2026
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in the Department of Translation
- Applications due October 31, 2026
- Reed College - Assistant Professor of Religion (East Asia)
- Applications due November 1, 2026
- University of Utah - Assistant Professor in Modern Chinese History
- Applications due November 1, 2026
- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - Assistant Professor of Chinese Religions
- Applications due November 3, 2026
- Brown University - Assistant Professor of Japanese Religion
- Applications due November 14, 2026
- Vanderbilt University - Assistant Professor in Modern Chinese Literature and New Media
- Applications due November 15, 2026
Non-Tenure Track, Visiting Assistant Professor, Instructor, and Adjunct Positions
- Harvard Divinity School - Research Associate and Visiting Faculty - Women's Studies in Religion Program
- Applications due October 15, 2026
- New York University - ISAW Visiting Research Scholar Program, 2027-28
- Applications due November 20, 2026
Postdoctoral Fellowships
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Assistant Professor in Anthropology
- Applications due September 14, 2026
- Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies - 3–6 year FWO Junior and Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Applications due November 16, 2026
- Columbia University - Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Applications due December 1, 2026
Other Opportunities
- The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies, Administered by the American Council of Learned Science
- Annual fellowship and grants to support research, writing, translation, teaching and public positions in Buddhist Studies. Application deadline varies.
- International Visitors Program short-term residencies for international scholars
- Administered by the Stanford Humanities Center and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. For further information, see International Visitors Program.
- Micro-residencies in Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia
- Five-day visit with public lecture, visit to classes, and participation in related events. Application review begins August 1, 2026.
- Three-Year Online Program in Logic and Debate at the Italian Buddhist Union Research Center
- Systematic training in Buddhist logic, reasoning, and debate, online and in English
- 2026 intake closes on October 2, 2026
- Japanese Studies Librarian at the University of Chicago
- Applications due October 9, 2026