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Two fully funded PhD positions in East and South-East Asian Studies

Lund University, Sweden
Deadline: 1st Mar 2020
The Centre will start its Ph.D. programme in September 2020. The programme is four-year long (240 credits) and combines courses (60 credits) with a thesis (180 credits). East and South-East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on present-day socio-political issues and developments and can include a range of topics concerning phenomena and processes in the region as a whole as well as in individual countries. The subject integrates theoretical and methodological perspectives from area studies with different humanities and social sciences disciplines. Every doctoral student is assigned a principal supervisor, who is a docent and employed at Lund University,

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Vacant Position: Lecturer in Social Anthropology

Edinburgh, UK
Deadline: 28th Feb 2020
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences sees to appoint a Social Anthropologist with a regional focus on East Asia. You will further the School’s international reputation for research in Social Anthropology and its commitment to excellence in teaching and administration. You will present a research profile which is at the forefront of the field in any theoretical aspect of Social Anthropology and a geographic focus on any part of East Asia, in both experience to date and in future potential. You will demonstrate experience, achievement and potential reflected in a growing personal teaching and supervisory portfolio. You will contribute to developing and teaching core undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Social Anthropology,

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Vacant Position: Predoctoral Fellow, research group “China in the Global System of Science”

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Deadline: 28th Feb 2020
Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science” (led by Dr. Anna Lisa Ahlers), seeks 1 Predoctoral Fellow. Earliest starting date: 01 May 2020 for three years with the option of extension, with a 65% employment contract. Remuneration is based on the TVöD-Bund pay scales (E13, 65%). Outstanding graduates holding a Master degree, or equivalent, in sinology/Chinese studies, sociology, political science, history of science, anthropology, or other relevant fields are invited to apply. Degree should be in hand by commencement of employment. Chinese language proficiency is required; fieldwork

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Vacant Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, research group “China in the Global System of Science”

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Deadline: 28th Feb 2020
Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science” (led by Dr. Anna Lisa Ahlers), seeks 1 Postdoctoral Fellow. Earliest starting date: 01 May 2020, with employment contract for three years with the option of extension, working in a research area in close conjunction with the agenda of the research group (https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/departments/lise-meitnerresearch-group). Remuneration is based on the TVöD-Bund pay scales (E13/E14, 100%). Outstanding junior scholars holding a PhD, or equivalent, in sinology/Chinese studies, sociology, political science, history of

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Vacant Position: Research Engineer (M/W) for the “Chinese Human Trafficking and Slaving Database” (Claude Chevaleyre)

Paris, France
Expected date of employment:
15 Mar 2020
The Lyons Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO) is a center for research in human and social sciences. It brings together scholars from fields such as anthropology, law, economics, geography, history, literature, philosophy and political sciences. The primary focus of their work is East and South-East Asia, especially China, Korea, Japan, Laos, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
By mapping and analyzing networks of human trafficking in early modern China, the project “Chinese Human Trafficking and Slaving Database” questions the role of China as exclusively a purveyor of

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Call for Applications: Louis Frieberg Post-doctoral Fellowships

Deadline: 8th Mar 2020
The Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies offers post-doctoral fellowships for the 2020-2021 academic year. The post-docs are open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences specializing in East Asia, especially China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia. Fellowships are granted for one academic year or one semester. The starting date of the visit should not be later than four years after receipt of the doctoral degree; the fellow must hold a valid doctoral degree no later than October 2020. The fellowship consists of a monthly stipend (tax free) of $1,800, paid in Israeli currency and linked to the representative rate of exchange.

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Vacant Position: Assistant Professor (Film and Media Studies) Department of Visual Studies

Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Review starts: Mar 2020
Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is committed to the provision of quality whole-person education by combining the best of Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions. It strives to pursue excellence in teaching, learning, scholarship and community engagement. With three academic Faculties, it offers a wide range of undergraduate degree programmes in arts, business and social sciences. Lingnan’s liberal arts education is characterised by a broad-based interdisciplinary curriculum with specialised disciplinary studies;

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