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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
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        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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