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The Department of French Studies in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences at Louisiana State University is seeking applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Black French Thought, broadly construed. The ideal candidate will have a background in philosophy/literary theory and will demonstrate a sustained interest in the problems raised by contemporary African and Continental philosophy with respect to the history, politics, religion, and esthetics of Francophone African, Afropean, and diasporic communities. We invite a broad array of scholarly orientations and projects, and we are seeking a scholar who is able to make connections across a broad array of on-campus units, including AAAS, Geography and Anthropology, Philosophy and Religion, WGSS, Comparative Literature, and English. Designated as one of the Centers of Excellence by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the LSU Department of French Studies and its Center for French and Francophone Studies are, in ...Assistant Professor, French, Professor, Assistant, Education