The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks a scholar of the humanities or qualitative social sciences with expertise in Korea Studies. Preference will be given to applicants who can help extend their multidisciplinary conversation about culture in the transasian context, and who have the vision and skills to contribute to building new academic programs.… more →
Workshop with funding available from the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. By addressing topics such as the formation and use of archives, the role of archives in shaping knowledge culture, and the archival dilemmas scholars encounter, the workshop invites a vital conversation about how histories of the archive might reshape stories written from the archives in premodern Korea.… more →
Vanderbilt University is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Korean Studies, with the field of specialization open to any discipline within the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Candidates who integrate their research and teaching of Korean Studies with multidisciplinary and interregional expertise are preferred. Proficiency in both English and Korean is required for teaching and research in the program.… more →
The George Washington University has advertised an open rank, tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Korean Literature and Culture. Candidates must have a PhD in Korean literature or a closely-related field, native or near native fluency in Korean and English, and evidence of excellence in teaching Korean literature and culture at college level, as demonstrated by evaluations, and active research experience in the field of Korean literature and culture, as indicated by scholarly publications.… more →
UNC Chapel Hill’s Department of Asian Studies invites applications for a tenure-track position in Korean studies at the rank of Assistant Professor. They welcome applicants with doctoral degree in hand or near completion in Korean studies, Korean language and literature, or related fields such as, but not limited to, anthropology, modern history, qualitative sociology, cultural studies, gender studies, visual studies, or performance studies. Native or near-native fluency in Korean and English and demonstrated potential for innovative scholarship are also required.
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An interesting CFP from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. I suppose the question is “Does Hallyu matter?” and how. “Korean… more →
Cal State Long Beach is advertising for an Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, someone with “a Ph.D. in East Asian languages and cultures, applied linguistics, foreign/second language education, or a relevant area of Korean studies.” Deadline on October 15.… more →
There’s a new edited book out with the title of Challenges of Modernization and Governance in South Korea: The Sinking… more →
Asian Studies at Cornell University is accepting applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Northeast Asian Critical Humanities. The department approaches Asian Humanities from diverse, but often complementary, disciplinary and theoretical arenas, including literature, film, media and visual culture, literary and intellectual history, religious studies, the investigation of imperial and colonial cultural forms and processes, translation studies, and study of modernities. Due November 1, 2017.… more →
Here are six (6) interesting calls for papers for the 2018 MLA convention in NYC from January 4-7, 2018, with themes ranging from representation of community and blacklisting to disability and cannibalism. The presidential theme for the convention is #States of Insecurity.
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