Job Announcement (School of Humanities)

University or Organization: Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Department: School of Humanities

Job Location: Shanghai, China

Web Address: http://shss.sjtu.edu.cn, http://www.sie.sjtu.edu.cn

Positions: Tenure-track Pre-Assistant Professor, Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Tenured Associate Professor, Tenured Full Professor

Specialty Areas:

Chinese Language and Literature: Classical Chinese Literature in pre-Qin, Han Dynasty and Six Dynasties. Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Literature Theory and Aesthetics. Comparative Literature and European Literature.

Linguistics: Psycholinguistics, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Linguistic Typology, Applied Linguistics, Chinese Linguistics.

History: Ancient History of China, Modern History of China, Special History.

Philosophy: Western Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy.

Required Language(s): Chinese

Description:

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) was founded in 1896 and is one of the highest ranking universities in China with a world-class reputation. The School of Humanities (SHSS) includes four categories of academic disciplines covering Chinese Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, and Arts. The School of Humanities has two undergraduate programs for disciplines of Chinese Language and Literature (Sino-foreign culture exchange) and Chinese Language (designed for overseas students); three undergraduate minor courses separately for Chinese Language and Literature, History, and Musicology; three Master degree programs separately for first-level discipline of Chinese Language and Literature, Chinese History, and Philosophy; one professional Master degree program for International Chinese Language Education; two PhD degree programs for disciplines of comparative literature and cultural theory, and the Marxism sinicization. The total number of faculty and staff currently working in the School is 140 and there are 1700 students studying in the School. 

General requirements:

The SHSS seeks to appoint four full-time academic positions at the ranks of Lecturer; Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Tenured Associate Professor, Tenured Full Professor. Responsibilities of the appointees will include teaching, research, thesis supervision, and student advising.

Applications for the positions mentioned above are open to scholars with a Ph.D. in Chinese language and literature, linguistics, history, philosophy or other relevant fields.

Applicants applying for the Tenured Full Professor must:

1.      Have a doctoral degree in related studies from a well-known, top-ranking university;

2.      Have served the post of high-level Associate Professor or higher positions, if not other equivalent positions;

3.      Be capable of teaching core courses;

4.      Possessing a high level of scholarship, expertise and academic accomplishments with established achievements universally acknowledged in Linguistics and other related fields.

Applicants applying for the Tenured Associate Professor should:

1.      Have a doctoral degree in related studies  from a well-known, top-ranking university;

2.      Have at least 3 years working experience as a tenure-track Assistant Professor;

3.      Be capable of teaching core courses;

4.      Possessing a high level of scholarship, expertise and academic accomplishments with established achievements universally acknowledged in Linguistics and other related fields.

Applicants applying for the Tenure-track Assistant Professor should:

1.    Have a doctoral degree in related studies from a well-known, top-ranking university;

2.    Have at least 3 years of overseas working experience (outside of China);

3.    Be capable of teaching core courses;

4.    Be younger than 40 years old.

Applicants applying for the Tenure-track Pre-Assistant Professor should:

1.      Be younger than 35 years old

2.      Have a Ph.D degree from a well-known, overseas top-ranking university;

3.      Be capable of teaching core courses;

4.      Be a graduate with a major in related studies, and have conducted significant high-quality research

Applicants are encouraged to send a CV, research statement, three representative publications, and contact information for two references as a single PDF file to Hu Yuanyuan at huyy@sjtu.edu.cn. Please mention the position you apply for and indicate how you heard about this position in the email.