Dear Colleagues,



With apologies for cross-posting, UC Irvine is hiring for a 2-course position in fall 2019. Please email me directly with any questions.



Best,



Mimi Long

Margherita Long
Associate Professor
Department of East Asian Studies
470 Humanities Instructional Building
University of California, Irvine 92697-6000
http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=6157 <http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=6157>



FALL 2019 2-COURSE TEACHING POSITION


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, Irvine, CA 92697-6000. The Department of East Asian Studies invites applications to teach two courses in Japanese Studies during the fall quarter 2019, appointment to begin 9/23/2019-12/13/2019, salary of $6,842.25 per course. Discipline is open to Japanese literature, cinema, theater, visual studies, or any Japanese Studies that emphasizes textual analysis. A Ph.D. is required. Courses include 1) Fourth-year Japanese, "Introduction to Reading," usually taught in Japanese using canonical short stories, after students have completed the 3rd year Tobira series and/or returned from study in Japan and 2) an upper-division Japanese cultural studies course in line with the candidate's expertise and teaching interests.


The department will begin reviewing applications 6/6/2019. Applications should be submitted electronically at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF05302 <https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF05302>. Candidates should submit 1) a cover letter, 2) proposed course syllabus for one upper-division course (syllabus for fourth-year course optional), 3) course evaluations 4) a current CV, and 5) the names and email addresses of two recommenders, from whom we will request letters after an initial screening. The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to excellence through diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy. Please direct questions about the electronic submission procedure to EAS Department Manager Michelle Hu (mahu@uci.edu <mailto:mahu@uci.edu>) and any other questions about the search to Committee Chair Margherita Long (margherita.long@uci.edu <mailto:margherita.long@uci.edu>). To learn more about the Department, visit www.humanities.uci.edu/eastasian/ <http://www.humanities.uci.edu/eastasian/>.