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Sunday, April 17, 2022

Pitt hiring Visiting Lecturer, Chinese Literature and Culture for 2022-2023 academic year.


The University of Pittsburgh's Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures is hiring a Visiting Lecturer, Chinese Literature and Culture for the 2022-2023 academic year.
The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures of the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for the position of visiting lecturer for its Chinese literature and culture program, pending budgetary approval. The appointment is outside the tenure stream and will begin on September 1, 2022, and end on April 30, 2023. The successful candidate must hold a Ph.D. (or be a very advanced ABD) by the time of appointment and is a specialist in either pre-modern/classical Chinese literature or early modern Chinese literature, with additional teaching and research interests in such areas as performing or visual arts, gender, and cultural studies, either limited to Chinese the cultural sphere proper or across cultures, regions of East Asia, or disciplines. The successful candidate will teach six courses per year. The candidate should have experience in teaching Chinese literature at a North American institution of higher education for two semesters or more preferably with in-person classes. Responsibilities will include teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels, including a course on classical Chinese. Other duties may include mentoring students, normal service duties in the Department, and working with other Asia specialists in the Department and on campus. The successful candidate must show promise of good teaching and service.
More information, and application instructions, is available on the job listing.