Associate Professor/Assistant Professor (in Premodern and Modern Chinese Literature)
Department of Chinese
(Post Ref.: 20/223/SW)

The Department of Chinese (https://www.LN.edu.hk/chi/) offers courses at both bachelor and postgraduate levels. The Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree programme includes areas of classical, modern and contemporary Chinese literature, Chinese language and linguistics, comparative literature and literary theories, as well as media, news and creative writing. The programme emphasizes multi-perspective literary studies as well as creative writing and communicative skills. 

The Department of Chinese will make four tenure-track appointments at the rank of assistant or associate professor in premodern and modern Chinese literature over the next two years. The Department particularly wishes to hire high-powered researchers who have a solid track record in grant writing and publishing in respectable venues. Candidates of extraordinary promise in other fields of Chinese humanities will also be considered.

The appointees will teach mainly in the areas of premodern and modern literature and culture, and are also expected to contribute to the Department’s various research and teaching initiatives, including the enhancement of its two major journals: Prism:Theory and Modern Chinese Literature published by Duke University Press and the Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies 嶺南學報 published by Shanghai guji chubanshe.

General Requirements

Candidates should have a PhD degree in the relevant discipline. For appointment as Associate Professor, candidates should have at least five years of relevant experience and an excellent track record in research and scholarly activities. For appointment as Assistant Professor, candidates should have at least three years of relevant teaching experience and a solid track record of research.

Lingnan University is fully committed to the pursuit of excellence in both teaching and research. The appointees should demonstrate commitment to teaching and research excellence. Candidates are required to provide information on their research records and evidence of quality teaching. Administrative experience will be an advantage. Excellent communication and presentation skills are essential. The appointees are expected to have strong commitments to teaching excellence and services to the Department and the University community, and to engage actively in quality research and publication.