<div dir="ltr"><div>Please circulate this recruitment news with colleagues and scholars who study issues of and in Korea. We welcome applications from different fields such as history, literature, sociology, anthropolgy, media studies, and area studies. This position is for non-Korean only. </div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------<br></div><div><br clear="all"><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">Teach the enthusiastic next generation in international and
area studies </span></i></b></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">at the most globalizing university in Korea!</span></i></b></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Positions:</font></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3"> Assistant (Associate) Professor in 1 Korean Studies (Department
of Korean Studies)</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><span><font size="3"> </font></span><span><font size="3">           </font></span><span><font size="3"> </font></span><span><font size="3"> </font></span><span><font size="3"> </font></span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 56.55pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Institution:</font></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://gsias.hufs.ac.kr/"><span style="font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font color="#0000ff" size="3">Graduate School of International and Area
Studies,</font></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.hufs.ac.kr/"><span style="font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font color="#0000ff" size="3">Hankuk University of Foreign Studies</font></span></a></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 49.45pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Location:</font></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3"> Seoul, South
Korea </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Application deadline:</font></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3"> </font></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(192,0,0);font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">April 19, 2017</font></span></i></b></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Jobs to start effective August 28,
2017 </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">The Graduate School of International
and Area Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea, is
seeking to fill a faculty position (for non-Koreans), effective August 28 1, 2017,
to teach graduate students in English. The assistant professor level is
preferred, but associate professor level will also be considered according to
qualifications. Applicants are expected to hold a Ph.D. degree in the related
area and preferably a few years of relevant experiences. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
(HUFS) is the most globalized institution of higher education in Korea. The
university is known for its dynamic academic community with great cultural diversity,
bolstered by its 45 foreign language departments. Many faculty members and
students are from various foreign countries. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">As of now, about 40-50 graduate
students both in MA and Ph.D. levels registers in the department of Korean
Studies, and a few of dozens of MA and Ph.D. candidates have been working on
their theses and dissertations. More than half of students are foreign students
and several of foreign graduates have returned home to teach courses on Korean
studies in their home universities. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">The expected monthly salaries for
starting positions at assistant/associate professorship for 2017 are 4,082,100
or 3,498,600 Korean Won, and 4,668,100 Korean Won, respectively. Newly
appointed</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font color="#000000" size="3"> professors will also be offered one-way air
tickets to Seoul (for faculty member and his or her spouse) and accommodations
within or near the University. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

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</font><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif"">Four social insurance schemes apply
(Health, Pension, Unemployment and Industrial Accident); </span></p></li><li style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif";font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif"">Generous grants applicable for
publications with internationally renowned academic journals (e.g. KRW 10
million (USD 9,090) for a publication indexed SSCI as of 2015; subject to
yearly budget limits from 2016 on); </span></p></li><li style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif";font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif"">A round-trip airfare, per year, for a
presentation of a paper at an international conference; </span></p></li><li style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif";font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif"">Contracts renewable annually upon
fulfillment of annual teaching and research requirements.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><span> </span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif"">Applicants are requested to send a
letter of application, curriculum vitae, a writing sample (preferably an
SSCI/SCI level publication), a one-page dissertation abstract and a one-page
statement of research interest, as well as names and contact information for
three referees, to respective department chairs as below.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif"">Dr. Younghan Cho, Head of Department
of Korean Studies </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:choy@hufs.ac.kr"><font color="#0000ff">choy@hufs.ac.kr</font></a>
</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif"">Application deadline is <b>April 19, 2017</b>. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p></li></ul><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">























</font><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif"">Email inquiries and electronic
applications are welcome to respective department chairs.</span></p></li><li style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif";font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:굴림;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif"">Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
again by early of May for further process (a phone interview in the following
week and additional documents to be submitted by 11 May 2017). </span></p></li></ul><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">



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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Further general inquiries shall be
addressed to:</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Mr. Jaehoan Joo </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Coordinator</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Graduate School of International and
Area Studies</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Hankuk University of Foreign Studies</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">270 Imun-Dong, Dongdaemun-Gu, Seoul,
130-791, Korea</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Email: </font></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:mrkang@hufs.ac.kr"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font color="#0000ff" size="3">mrkang@hufs.ac.kr</font></span></a></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Office:
82-2-2173-2449</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="color:black;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font size="3">Webpage: </font></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://gsias.hufs.ac.kr/"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font color="#0000ff" size="3">http://gsias.hufs.ac.kr</font></span></a></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"calibri","sans-serif""><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="굴림" size="3">

</font><span><span><br>-- <br></span></span></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Professor in Korean Studies(Ph.D in Communication Studies)</div><div>Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul, South Korea)</div><div>Homepage: <a href="https://hufs.academia.edu/YounghanCho" target="_blank">https://hufs.academia.edu/YounghanCho</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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