Full-Time Faculty Position - Department of History
One Position: World History, Asian History, Chinese History (specialties open)
Open rank – assistant professor, associate professor, or professor
Qualifications:
1) Doctorate in history or related field of studies.
2) Candidates must have academic work(s) published within 5 years at time of application. This can either be a book published by an academic or equivalent non-vanity press (with verification letter from publisher about peer review process) or peer-reviewed articles(s) in an academic journal.
3) Non-native Chinese-language speakers – working knowledge of Mandarin Chinese preferred.
4) The newly appointed person must fulfill university requirements for re-appointment and must work towards promotion to the next level of ranking within 6 to 8 years upon starting at the university.
Required application materials:
doctoral diploma (or letter from dean’s office showing successful defense before July 31, 2020); dissertation and master’s thesis, and other writing sample (with Chinese abstract of representative work); doctoral and master’s degree transcripts; curriculum vitae; list of publications; research plan; proposed courses to teach and sample syllabi (at least two classes); Ministry of Education teacher certificate (if applicable); foreign degrees must be authenticated through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan).
Please provide either (1) electronic files stored on a CD or USB drive, or (2) paper documents (one copy each, and 3 copies of dissertation and master’s thesis). Application documents will not be returned.
Application materials must be delivered to NCCU by July 31, 2020. Anticipated starting date for appointment is August 2021.
Applicants who reach the second-round will be interviewed on campus. NCCU will not cover travel expenses.
History Search Committee
Department of History, National Chengchi University
No. 64, Sec. 2, ZhiNan Road
Wenshan District, Taipei City 11605
Taiwan, R.O.C.
E-mail: history@nccu.edu.tw
National Chengchi University (www.nccu.edu.tw) is located in Taipei, consistently ranked as one of the “most livable” cities in Asia. NCCU was founded in 1927, and excels in the liberal arts, commerce and social sciences.
The NCCU History Department was founded in 1967 and is one of the top history departments in Taiwan. The Department is particularly strong in Modern Chinese history and Cultural history.
