Join our team and help us expand and enhance our expertise of the East Asia Region!

Due to a growing worldwide interest in the East Asia region and a growing student body we are looking to appoint two Lecturers in East Asian Studies to enhance and expand our excellent research and teaching.

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We welcome applications from scholars in any discipline within the broadly defined field of East Asian Studies. We particularly welcome applicants with a cross-country/region-wide interest and in the disciplines of global governance, politics and business.

The successful appointee will make a strong contribution to the further development of our research activities, to the delivery of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and to the supervision and development of research students in cognate areas

You will have a PhD (or equivalent) in a relevant field, a well-established or developing research profile, proven teaching ability, a strong commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration, and will make a key contribution to advancing the School’s competitive position. You will be able to use East Asian-language materials in your research and teaching and are expected to contribute to one of the School’s research clusters, as well as collaborate with colleagues in other research groups across the School, and more widely across the Faculties and the University.

We particularly welcome scholars who:

  • Have leadership qualities to actively influence the direction of the School and bring challenge to the team.
  • Can teach and conduct research in East Asian Language/s in addition to English, and in any discipline within the broadly defined field of East Asian Studies
  • Have cross-country/region-wide academic interests and personal experience.

The deadline for Applicants is Thursday 4th March

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