Job Opening: Japanese Buddhism, Professor, University of California – Berkeley

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Paula

Institution:   University of California – Berkeley, East Asian Languages & Cultures
Location:   California, United States
Position:   Tenure Track Faculty, Professor, Japanese Buddhism

Japanese Buddhism: The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley, is reopening its search in Japanese Buddhism as an open-rank search (tenured or tenure-track). Candidates who previously applied are welcome to update their files.

The Department encourages interdisciplinary approaches (anthropology, history, literature, religious studies, visual culture), but all candidates should have advanced facility in the textual traditions of Buddhism in Japan. Accordingly, expertise in both modern and classical Japanese (Bungo and Kanbun) is expected; candidates should ideally have a strong grasp of at least one other language of the Asian Buddhist tradition as well (e.g. Chinese, Korean). The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the Department’s undergraduate and graduate programs in Japanese studies, as well as to the new undergraduate track in East Asian religion and thought. In addition, the candidate will be expected to contribute to teaching and advising in the Group in Buddhist Studies Ph.D. program. This appointment begins July 1, 2012.

Letter of application, CV, teaching dossier (statement and syllabi), sample publications, and at least three letters of recommendation should be sent as pdf files to: easearch@berkeley.edu, with “Japanese Buddhism search” in the subject line. Alternatively, application materials may be sent by post to: Chair, Japanese Buddhism Search Committee, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, 3413 Dwinelle Hall #2230, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-2230. The application deadline is February 21, 2012; all mail submissions must be postmarked by that date. Please refer potential letter writers to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality found at:http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html. The University of California is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer. The department seeks candidates who share our commitment to diversity and inclusion in higher education. UC Berkeley is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. Further information on campus resources may be found at: http://calcierge.berkeley.edu/.

Contact: easearch@berkeley.edu

Website: ealc.berkeley.edu

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Job Opening: Modern and/or Contemporary Japan Culture/History, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Paula

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral teaching fellow in modern and/or contemporary Japanese culture or history for academic year 2012-2013.

Institution: Haverford College, East Asian Studies
Location:   Pennsylvania, United States
Position:   Post-Doctoral Fellow, Visiting Assistant Professor

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral teaching fellow in modern and/or contemporary Japanese culture or history for academic year 2012-2013. This position is made possible with the support of the ASIANetwork/Luce Teaching Fellow Program. While the specific discipline or field is open, the search committee will be most interested in applicants working in one of the following three clusters of inquiry:

A) Modern and/or Contemporary Social History, Peace Movements, Environmental Activism, Labor Movements

B)  Modern and/or Contemporary Literature, Colonial Asia, 20th C. Drama, Gender and Sexuality

C)  Film Studies, Visual Culture, Narrative Media

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated record of excellence in teaching and research and a dedication to the principles of liberal arts education.  A native/near-native proficiency in Japanese and English is expected. Fellows should have earned a doctorate or terminal degree from a North American university within the prior 3 years. Applicants who are ABD may be considered, provided that they have a scheduled completion date prior to the beginning of the fellowship year verified by their graduate advisor.

To apply, send letter of application, one-page statement on teaching experience/pedagogical philosophy, curriculum vitae or resume, and 3 letters of recommendation to: Modern Japan Search, East Asian Studies Department, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford PA 19041. Please address any questions to EAS Chair, Prof. Hank Glassman hglassma@haverford.edu. No electronic submissions please. Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2012, continuing until the position is filled.

The Department of East Asian Studies is a joint program with Bryn Mawr College and offers instruction in Japanese language through the fourth-year level. Haverford is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, committed to excellence through diversity, and strongly encourages applications and nominations of persons of color, women, and members of other under-represented groups.

Contact: Please address any questions to EAS Chair,
Prof. Hank Glassman hglassma@haverford.edu.

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Resource: USCF Japanese Woodblock Prints

Posted on February 1, 2012 by tnguyen3729

Interested in Japanese medical history and art? Check out the University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) Digital Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints!

