Assistant or Associate Professor (EXPIRED)

TheSchoo lof Philosophy and Social Development at Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China, invites applications for a lectureship in philosophy. The position is a mid-to-long term teaching and research position, which means one should work at Huaqiao University for two full semesters (each semester lasts for 20 weeks) a year. The contract will be renewed annually or open-ended.

One’s work at Huaqiao University includes the following:

1)     Deliver introductory lecture courses in western Philosophy; teach advanced seminar in epistemology, philosophy of mind, history of philosophy. All courses should be taught in English. Workload: Teach two or three 2-3 hour courses a semester that lasts for 18 weeks;

2)     Supervise student theses;

3)     Collaborate with colleagues of theSchoolofPhilosophyand Social Development to address teaching and research issues;

4)     Participate in campus and community events. Deliver two public lectures each semester;

5)     Promote internationalization of the institution.

Huaqiao University will provide:

1)     Annual salary ranges from 120,000RMB to 150,000RMB for young professionals (or approximately 20,000—25,000 US dollars), higher for more experienced professionals (final figure will be negotiated individually) ;

2)     Free Housing;

3)     Working space;

4)     Annual travel stipend 10,000;

5)     Working Permit inChinaand Insurance.

The applicants should send application materials to Dr. Li Zhongwei before 20th, January, 2016. 

About the Institution

TheSchoolofPhilosophyand Social Development atHuaqiaoUniversitywas founded in September 2009. It is a relatively young school that evolved from several former institutes. Since its foundation, our school has become home to one of the most important programs inSoutheast Chinaand one of the fastest growing programs nationwide.

The School has 30 permanent academic faculty members,25 inthe department of philosophy and5 inthe department of sociology respectively. The School is also home to more than 100 undergraduate and 100 graduate students.

The School is firmly committed to excellence in teaching, offering a wide range of programs at undergraduate and graduate level. At undergraduate level, we currently offer a program leading to a B.A. degree in Sociology, and in September 2013, we start a brand new program in philosophy. At the graduate level, we offer programs in different research areas leading to a Master degree and a PhD in philosophy.

The Department of Philosophy of the School has several divisions concentrating on the following research areas: Chinese Classical Philosophy, Ethics, Marxist Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Technology, Western Philosophy (several faculty members work in philosophy of language and logic, philosophy of mind, political philosophy, ancient Greek philosophy, medieval philosophy, early modern philosophy, and phenomenology).

It is also worth emphatic mentioning that our Schoolof Philosophyand Social Development at HuaqiaoUniversityis located in the beautiful coast city of Xiamen, southeast China. For more information, please check this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiamen.

Contact Information:

Dr. Li, Zhongwei, Associate Professor,Department of Philospohy,Huaqiao University

Email: [email protected]

Ms. Li, Meng, Human Resources, Huaqiao University

Email: [email protected]

IMPORTANT:All correspondence should be addressed to Dr.Li Zhongwei AND copied to Ms.Li Meng