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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
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New Roman"">Job Ad: Visiting Assistant Professor of Korean
Studies<o:p></o:p></span></b>
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New Roman""><o:p></o:p>Oberlin College invites application
for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in Korean
Studies. Appointment to this position will be for a term of one
year beginning first semester of academic year 2014-2015 and
will carry the rank of Visiting Instructor or Visiting Assistant
Professor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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New Roman"">Applicants may be specialists of any of the
following areas of Korean Studies: sociology, film studies,
history, literature, politics, and economics, but should be
willing to teach broadly from ancient times to the present and
be able to develop an appropriate set of courses at the
introductory, intermediate and advanced levels. The incumbent
will teach a total of five courses in Korean Studies, including
1) two introductory courses in Korean society, history, and
culture: 2) a thematic approach to the society and cultures of
Korea, and 3) two advanced courses introducing research
methodologies and theory in the discipline of the incumbent and
in Korean and East Asian regional studies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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New Roman"">Among the qualifications required for
appointment is the PhD degree in hand or expected by first
semester of academic year 2014-15. Candidates must demonstrate
interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching.
Successful teaching experience at the college level is
desirable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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New Roman"">To be assured of consideration, a letter of
application, including a curriculum vitae, graduate academic
transcripts, and at least three letters of reference, should be
sent to Sheila Miyoshi Jager, Director, Program in East Asian
Studies, Peters Hall, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio 44074. <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Application materials should
be received by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">March 3,
2014</b>. Applications received after that date may be
considered until the position is filled. Salary will depend on
qualifications and experience.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Further
information about <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>the
position and about Oberlin’s East Asian Studies program can be
made by writing to:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a
href="mailto:eastasianstudies@oberlin.edu">eastasianstudies@oberlin.edu</a></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
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10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"">Oberlin College is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong
institutional commitment to the development of a climate that
supports equality of opportunity and respect of differences
based on gender, ethnicity, disability, and sexual orientation.
Oberlin was the first coeducational institution to grant
bachelor's degrees to women and historically has been a leader
in the education of African-Americans; the college was also
among the first to prohibit discrimination based on sexual
orientation. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in
receiving applications from individuals who would contribute to
the diversity of our faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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