About

In 1963, an East Asian collection was started by UCSF Provost and university librarian, later Chancellor, John B. de C. Saunders, MD. The collection would continue to be developed over the next thirty years by librarian curator Atsumi Minami, who traveled to Japan and China acquiring woodblock prints as well as hundreds of rare Chinese and Japanese medical texts, manuscripts, and painted scrolls.

The Japanese woodblock prints within this collection offer a visual account of Japanese medical knowledge in the late Edo and Meiji periods. The majority of the prints date to the mid-late nineteenth century, when Japan was opening to the West after self-imposed isolation.

In 2003, the California Digital Library funded the project to make digital images of the prints available online. The project involved translating titles of the prints into English, updating the metadata, and digitally photographing the prints among other related tasks to develop the digital library.

Contents

The UCSF Japanese Woodblock Print Collection consists of approximately four hundred Japanese woodblock prints on health-related themes (approximately 350 currently available in the digital collection). It is the largest collection of woodblock prints related to health in the United States and an important component of UCSF Library’s East Asian Collection.

Each woodblock print includes the title, creator or contributer, date, and contributing institution. Users can click on the “More Information About This Image” link on each image’s page (shown below) and get more metadata such as subject, type, physical description, language, origin, and collection. Users also have the option of looking at the woodblock print as an image only or with text. Either option may be helpful to the user if they are using an image for a presentation or report.

Search and Navigation

Users have a few options to explore the Japanese Woodblock prints. The first and easiest way is to select the “View Prints” option and scroll the different pages of wood block prints. Once you find an artist’s print you really like, you can copy and paste their name in the search function to find all of the prints available in the digital archive created by the artist.

Another option is to view images by theme: Contagious Disease, Drug Advertisements, Foreigners & Disease, Religion & Health, and Women’s Health. This option is equally helpful for users who are unfamiliar with the wood block prints but interested in searching particular topics.

The search function allows you to enter one or more keywords (subject, artist’s name, etc.) in the search box and choose either “all terms” or “any terms.” The Boolean operands AND & OR are available for users to expand their search results. Additionally, quotation marks can be used for exact phrase searching. Last, but not least, users can use an asterick * for truncated searching. (ex: Budd* will search for terms like Buddhist, Buddhism, Buddha).

Observations

Using the search feature can be a bit difficult to a user unfamiliar to the subject or the artists. However, after browsing through several prints and looking at the metadata, any user can quickly become familiar with how the resources are organized and discover artists that you yourself will gravitate to. Once discovered, you can easily view woodblock prints by artists and subjects. I encourage you to check out UCSF’s Japanese Woodblock Print Collection!

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Counselor (General/International Students), Coast Community College District

Posted on January 31, 2012 by LM

See HigherEdJobs.com posting for more information and application.

Institution: Coast Community College District
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Application Due: 02/23/2012
Type: Full Time
Campus: Orange Coast College
Scheduled start date: Fall Semester, August 2012

Counselor, (General 50%/ International Students 50%)

Performance Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Dean of Counseling, DSP&S, EOPS/CARE, CalWORKs and Foster Youth, in consultation with the Director of the International Center, to provide appropriate counseling and guidance services to the general and international student population.

A. General Counseling:
1. Provide educational, vocational, and personal counseling to current and potential college students.
2. Assist students in making decisions relative to career choice and educational planning, including appropriate testing, vocational counseling, and transfer to a university.
3. Provide general orientation, program advisement and follow-up counseling for new and continuing students.
4. Provide such special counseling and guidance service as may be appropriate to special student audiences including veterans, disadvantaged, members of minority groups, academically marginal students, disabled persons, re-entry students and persons in industry.
5. Participate, as appropriate, in college’s outreach program with local high schools and the community.
6. Develop effective working relationships with faculty members in instructional areas and perform liaison activities as required.
7. Serve on Division and college-wide committees and/or task forces.
8. Assist in the preparation of counseling-related publications and in the presentation of workshops for special student audiences.
9. Provide group orientation and counseling as required.
10. Assist, where appropriate, in the articulation of courses and programs with four-year colleges and universities.
11. Assist students seeking referral to appropriate community agencies or services in response to educational, vocational, or personal concerns.
12. Participate in professional growth activities.
13. Provide instruction in student success, career planning and/or other personal growth courses.
14. Administer and interpret a variety of assessment instruments, to both groups and individuals.
15. Assist in the development and implementation of special programs focusing on access and retention.
16. Assume other counseling and guidance responsibilities as assigned.
17. Assignment may include day and evening hours.

