MCLC: SOAS China Institute director

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: michel hockx (mh17 at soas.ac.uk)
Subject: SOAS China Institute director
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DIRECTOR OF SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE

SOAS, University of London, (School of Oriental and African Studies) will
launch the SOAS China Institute (SCI) in Autumn 2013. The SCI will be at
the forefront of a major strategic initiative, designed to confirm and
strengthen the position of SOAS as the UK’s foremost centre of research,
teaching, and outreach with reference to China. The Institute will be an
interdisciplinary “knowledge hub” bringing together the expertise of the
largest community of China scholars housed under one roof in the Western
world. It will promote independent, critical analysis of China, provide
new and exciting opportunities for postgraduate training and postdoctoral
research, and produce scholarly work of the highest international quality.

To lead this initiative, the School seeks to appoint a senior scholar in
the field of contemporary China studies, with particular reference to the
social sciences, to assume the inaugural Directorship of the SCI, either
immediately upon appointment or after an appropriate period of
familiarization with the institution. The position comes with a
professorial appointment in one of the departments in the School, although
the postholder’s creative energies will overwhelmingly be directed to
shaping and developing the activities of the SCI.

You will play a key role in designing a suite of Masters-level courses on
contemporary China, with input from all SOAS departments in which China is
covered. Specifically, you will deliver and lead a one-year MA
Contemporary China Studies programme focused on the social sciences.

You will oversee the development of the SCI as an active,
cross-departmental and interdisciplinary community of scholars and
studies, and will take the lead in shaping the Institute into a vibrant
postgraduate and postdoctoral research centre of international importance.
With the support of dedicated administrative staff, you will formulate,
plan and organize relevant outreach and media-facing activities. Working
alongside colleagues in the SOAS Development and Alumni Relations office,
you will also play a major part in attracting external funding to support
the further expansion of SCI activities.

You will have a proven track record of excellence in research and teaching
with reference to contemporary China, preferably in an area of the social
sciences. You will also have extensive and demonstrable experience in
attracting external funding and in providing academic leadership, plus a
strong commitment to cross-disciplinary scholarship in general, and to
language-based area studies in particular.

A competitive salary package will be offered.

For more details, please visit
http://jobs.soas.ac.uk/fe/tpl_soasnet01.asp?s=hNwYvBGdQoFRwTtFol&jobid=6083
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