[KS] Tenure-Track Foreign Faculty Positions Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, Seoul National University

[icks]

Greetings from the International Center for Korean Studies
at Seoul National University! Please consider forwarding this
announcement to any colleagues who might be interested. Thank you.
 

Tenure-Track Foreign Faculty Positions
 

Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies,

Seoul
National
University

 


 

The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at

Seoul
National
University

invites applications for two tenure-track, foreign faculty positions, one in the area of the history of the Chos?n Dynasty, and the other in the area of Korean Religion.
 


 


Seoul

National
University
is the top-ranked university in

, with 30,000 students and 2,300 faculty members. In response to SNU’s recent efforts to encourage diversity in its faculty, students, and curriculum, the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies seeks foreign scholars of Korean studies who will contribute to SNU’s leading role in Korean studies across the world. (Please visit SNU website at http://www.snu.ac.kr  and Kyujanggak website at http://e-kyujanggak.snu.ac.kr for more information.) We are interested in applications from candidates who will bring diverse cultural-historical perspectives to Korean studies in

.
 


 


 

Requirements
 

- Each candidate must have a Ph. D. degree in the related field.
 

- Each candidate will be expected to lecture in English. Excellent competence in oral and written English is essential for each position.
 

- A foreign professor is required to fulfill the same academic requirements as applied to a Korean professor to be tenured. The teaching load can be reduced by performing other academic works assigned by the director of the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies.  
 

  
 


 

Benefits
 

-a twelve-month based salary
 

-campus housing at substantially below market cost
 

-reimbursement of relocation expenses
 

-paid research leave (one semester out of every seven semesters, or one year out of every seven years)
 


 

Application
 

A cover letter and curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications, should be emailed to Prof. Yoon Hiwon (icks at snu.ac.kr), head of

International
Center

for Korean Studies at Kyujanggak, by May 31, 2008. Applicants chosen for interviews will be contacted no later than June 25, 2008.
 



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