B. International student population counseling:
1. Provide educational, vocational, and personal counseling to current and potential International college students.
2. Provide assistance in long range planning, program review and ongoing program development.
3. Provide assistance by, performing appropriate duties necessary to carry out international student related projects; supporting college matriculation program through orientations, student goal setting, educational planning and ongoing academic counseling follow-up.
4. Assist international students with requests for immigration-related documents. Collaborate with the Designated School Official (DSO) and provide recommendations for a variety of student needs such as: program extension, Optional Practical Training (OPT), Curricular Practical Training (CPT), reduced coursework and other documentation as needed.
5. Advise international students on transfer to a four year university, coursework evaluation and equivalencies, academic petitioning recommendations, as well as other academic needs.
6. Assess international students’ abilities, aptitude, interest, values system and personality patterns related to occupation and careers.
7. Collaborate with the Director of the International Center to provide necessary information regarding academic counseling of international students and to perform adequate counseling during orientation sessions, registration periods and application processing.
8. Provide counseling/guidance to prospective and newly admitted international students prior to arrival to the United States.
9. Correspond with third party agencies to provide academic and transfer guidance and information to help with prospective international students’ decision-making to apply to College.
10. Collaborate with the DSO and International Center Director to provide assistance with federal reporting requirements pertaining to international students.

Faculty/Educational Administrators complete the Equivalency Application only if you do not meet the minimum qualifications for the position you are applying to, and you wish to be considered.
Must meet one of the following qualifications under (a) through (d):
a. Possess the California Community College Teaching Credential for this subject area.
b. Possess a Master’s degree from an accredited institution in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, or career development.
c. Note: A license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) is an alternative qualification for this discipline, pursuant to Title 5 Section 53410.1.
d. Or, possess a combination of education and experience that is at least the equivalent to the above. Candidates making an application on the basis of equivalency must submit an Application for Equivalency in addition to all other required materials.
2. Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

Desired Qualifications
1. Knowledge of community college curricula and a general knowledge of the California secondary and higher education system.
2. Knowledge of matriculation requirements with competencies in general academic advisement, educational planning, career, and personal counseling.
3. Counseling experience working with students and adults within a community college setting and experience with culturally diverse student populations.
4. General understanding of federal requirements for international students, maintenance of status, and institutional compliance issues.
5. Ability to work effectively with computers and other forms of advanced technology utilized in providing high quality Counseling and instruction and the understanding and successful use of learning technology.
6. Ability and willingness to teach a wide range of classes as schedules and institutional commitments require.
7. Ability to communicate professionally and clearly with students and staff, both orally and in writing.
8. Strong commitment to professional growth and development, and to the continued innovation and improvement of successful counseling and teaching.
9. Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive and effective working relationships with on-campus groups (including students, faculty, administrators and staff), as well as, off campus community and education partners.
10. Experience and active participation in the campus and broader community including serving on departmental and college committees and taking a leadership role in campus, community and professional organizations.
11. Experience in planning, coordinating and implementing Counseling projects and campus events.
12. Bilingual ability in English and Spanish, Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese or Korean.

In addition to the certificated application, you will be required to attach and/or copy and paste additional required application materials. Please have required documents ready before applying. (Required)

Any documents that you are unable to attach can be faxed to (714) 782-6065. Faxes must clearly indicate the job you are applying to and your name.

