[KS] position in Korean/Japanese Studies

[Alan Tansman]

Please note the following advertisement for a position in Korean and 
Japanese Studies:



NORTHEAST ASIAN LITERATURES AND CULTURES, NT/T
                         UC Berkeley

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures of the University of 
California, Berkeley, invites applications for a rank open (tenure-track 
or tenured) position in Korean and/or Japanese literature and/or 
culture.  Ph.D. must be completed prior to appointment.  Candidates 
should demonstrate an excellent command of the relevant language(s); a 
deep knowledge of the literature and/or culture of their periods of 
specialization; a strong commitment to research and to the teaching of 
undergraduate and graduate students; and enthusiasm for making dynamic, 
innovative contributions to the intellectual mission of the department 
and the university. We encourage applications from Korea specialists in 
any period and in any humanities discipline, including literature, film, 
visual studies, and cultural and intellectual history; and from Japan 
specialists in any pre-Meiji period, in literary, cultural, or visual 
studies.  The successful candidate will be expected to teach four 
courses per year, including introductory and advanced courses in 
English, upper division courses using texts in the original language, 
and graduate courses relating to the candidate’s specialization. This 
appointment begins
July 1, 2011.

Candidates should send an application letter outlining teaching and 
research interests, a curriculum vitae, writing sample, and three 
letters of reference to the department. (Please refer your referees to 
the University's statement on confidentiality, found at 
http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html.)
Applications should be emailed in pdf files to:  easearch at berkeley.edu 
or sent to: Chair, Northeast
Asian Literatures and Cultures Search Committee, Department of East 
Asian Languages and
Cultures, 3413 Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 
94720-2230, postmarked by
October 1, 2010.  Faculty contributions to diversity will be valued in 
the selection process. The
University of California is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity 
employer.