<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Dear Koreanstudies Digest Listserv manager,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Would you please post the following job position ad to the listserve?  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thank you for your help and support.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Cordially,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jinsoo An</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">============</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:16.799999px;text-transform:uppercase">POSITION OVERVIEW</h3><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Salary range:</strong><span> </span>The current salary range for this position is $78,200–$123,400 (9-month academic year salary); however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Anticipated start:</strong><span> </span>7/1/2025</div><dl><dt style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.428571;font-weight:700;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:16.799999px;text-transform:uppercase">APPLICATION WINDOW</h3></dt><dd style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.428571;margin-left:0px;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Open date:<span> </span></strong>October 24, 2024</p></dd><dd style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.428571;margin-left:0px;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Next review date:</strong><span> </span><span id="m_9165024755615235824gmail-review_window_12704" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Friday, Dec 6, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)</span></span><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.</p></dd><dd style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.428571;margin-left:0px;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Final date:<span> </span></strong>Friday, Dec 6, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.</p></dd></dl><h3 id="m_9165024755615235824gmail-description" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:16.799999px;text-transform:uppercase">POSITION DESCRIPTION</h3><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in premodern (pre-1910) Korean culture. The successful candidate will have a rigorous grounding in premodern Korean language (either vernacular Korean or literary Sinitic [Hanmun]) in addition to research expertise in one or more of the following: book history or print culture; popular culture; visual or material culture; theater and performance; or thought and religion. We are particularly interested in recruiting scholars with an interest in gender studies, women’s literature, and feminist approaches.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values in our department. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. Successful candidates for our faculty positions will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit:<span> </span><a href="http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. Consistent with this commitment, UC Berkeley requires all applicants for Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload an Authorization of Information Release form into AP Recruit as part of their application. If an applicant does not include the signed authorization, the application will be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application, will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, applicants will only be subject to reference checks if and when they are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. More information is available on<span> </span><a href="https://ofew.berkeley.edu/attestation-prior-misconduct" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">this website</a>.</p></div><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:16.799999px;text-transform:uppercase">QUALIFICATIONS</h3><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Basic qualifications</strong><span> </span><small style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.173913px">(required at time of application)</small><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.</p></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Additional qualifications</strong><span> </span><small style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.173913px">(required at time of start)</small><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Advanced training and competence in Korean Studies encompassing specializations in literature and literary studies, with the proven ability to conduct primary research using premodern Korean sources in either vernacular Korean or literary Sinitic (Hanmun).<span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Primary research competency in Korean Studies sufficient to contribute to undergraduate teaching in modern or pre-modern materials in the original.<span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Evidence of scholarly impact and promise in research: innovative thinking and methodological rigor; likelihood of making original and significant contributions to the advancement of the field; ability to write clearly and argue cogently.<span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Demonstrated teaching ability at all levels from lower-division to graduate seminars; potential to develop new courses and ability to contribute to Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures teaching needs including major gateway lecture courses in Korean Studies.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Evidence of past commitment, current and future plans for advancing contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion by referencing OFEW's website Support for Faculty Search Committees<span> </span><a href="https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity/support-faculty-search-committees" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity/support-faculty-search-committees</a>.<span> </span></p></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Preferred qualifications</strong><small style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.173913px"></small><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Advanced literacy and proficiency in Korean by the start date.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Native or near-native fluency in Korean and English; proven ability to conduct primary research using premodern Korean sources in either vernacular Korean or literary Sinitic (Hanmun); broad competence in critical approaches and theoretical frameworks in the humanities; demonstrated excellence in teaching and research.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Potential for excellence in service and professional activity to raise the profile of Korean Studies at UC Berkeley.<span> </span></p></div><h3 id="m_9165024755615235824gmail-requirements" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:16.799999px;text-transform:uppercase">APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS</h3><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:15px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Document requirements</strong><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding-left:1.5em"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.<span> </span></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Cover Letter - Including a statement of current and projected research areas, fields of specialization and language and competency.<span> </span></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Statement of Teaching - A one page statement of your experience and philosophy of teaching.<span> </span></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Statement on Contributions to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging - Statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in research, teaching, and service, including information about your record of activities to date, and plans for contributing if hired at UC Berkeley.<span> </span><a href="https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/shortcuts/ofew_contributions_diversity" style="box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">More Information and guidelines</a>.<span> </span></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Writing Sample - 20-30 pages.<span> </span></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Sample Syllabus - Two sample syllabi<span> </span></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Authorization to Release Information Form - A reference check will be completed only if you are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. Download, complete, sign, and upload the<span> </span><a href="https://ofew.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/auth_release_info.pdf" style="box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">Authorization to Release Information form</a>.<span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Reference requirements</strong></div><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding-left:1.5em"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">3 letters of reference required</li></ul><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Apply link:</strong><span> </span><a href="https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04629" style="box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04629</a></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Help contact:</strong><span> </span><a href="mailto:e_anaya26@berkeley.edu" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">e_anaya26@berkeley.edu</a></p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:16.799999px;text-transform:uppercase">ABOUT UC BERKELEY</h3><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The excellence of the institution requires an environment in which the diverse community of faculty, students, and staff are welcome and included. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skill related to ensuring equity and inclusion in the activities of their academic position (e.g., teaching, research, and service, as applicable).</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.<span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">Please refer to the<span> </span><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy</a><span> </span>and the<span> </span><a href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the<span> </span><a href="http://apo.berkeley.edu/ucb-confidentiality-policy" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality</a><span> </span>prior to submitting their letter.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.</p></div><h3 id="m_9165024755615235824gmail-job-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:16.799999px;text-transform:uppercase">JOB LOCATION</h3><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(21,40,45);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.000001px">Berkeley, California</div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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