Location
United States
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
July 18, 2026
Job Description
NYU Abu Dhabi invites applications for a Kawader Research Assistant Fellow position in Voice Studies and Cultural Anthropolinguistics within the Arts and Humanities division.
The successful candidate will support two major, interconnected book projects exploring the intersections of voice, cultural performance, and alternative linguistic modalities.
1. Project A (Monograph) : An exploration of the sonic philosophies of Antonin
Artaud specifically reframed and analysed through the lens of Bedouin vocal
traditions.
2. Project B (Edited Volume/Monograph) : A comprehensive study
of glossolalia (speaking in tongues/non-semantic vocalisation) and its cultural,
ritualistic, and spiritual relevance within the Arab world and beyond.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in bridging theory and fieldwork, with the potential to co-author a chapter in the forthcoming volume. This position offer...
The successful candidate will support two major, interconnected book projects exploring the intersections of voice, cultural performance, and alternative linguistic modalities.
1. Project A (Monograph) : An exploration of the sonic philosophies of Antonin
Artaud specifically reframed and analysed through the lens of Bedouin vocal
traditions.
2. Project B (Edited Volume/Monograph) : A comprehensive study
of glossolalia (speaking in tongues/non-semantic vocalisation) and its cultural,
ritualistic, and spiritual relevance within the Arab world and beyond.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in bridging theory and fieldwork, with the potential to co-author a chapter in the forthcoming volume. This position offer...
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