For additional help, please call Applicant Processing at (714) 438-4715, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Receives Benefits:
Yes

Application Requirements
To be considered for employment you must submit a complete application packet. A complete application packet includes:
– A Certificated Application.
– An Equivalency Application (if applicable).
– A current resume of professional experience, educational background, and other pertinent information.
– A cover letter, not to exceed 2 pages, to address the minimum and “Desirable Qualifications” (#1-12) as listed.
– Two letters of recommendation highlighting personal and professional strengths written in the last six months.

To ensure consistency and fairness to all applicants, please do not submit materials in addition to those requested. Additional materials will not be considered or returned.

Be sure to complete all questions and sections of the application. For questions which may not apply, indicate “n/a” (not applicable). If you do not know an answer, please indicate so, but do not leave any space blank.

All applications will be screened under a process of utmost confidentiality by a committee of representatives from the college community (reference Board Policy 050-1-1). Please note: Possession of the minimum qualifications does not ensure an interview.

Any documents that you are unable to attach can be faxed to (714) 782-6065. Faxes must clearly indicate the job you are applying to and your name.

To apply, please visit: http://www.cccdjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=51423


Application Information
Contact: Applicant Processing
Coast Community College District
Online App. Form: http://apptrkr.com/228763

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Call for Papers: Social Media and Cross-border Cultural Transmissions: Technologies, Policies, Industries

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Paula

Social Media and Cross-border Cultural Transmissions: Technologies, Policies, Industries

Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 21-22 June 2012

This interdisciplinary workshop takes a transcultural approach to exploring newly emerging online practices of cultural transmission. Culture industries across Asia have been dynamically transformed during the past decades, and are significantly affected by multilayered economic, socio-political and technological turbulence occurring on both global and domestic levels. This workshop explores how social media, online consumer practices and transcultural pop flows have facilitated the emergence and development of new global cultural distribution avenues and transformed the cultural industry landscape, and how Asia is at the centre of this newly emerging global cultural economy. The workshop will focus on three specific areas:

1. Technologies: this workshop identifies key moments in the development of cultural distribution in the era of Web 2.0 technology. In particular, it focuses on the increased use of mobile social media in Asia, and its socio-politico-economic implications in the regionin both the positive and negative perspectives.

2. Policies: this workshop explores the relationship between changed consumer practices and market environments in Asia, and its influence on the re/formation of media cultural policies and governance in various Asian countries (such as policy-making around the copyright and online piracy issues).

3. Industries: this workshop expands current theorisations on the global cultural distribution dynamics, dynamics that were once predominantly centred on the Euro-American axis. Dynamics that are now empowered by Web 2.0-driven user participation on social networking sites (SNS), yet are still under the significant influence of dominant corporate media chains.

The primary intention of the workshop is to examine both positive and negative connotations of the impact of Web 2.0 technologies on cross-border cultural transmission and the transformation of cultural industries in Asia. This workshop aims to explore the following questions:

How have contemporary cultural flows formed by particular combinations of globalisation dynamics and technological innovations, and how and why has Asia become the emerging hub of such a phenomenon?
Who is at the centre of these changed cultural distribution dynamics, and how do they combine and appropriate old and new modes of cultural distribution?
To what extent is such a newly emerging mode of cultural distribution still a tool employed by powerful groups (e.g., corporate media and state governments) attempting to support their control and domination of pop consumer groups?
In what ways has web user participation, particularly online youth activities on social networking sites, shifted the mode of transcultural flows in the global cultural market environment?
How have such shifts demonstrated the expansion of the dynamics of global cultural flows, considering they were once predominantly centred on the Euro-American axis?
How have changes in these paradigms affected the cultural industries in Asia and elsewhere in the context of transformations in industry structure, technology, market development and policy-making?

The workshop is intended to be an intimate gathering of scholars across all social science fields and disciplines, both within and outside Asia. We invite the submission of theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of transcultural flows of Asian popular products in the era of Web 2.0 technology. In this, we encourage papers that reflect the diverse media cultural dynamics active within the different areas of creative industries and markets.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

Paper proposals should include a title, an abstract (250 words maximum) and a brief personal biography of 150 words.

