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Tenure-track assistant professorship in Korean Studies

jobbeskrivelse:
The Department of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Korean Studies to be filled on 1 August 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies is concerned with those cultures, languages, religions and societies that lie outside Western Europe and North America. Information about the department may be found at http://tors.ku.dk/.

Korean Studies is a language based area studies program with disciplinary focus within history, culture and society. The focus is on modern Korean language instruction, but Sino-Korean is also taught. Korean Studies offers a BA degree. At the same department it is possible to get an MA-degree with a focus on Korea, and the department also offers PhD degrees. However the department wants to develop a full MA-degree in Korean Studies in the coming years. The candidate is seen as a key person in developing a full MA degree program.

Job content
The successful applicant will be expected to pursue and produce research in her/his own discipline as well as in cross-disciplinary projects. The candidate will also teach both Korean language and content courses and work in collaboration with the other members of the Asian Studies Group to further develop Korean and Asian Studies in terms of teaching as well as research at the University of Copenhagen and contribute to its international recognition in research and teaching.

A tenure-track assistant professorship is a six-year, fixed-term academic position involving both research and teaching. The successful candidate will be obliged to complete a teacher-training course designed especially for assistant professors, and will be expected to be able to take part in all the activities of the Department, including examinations and administration.

Approximately six months before the end of the six-year period as assistant professor, a committee set up by the Dean will assess whether the assistant professor can be considered for promotion to a tenured position as associate professor.

Read more about the tenure-track program at the UCPH at this homepage: https://employment.ku.dk/tenure-track/tenure-track-at-ucph

Qualification requirements
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Korean studies or a relevant discipline and have a record of original research based on Korean language materials focusing on contemporary Korean culture and society.

Candidates must demonstrate native or near-native fluency in Korean with excellent communication, reading and writing skills in both Korean and English; possess the ability to teach Korean language courses as well as content courses in their own field at all levels (BA and MA). Candidates must demonstrate knowledge of other East Asian civilizations and/or a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to research and teaching.

The duties of the position are evenly distributed on tasks related to teaching and tasks related to research (including relevant administration and knowledge-sharing). Documented competences in both of these main fields of activity, as well as the ability to reflect on them, will be weighted in the assessment process (see further below).

Furthermore, emphasis will be placed on the following academic and personal qualifications:

• Research qualifications, which will be assessed in relation to the period of active research, the degree of originality, and academic output, e.g. number of publications published in internationally recognized, peer-reviewed journals or in comparable high-ranking series published with internationally recognized publishing houses.
• The applicant’s scientific record, academic breadth and depth, rigour, thoroughness, and accuracy
• Teaching qualifications: See also our Educational Charter at https://humanities.ku.dk/about/vision_and_goals/educational_charter/. Read more about Pedagogic Basis and Guidelines here: http://uddannelseskvalitet.ku.dk/quality-assurance-of-study-programmes/university-guidelines/pedagogic-basis-and-guidelines/
• Experience and qualifications with regard to dissemination of research, knowledge-sharing and engagement with the wider public, the media and the world of politics
• Documentation of possible administrative qualifications

Tenure-track assistant professors must hold an academic record demonstrating internationally competitive research, and/or have internationally recognized potential to make a future impact.

Assessment of applicants will primarily consider their level of documented, internationally competitive research. Teaching qualifications are not mandatory, but documented teaching qualifications and teaching experience will be taken into account. Applicants’ outreach qualifications, including the ability to attract external funding, will also be considered.

Within a reasonable period of time (max. 2 years), non-Danish-speaking appointees are expected to acquire proficiency in Danish sufficient to be able to interact with colleagues and students.

For further details about the qualification requirements for assistant professorships, please refer to the job structure for academic staff 2013: https://ufm.dk/lovstof/gaeldende-love-og-regler/uddannelsesinstitutioner/filer/job-structure-for-academic-staff-at-universities-2013.pdf

For further information about the position, please contact Head of Department Ingolf Thuesen, e-mail: it (at) hum.ku.dk.

Application
Applications must be submitted online in Adobe PDF or Word format. ZIP-files cannot be uploaded.

Please click on the “Apply online” icon on the page.

The application must be written in English and must include the following enclosures:

• Application letter/cover letter
• Curriculum vitae (with the applicant’s email address, telephone number and list of referees (maximum five names)
• Documentation of qualifications (examination certificates/PhD diploma, etc.).
• Complete and numbered list of publications. The enclosed publications must be marked with *.
• Research plan, including a short abstractJV_description of previous research and a plan for the coming years that includes an account of involvement in organising research, establishment of research seminars, symposia and congresses, etc.
• Teaching portfolio. Documentation of teaching qualifications and research dissemination (organisation of classes, materials, courses and other forms of teaching). For more information regarding the expected contents of the teaching portfolio, applicants are encouraged to read the University guidelines for teaching portfolios when appointing academic staff at the University of Copenhagen https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/job-application-portfolio/
• Publications. Applicants may choose a maximum of five publications for assessment, of which at least two must have been published within the five years immediately preceding the deadline for applications. At least two of these publications must have been published in internationally recognized, peer-reviewed journals or in comparable high-ranking series published with internationally recognized publishing houses. Publication dates must be clearly marked on the publication list. The publications selected must be uploaded as attachments and listed from 1 to 5.

Should any material submitted consist of work with named co-authors, or work that is otherwise the result of collective academic endeavours, the extent of the applicant’s contribution to the work must be clearly stipulated. The Faculty may ask for a signed statement from the co-authors stipulating the extent and nature of each individual’s contribution.

Only material in English, German, French, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish will be assessed.

Appointment procedure
After the application deadline, the Dean selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Appointment Committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been accepted for assessment. The Dean subsequently appoints an expert assessment committee tasked with carrying out an assessment of the selected applicants for the specific post. Selected applicants are notified of the composition of the committee. Applicants are ultimately offered the opportunity of commenting on the part of the assessment relating to themselves before the appointment is finalized.

Applicants will be continuously informed about the progress of the procedure by email.

Further information about the application procedure is available from HR, academic officer Rikke Dall, e-mail: hrsc (at) hrsc.ku.dk, please refer to ID number 13549.

Salary and conditions of employment
Terms of appointment and salary will be in accordance with an agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). The salary range starts at DKK 33,700 (EUR 4,515) + a 17,1 % contribution to the pension scheme. It is possible to negotiate salary supplements on an annual basis.

The Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) have further agreed on a protocol that makes it possible for international researchers employed by the University to achieve a pension exemption, whereby the pension contribution will be paid out as salary.

The Faculty of Humanities offers a special start-up package: https://humanities.ku.dk/about/tenuretrack/

For more information about the different pension schemes: http://ism.ku.dk/onarrival/pension/

If you consider applying from abroad, you may find useful information on how it is to work in Denmark and at UCPH.

Read more here: https://ism.ku.dk/ and https://www.workindenmark.dk/

The UCPH wishes to encourage everyone interested in this post to apply, regardless of personal background.

The closing date for applications is 9 January 2019 23:59 CET.

Applications or supplementary material received thereafter will not be considered.


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