Assistant/Associate Professor of Medical Humanities

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NTU Singapore, a research-intensive university, seeks an Assistant/Associate Professor to shape medical humanities in Asia. The role emphasizes care, uncertainty, and the impact of new technologies on clinical life, within Singapore and the wider region.

The appointee will deepen NTU's strengths, contribute to teaching MAHX, supervise postgraduate students, and foster cross-sector collaborations with healthcare practitioners, cultural institutions, and communities.

Qualifications

• PhD in a discipline relevant to the medical humanities.
• Candidates from literary studies, history, philosophy, religious studies, anthropology, cultural studies, science and technology studies, art history, disability studies, or practice-based research.
• Candidates with a PhD in medical or health humanities and candidates who combine a clinical or allied health qualification with doctoral humanities training are welcome to apply.
• Closing date for applications is 30 November 2026.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and publish internationally recognised research in the medical humanities; this may include monographs with leading academic presses, articles in major disciplinary and interdisciplinary journals, or substantial practice-based outputs.
• Contribute to teaching on the M.A. in Health and Human Experience (MAHX) including the core courses in interdisciplinary research methods and cross-sector collaboration.
• Build and sustain our existing network of cross-sector partnerships with healthcare practitioners, cultural institutions, and community organisations.
• Pursue internal and external research funding as a Principal Investigator and contribute to collaborative bids.
• Supervise postgraduate students and provide mentorship and pastoral support.

Skills

Narrative medicine

Literature & medicine

History of medicine

Philosophy of medicine

Ethics of care

Arts for health

Disability studies

Graphic medicine

Visual culture of health

Medical pluralism

Education

PhD in medical humanities or related discipline

Job description

NTU Singapore, a research-intensive university, seeks an Assistant/Associate Professor to shape medical humanities in Asia. The role emphasizes care, uncertainty, and the impact of new technologies on clinical life, within Singapore and the wider region.

The appointee will deepen NTU's strengths, contribute to teaching MAHX, supervise postgraduate students, and foster cross-sector collaborations with healthcare practitioners, cultural institutions, and communities.