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The Department of Political Science and Contemporary History at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Turku, Finland, declares open for application the position of Professor of East Asian Contemporary History and Politics.

The Professor will be appointed for a fixed term of five years for the period 1 August 2014 - 31 July 2019.

The Professor is engaged in and directs academic research, gives teaching based on research, and keeps up to date on advances in the respective field. The Professor is also expected to interact with relevant parts of the society at large, and to take part in international cooperation. The Professor is the Director of the Centre for East Asian Studies.

The salary is determined in accordance with the university salary system for teaching and research personnel. For professors the salary is at levels 8-10 on the job demands chart, where the task specific salary component is between 4598-5866 euros per month.
In addition, a personal work performance component will be paid. The personal work performance component is a maximum of 46.3 % of the task specific salary component.

For more detailed information on the application and evaluation procedure, please see the appointment
specification:
http://www.utu.fi/fi/Yliopisto/yliopisto-tyonantajana/a
voimet-tehtavat/Lists/Avoimet%20tehtvt/Attachments/200/
Appointment%20specification%20of%20East%20Asian%20profe
ssor.doc.

The deadline for applications to arrive at the Office of the University Registrar is no later than 3.10.2013 at 15:45. See also the job opening page at http://www.utu.fi/fi/Yliopisto/yliopisto-tyonantajana/a
voimet-tehtavat/Lists/Avoimet%20tehtvt/Item/displayifs.
aspx?&ID=200

Mr. Kari Lehti
Suunnittelija / Executive Administrator
Itä-Aasian tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus / Centre for East Asian Studies
FI-20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland
Puh. / Tel. +358 2 333 6965
Fax +358 2 333 6270
http://www.utu.fi/ceas/