Position Title: Lecturer/Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Associate Professor
Academic Discipline: Arts & Humanities, History, Literature, Chinese Studies
Contract Type: Full time, 3-year contract (renewable) and 3rd contract is open-ended
Application Deadline: 26 September 2022
Institution: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of China Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), Suzhou, China
University and Department
Located in Suzhou, China, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) is a young, dynamic and EMI university founded in 2006, and is a unique collaborative institution and first joint-venture university in China to offer both UK (University of Liverpool) and Chinese (Ministry of Education) accredited undergraduate degrees for more than 100 programmes. XJTLU also aims to become truly research-led and has committed significant investment into research development and the expansion of master’s and PhD student numbers on campus. The university has over 18,000 students and nearly 1000 academic staff representing in excess of 90 nationalities.
Roles & Responsibilities
The Department seeks to appoint one Lecturer/Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Associate Professor in China Studies. The successful appointee should be an expert in Chinese history and culture. He or she will be expected to deliver modules of Chinese Civilisation, Chinese Literature, as well as Aesthetics, Art and Design in China; to supervise Master’s and PhD students; to contribute to the curriculum development; to undertake research in his/her area of specialization on both individual and group projects, and to be actively engaged in the publication of the research; and to participate in the administration and development of the Department of China Studies, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, or the University.
Essential Qualifications
- Senior Associate Professor: PhD in History, Literature, Chinese Studies or related field. Ability to conduct sustained, high quality research activity. Evidence of international recognition in the research subject area. Strong organizational skills in learning and teaching, research and management. Evidence of substantive beneficial internationalization activity with measurable outcomes. Evidence of external recognition for teaching and assessment. Excellent language skills in both English and Chinese.
- Associate Professor: PhD History, Literature, Chinese Studies or related field. Ability to conduct high quality research activity as evidenced for example by publication in international peer reviewed journals, research grant income, and supervision of doctoral students to completion. Good organizational capacity. Evidence of international recognition in the research subject area. Evidence of external recognition for teaching and assessment. Excellent language skills in both English and Chinese.
- Assistant Professor: PhD in History, Literature, Chinese Studies or related field. Good quality research activity, as evidenced for example by peer reviewed publication, grant income. Capacity of delivering high quality, effective teaching in English. Good language skills in both English and Chinese. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.
- Lecturer: PhD in History, Literature, Chinese Studies or related field. Satisfactory quality research activity. Capacity of delivering good quality, effective teaching in English. Good language skills in both English and Chinese. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.
To Apply
Please submit your applications online through this the website HERE. Job ID is 2894. Applications must be submitted in a single pdf file that includes 3 parts in the order of: 1) A cover letter; 2) A current CV, including date of birth, country of citizenship, and highest degree level; 3) Contact details for three references. For specific enquiries relating to the position, please email Dr Geoffrey Chun-fung Chen, Head of the Department of China Studies, at chun-fung.chen@xjtlu.edu.cn. Informal enquiries may be addressed to HR at wenyu.pu@xjtlu.edu.cn. Please quote the position and job ID 2894 in your enquiry.
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