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NYU’s Washington, DC Academic Center is seeking a local, part-time lecturer to teach Global Works and Society: Antiquity (Fall 2025) and Global Works and Society: In a Changing World (Spring 2026). The Global Works and Society series is part of the Liberal Studies Core Curriculum. The class meets two times per week, with each session lasting for ninety minutes.

The instructor role includes all preparation, delivery, and grading. Using Washington, DC as a learning tool (e.g., a guest speaker, an excursion) is an expectation for the course. Courses are intellectually challenging, and rigorous student assessment is required. We are especially interested in qualified candidates who share Liberal Studies’ commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and who can contribute to the diversity of intellectual life in Liberal Studies and NYU Washington, DC.

Course Details:

The Liberal Studies first year Global Works and Society sequence explores the philosophy, religious thought, political ideas, and historical events that have shaped societies and their interactions around the world. The sequence includes a variety of required “great works” but also leaves room for the instructor to select texts based on their areas of speciality.

Global Works and Society: Antiquity

Global Works and Society: Antiquity introduces students to the ideas and history of the ancient world, from the earliest civilizations through to the Han, Gupta, and Western Roman empires. The course is global in perspective and interdisciplinary in approach, and faculty are free to investigate themes within the program's purview, such as the relation between individual and society; justice and power; or humanity and the divine. Both texts and societies can be objects of study during the course, so students can also expect to work through the relation between a text and its time, or the ideas and societies studied in the course and their own ideas and societies. Instructors are expected to offer the students a broad syllabus, including texts from the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions, and from at least one other tradition.

Global Works and Society: In a Changing World

Global Works and Society: In a Changing World introduces students to the ideas and history of the world, from the 5th to the 17th century CE. The course is global in perspective and interdisciplinary in approach, and faculty are free to investigate themes within the program's purview, such as the relation between individual and society; justice and power; or humanity and the divine. Both texts and societies can be objects of study during the course, so students can also expect to work through the relation between a text and its time, or the ideas and societies studied in the course and their own ideas and societies. Instructors are expected to offer the students a broad syllabus, including some required texts from the European and Islamic traditions, as well as texts and media from other regions or traditions.

The instructor role includes all preparation, delivery, and grading. Using Washington, DC as a learning tool (e.g., a guest speaker, an excursion) is an expectation for the course. Courses are intellectually challenging, and rigorous student assessment is required. We are especially interested in qualified candidates who share Liberal Studies’ commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and who can contribute to the diversity of intellectual life in Liberal Studies and NYU Washington, DC.

Curriculum Background:

Liberal Studies' Core is a dynamic liberal arts curriculum that provides a global and interdisciplinary foundation for nearly 100 NYU majors. The curriculum emphasizes conceptual and spatial frameworks to trace the movement of ideas and the interconnectivity of material culture, through the study of different texts, histories, exchanges, structures and systems, languages, arts, and writing from early antiquity through contemporary times. Small seminar-style classes and close faculty-student interaction ensure the benefits of a liberal arts college.

All classes are global in scope and perspective, discussion-based seminars, and taught by faculty who are experts in their fields. The mission of Liberal Studies is to pioneer an interdisciplinary undergraduate education that engages students in interrogating global traditions and forging the new traditions that will shape the future.

About NYU and NYU Washington, DC:

Founded in 1831, New York University is the largest private university in the United States. The University has degree-granting campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai and operates 12 global academic centers, along with research programs in more than 25 countries. NYU Washington, DC is one of NYU’s global academic centers where students can participate in study away while earning credits towards their degree. To learn more about NYU Washington, DC please visit the website: https://www.nyu.edu/washington-dc.html

A strong candidate will have a Ph.D. or equivalent training in a relevant field, including but not limited to, Philosophy, History, Political Science, Religious Studies, or Classics. Candidates will ideally have experience teaching undergraduate courses, and will demonstrate a commitment to interdisciplinarity and combining global and local perspectives.

All applications must be made online through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/167559. Applications must include a cover letter and an updated CV. In the cover letter, please highlight any relevant teaching experience.

Applicants for this position are applying for both Global Works and Society: Antiquity (Fall) and Global Work and Society: In a Changing World (Spring), pending successful completion of fall teaching. Please indicate in your letter if you would not be available to teach in the Spring.

Consideration for applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed jointly by NYU Washington, DC and NYU New York. The salary will be based on equivalent and appropriate rates for the course. Terms and conditions will be discussed with the successful applicant.

Please direct any questions to Justin Evans, Assistant Director for Academic Affairs, at [email protected].

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