Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer, Social and Political Issues in Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language

Yale University: Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Humanities: Philosophy

Location

New Haven, CT

Open Date

Dec 19, 2025

Deadline

Dec 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description

Philosophy seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Associate pending approval of the position.

Postdoctoral Associates at Yale are appointed for 12-month terms. This position as a Postdoctoral Associate with a secondary appointment as a Lecturer beginning July 1, 2026. Once the position is approved it will have funding for two years.

Area of Specialty (AOS): Social and Political Issues in Metaphysics, and/or Epistemology, and/or Philosophy of Language

Area of Competence (AOC): Open

Alongside pursuing their own research, the Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer will be expected to teach two courses per year, presumptively in one or more of the areas of Social and Political Issues in Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language and which answer to the department’s curricular needs, the precise courses to be determined in consultation with the department’s curricular committee.

The ability to appoint a candidate from this search may be curtailed due to budgetary constraints.

Deadline for full consideration: to be announced

Qualifications

Applicants must have completed all the requirements for a doctorate in Philosophy by June 30, 2026.

Required application materials: CV, writing sample, research statement, teaching statement, sample syllabi, and a minimum of three reference letters.

Application Instructions

The review of applications will begin after the position has been approved.

Application link: https://apply.interfolio.com/179297

Required application materials: CV, writing sample, research statement, teaching statement, sample syllabi, and a minimum of three reference letters.

For questions regarding application, please email Julie Niemeyer, chair's assistant, Department of Philosophy, at julie.niemeyer@yale.edu.