Associate

Term:
The minimum length of affiliation is three months; the maximum is one year with the possibility of renewal. Part-time appointments or non-consecutive appointments for a fraction of a year will ordinarily count as a one-year appointment when determining eligibility for renewal.

Qualifications:
Must hold a master’s degree (or equivalent) or higher academic degree and have the appropriate English fluency to engage with and contribute to the Asia Center's scholarly community.

Conditions of affiliation:

• Must be sponsored by a current Harvard junior or senior faculty member (please refer to the Asia Center Affiliate Faculty Sponsor Acknowledgement Form for details on sponsor responsibilities.)
• Generally employed full-time elsewhere at a public or private company or hold a non-ladder faculty appointment at another university.

Services provided by the Asia Center:
Harvard ID card that provides library privilege and e-mail address.

Please note that the appointment is unpaid, and Asia Center does not provide Visa sponsorship for Associates.

Application Procedure:
The following documents must be submitted to Tenzin Ngodup (tngodup@fas.harvard.edu) by the deadline below: 

     • Asia Center Application for Affiliation
     • Research proposal detailing what the applicant plans to accomplish during the appointment
     • Current CV or résumé
     • Letter of support from the faculty sponsor (sent directly from faculty sponsor)
     • Certification of English Language Proficiency (filled out and signed by faculty sponsor)
     • Asia Center Affiliate Faculty Sponsor Acknowledgement form (faculty sponsorship is a critical piece of the application) 

Appointments generally run from September 1  to August 31. 

Deadline to apply: Friday, February 17, 2023