Please send your form to Dr JUNG Sun at arijs@nus.edu.sg by 24 February 2012. Successful applicants will be notified by mid March 2012 and will be required to send in a completed draft paper (5,000 – 8,000 words) by 15 May 2012.

CONTACT DETAILS

Convenor:
Dr JUNG Sun
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Email: arijs@nus.edu.sg

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Job Opening: Study Abroad Program Coordinator

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Nyssa

Ohio University is hiring a Study Abroad Program Coordinator within the Office of Education Abroad. We seek a candidate with a commitment to working effectively with students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds.

The program coordinator is an integral part of efforts to increase education abroad participation and ensure the continued high quality of Ohio University’s study abroad and exchange programs. This employee will work with faculty directors on the preparation, management, and execution of their programs abroad, as well as administer OHIO’s student exchange programs. S/he will also work closely with students preparing to go abroad from the beginning stages of choosing a program and pre-departure preparation to problem-solving with students overseas. Additionally, the program coordinator will develop and integrate service learning components into our faculty-led study abroad programs.

Essential Functions:
1. Manage assigned faculty-led study abroad programs.
2. Administer exchange programs, including preparing and presenting predeparture orientation for outgoing students and implementing integration activities for incoming students.
3. Develop and oversee service-learning initiatives associated with study abroad programs.
4. Promote the benefit of education abroad and Ohio University’s program offerings across campus through presentations, events sponsored by other university offices, and fairs.
5. Advise students on study abroad options and follow up with students interested in study abroad.
6. Develop and update Education Abroad website and print content as needed.
7. Present at mandatory pre-departure orientation.
8. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree; minimum of 6 months experience abroad (studying, working, volunteering, or interning). Demonstrated work experience within the field of international education, ideally for at least one year; preference given to work within education abroad.

Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s degree; experience working in a multicultural and/or international environment. Preference given to work within the field of education abroad. Prior work experience with faculty and service-learning initiatives.

Ohio University is committed to creating a respectful and inclusive educational and workplace environment. Ohio University is an equal access/equal opportunity and affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to building and maintaining a diverse workforce. Women, persons of color, persons with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.

Apply by February 13, 2012 at: http://www.ohiouniversityjobs.com/postings/2080

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Postdoctoral Fellow: Robert and Lisa Sainsbury fellowships

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Paula

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

Fellowships are designed to strengthen academic ties with Japanese studies programmes in the US, Canada, Asia and Europe and provide recipients with an opportunity to work in a scholarly environment conducive to the completion of a publication project. Fellows will be provided with office space at the institute’s headquarters in Norwich.

Award amount max: Not specified

Closing date: 01 Mar 12

For more information:

http://www.sainsbury-institute.org/fellowships/robert-and-lisa-sainsbury-fellowships.html

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Book Announcement: A Sociology of Japanese Youth

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Paula


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sociology-Japanese-Youth-Returnees-Institute/dp/0415669278/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1301844680&sr=8-3

Over the past thirty years, whilst Japan has produced a diverse set of youth cultures which have had a major impact on popular culture across the globe, it has also developed a succession of youth problems which have led to major concerns within the country itself. Drawing on detailed empirical fieldwork, the authors of this volume set these issues in a clearly articulated ‘social constructionist’ framework, and put forth a sociology of Japanese youth problems which argues that there is a certain predictability about the way in which these problems are discovered, defined and dealt with.

The chapters include case studies covering issues such as:

  • Returnee children (kikokushijo)
  • Compensated dating (enjo kōsai)
  • Corporal punishment (taibatsu)
  • Bullying (ijime)
  • Child abuse (jidō gyakutai)
  • The withdrawn youth (hikikomori) and
  • NEETs (not in education, employment or training)

By examining these various social problems collectively, A Sociology of Japanese Youth explains why particular youth problems appeared when they did and what lessons they can provide for the study of youth problems in other societies.

This book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Japanese society and culture, the sociology of Japan, Japanese anthropology and the comparative sociology of youth studies.

