The Department of Chinese and Korean Studies of the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies (AOI), Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany, invites appli­ca­tions for the position

Guest Professorship in Korea Studies

The posi­tion offered is avail­able the aca­d­e­mic year for 2011 – 2012, start­ing 01.10.2011

In research and teach­ing, the ideal can­di­date is expected to spe­cial­ize in his­tory, con­cen­trat­ing on mod­ern and con­tem­po­rary his­tory. The per­son selected must have flu­ency in spo­ken and writ­ten Korean and German. The posi­tion includes six hours of teach­ing. The can­di­date is expected to par­tic­i­pate in research projects to be estab­lished at the AOI as well as in inter­fac­ulty institutions.

Requirements for an appoint­ment are: a) out­stand­ing Ph.Dissertation in the field of History b) inter­na­tional rec­og­nized pub­li­ca­tions c) expe­ri­ence in German-Korean aca­d­e­mic rela­tions d) didac­tic qualification.

The per­son selected is pro­vided a round trip econ­omy class air­fare. He/She is pro­vided a monthly salary of 2,211 Euro to 3,050 Euro depend­ing on his/her qual­i­fi­ca­tion for the whole aca­d­e­mic year (12 months) directly by the Korea Foundation as well as funds nec­es­sary to cover relo­ca­tion, pur­chase of books and other mate­ri­als needed to pre­pare for teach­ing courses. The hous­ing costs in Tuebingen up to 500 Euro per month are pro­vided from the University of Tuebingen.

The University of Tuebingen is an equal-opportunity employer and wishes to increase the num­ber of female schol­ars in research and teach­ing. Therefore, appli­ca­tions from female schol­ars with suit­able qual­i­fi­ca­tions are explic­itly encour­aged. With equal qual­i­fi­ca­tions, pri­or­ity will be given to phys­i­cally chal­lenged appli­cants.Applications with the usual doc­u­ments (Letter of Intent, CV, copies of diplo­mas, lists of pub­li­ca­tions and teach­ing expe­ri­ence, research plan at University of Tuebingen) are to be sent to:

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Dekan der Philosophischen Fakultät
Wilhelmstr. 50, 72074 Tübingen, Germany

Closing date for appli­ca­tions is June 30, 2011