Research Centre for Chinese Literature & Literary Culture

[Appointment Period: 12 months]

The Research Centre for Chinese Literature and Literary Culture seeks a Post-doctoral Fellow to enhance the Centre’s ongoing and developing initiatives in the area of internationalization. During the appointment period, the appointee will be responsible for facilitating development of the Centre’s existing projects on Hong Kong literature and culture, Chinese-English translation, Classical Chinese literature (material culture and lyricism) or related areas in international academia and community. Duties include collaborating with the Centre members to apply for potential overseas or local fundings, writing up of research / project proposals and executing international projects. He/she will also perform administrative duties, such as organizing academic / knowledge transfer / promotion activities, and taking up tasks assigned by the Centre director / associate director. The appointment will be for a period of 12 months, beginning in mid-2022, with the possibility of renewal subject to mutual agreement.

Applicant should have a Doctoral Degree related to Literary studies / Cultural studies / Translation / Chinese Studies / Humanities in hand by the start date. Alongside required application documents, candidates should submit 1) a detailed cover letter describing previous experiences in research, knowledge transfer, and community service; 2) a two-page precis of the research project(s) they would like to undertake during their fellowship. This is a fixed-term postdoctoral fellowship, aimed at an early career scholar within the field of literary or cultural studies.

For further enquiries about the post, please contact Dr YIP Cheuk Wai.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract. Fringe benefits include contract-end gratuity, leave, medical and dental benefits.

The University only accepts and considers applications submitted online for this post. Applicants should complete the online application form and upload a full CV on or before 9 June 2022. Applications which are incomplete or without the required documents may not be considered. Personal data provided by applicants will be used for recruitment and other employment-related purposes.

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All applications will be treated in strict confidence. Only those who are shortlisted will be contacted. The University reserves the right not to fill the position(s) advertised.

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Founded in 1994 and awarded the University title in 2016, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) is a publicly funded university, dedicated to the advancement of learning and teaching through a diverse offering of academic and research programmes up to doctoral level in teacher education and complementary disciplines, such as the social sciences and humanities.  The University aspires to further enhance its role as a leading university in the Asia Pacific region and beyond, with a focus on educational research, development and innovation, and recognized for its excellence in nurturing outstanding and caring professionals as well as the impact of scholarship.

The University has an academic/teaching staff strength of about 450 and total student headcount of about 11,000.  It has a Graduate School and three Faculties, namely, Faculty of Education and Human Development, Faculty of Humanities, and Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, comprising 16 academic departments, as well as various University-level and Faculty-level research and professional development centres.  For more information about the University, please visit http://www.eduhk.hk/.

We are looking for suitable candidate(s) to fill the following position(s).  If you are excited by the prospect of contributing your expertise to the development of a leading university at the heart of Asia Pacific region and beyond, we would like to hear from you.