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Call for Papers: MLA 2013 Critical Theory in Premodern East Asian Literature

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Paula

We are now inviting submissions for a panel to be convened at the 2013 MLA conference in Boston, Massachusetts January 3-6. The panel will examine readings of premodern East Asian texts for resonance with current topics of theoretical debate. Examples might include writings on the “mind” discussed in connection with cognitive theory, the notion of human rights vis-a-vis autochthonous categories such as rites, considerations of borderlands in terms of modern globalization theory, and so forth.

Send 500 word abstracts (or queries) to Charlotte Eubanks (cde13@psu.edu) by 1 March 2012 to be considered.

Panel sponsored by the Executive Committee on East Asian Languages to 1900.

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Job Opening: Korean Family in Comparative Perspective, Post-doctoral Fellowship

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Paula

ATTENTION: Koreanists AND East Asia Specialists with Comparative interests in the Koreas

Institution: University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics
Location:   Illinois, United States
Position:   Post-Doctoral Fellow

The 5-year Korean Family in Comparative Perspective (KFCP, 2010-) Laboratory for the Globalization of Korean Studies at the University of Illinois, funded by the Academy of Korean Studies, and housed in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, is pleased to announce its second KFCP Postdoctoral Fellowship starting August 16, 2012. This one-year position, with the possibility of a one-year extension, is open to: (1) recent PhD recipients (within the last 5 years) and (2) those who will deposit their dissertation by August 15, 2012.

The KFCP Laboratory aims to bring the Korean family to the center of comparative East Asian and general family studies, highlighting Korea as a productive comparative case of interest to non-Koreanists across a range of disciplines and scholarly locations. KFCP Fellows must be scholars interested in comparative work on the Korean family. Scholars with primary expertise in the family of other East Asian countries (e.g., China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan) are particularly welcome to apply. Scholars with primary research emphasis on the Koreas must have a concrete plan to conduct comparative research (i.e., with another country/region). The Postdoctoral Fellowship is open to scholars in any humanities or social science discipline.

The KFCP Laboratory is directed by anthropologist Nancy Abelmann and includes 3 KFCP Laboratory Fellows: Jungwon Kim (EALC and History, University of Illinois), Seung-Kyung Kim (Women’s Studies, University of Maryland), and Hyunjoon Park (Sociology, University of Pennsylvania). The 2011-13 current Postdoctoral Fellow is historian of China, Elizabeth LaCouture (History, Colby College)

The Postdoctoral Fellow will be welcomed to an active Koreanist community at the University of Illinois that includes a biweekly Korea Workshop (that will actively engage the themes of the Laboratory). The KFCP Fellow will be provided the opportunity to participate in organizing a Korean Family Colloquium Series which graduate students will be able to attend for partial credit. The KFCP Laboratory will be guided by a National Advisory Board (See list below). KFCP Laboratory Director, Fellows, and National Board Members will take an active role in nurturing the comparative scholarship of the Postdoctoral Fellow. The Postdoctoral Fellow will also have the opportunity to “workshop” his or her manuscript/s with experts from both on and off campus.

The KFCP Fellow will be paid $40,000 and benefits.  To ensure full consideration, all required application materials must be submitted electronically by February 10, 2012 at http://go.illinois.edu/KFCP_Application Referees will be contacted electronically upon submission of the application. Only electronic applications will be accepted.

Applications must include:

1.   A cover letter reviewing your research history, including your dissertation and other publications.

2.   A statement of interest in the Korean family in comparative perspective, including a publication plan that includes the submission of one article for each postdoctoral year (OR a single- or co-authored book manuscript) (this can be integrated into the cover letter).

3.   A statement of commitment to active participation in KFCP Laboratory events, including the Korean Family Colloquium Series (this can be a simple statement in the cover letter).

4.   One writing sample, 25-40 pages.

5.   Contact information for three referees who can speak to your scholarly work and abilities and to the feasibility of your research and publications plans for comparative work on the Korean family. Referees will be contacted electronically and asked to submit their letters.

Please address inquires to slcl-hr@illinois.edu

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity (www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu).

Contact:

Please address inquires to slcl-hr@illinois.edu

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