Inter-University Center for Korean Language Studies at SungKyunKwan University (SKKU)
The Inter-University Center for Korean Language Studies at SKKU invites applications for full-time and part-time lecturer positions in academic Korean language. The appointments will be at the ranks of one full-time lecturer and two part-time lecturers, beginning June 2015.
Inter-University Center for Korean Language Studies at SKKU
* The Inter-University Center for Korean Language Studies at SKKU (hereafter the IUC or Center) has been established as a professional Korean language training institution for researchers, graduate students, and prospective researchers in Korean Studies as well as related professionals.
* The campus for the Center is located within the SKKU humanities and social sciences campus (Seoul), and is jointly operated by SKKU and the Committee of Korean Studies (affiliated under the Association of Asian Studies). A core group of North American, Latin American and European universities with significant Korean or East Asian Studies profiles participate as member universities of the IUC at SKKU, with current co-chairs from UCLA in the USA and the University of British Columbia in Canada. Currently committed member universities include UCLA, UBC, Harvard, U of Hawaii, USC, Georgetown, Columbia, U of Michigan, Chicago, OSU, and U Penn.
* The mission of the Center is to provide the intensive high-level Korean language training (including instruction in Sino-Korean and hanmun) needed for academic performance in Korean Studies, and to promote the learners’ ability in presenting research papers, accessing primary sources, and translating between Korean and their own languages. The Center also has ambitions to contribute to active communications and networking among Korean Studies professionals and institutions at home and abroad.
Qualifications:
Successful candidates should satisfy one of the following two conditions:
1) Experience teaching Korean as a foreign language to advanced learners from ‘Standard Average European’-speaking backgrounds.
2) Those who have a Master’s degree or higher in the area of Korean or East Asian Studies, and who have the ability and passion to teach academic Korean, Sino-Korean and hanmun to both established and future researchers and scholars in Korean Studies.
** Applicants who have either research experience in Korean Studies in English, experience in teaching academic Korean language and designing curriculum/texts, or who can translate academic works and support interpreting and translating academic discourse are preferred.
*** Responsibilities include: program development, teaching materials development, delivering classroom instruction, and related administrative tasks.
Positions:
Full-time lecturer in academic Korean language, fluent in English
Part-time lecturer in academic Korean language, who can instruct in English
Part-time lecturer in Sino-Korean and hanmun, who can instruct in English
Conditions:
Positions are renewable by year or by semester, depending on performance (non-tenure track).
Salary is negotiable depending on experience (for full-time lecturer, between $35,000-$44,000), and will be paid in Won (based on 1,100 KWN/USD).
Application Process:
1st screening (document examination) à 2nd screening (interviews and short-teaching demonstrations) à Final selections
1) Document submission for the 1st screening: April 29 (Wed.) ~ May 7 (Thu.)
Required documents: application (attached file), curriculum vitae in English, and a list of scholarly work (textbook, journal paper).
2) Announcement of the 1st screening results: May 8(Fri.) / Successful candidates will be notified individually.
Those who pass the first round of screening must submit copies of their academic credentials and certificates of their work experience for verification
3) 2nd screening: May 10 (Sun.)
4) Announcement of final selections will be given to the successful applicants within one week after the 2nd screening process.
Submissions and Questions:
Please send your applications and direct inquires to all three of:hodukhwang@skku.edu (Korea), Duncan@humnet.ucla.edu, andross.king@ubc.ca (North America and Europe) both.
In your email, please write the applicants’ name and the name of the document on the email title and the title of the attached file as follows:
IUC_Fulltime_CV_Name, IUC_Parttime_CV_Name, IUC_Parttime_Hanmun_CV_Name,
IUC_Fulltime_Application_Name, IUC_Parttime_Korean_Application_Name,
IUC_Parttime_Hanmun_Application_Name, IUC_Name_Article1
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