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Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Substantive or Substantiable-track)

Employer
CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Location
Hong Kong
Closing date
8 Dec 2024

Applications are invited for:-

Department of Philosophy

Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Substantive or Substantiable-track)

(Ref: 240002U0) (Closing Date: January 15, 2025)

The Department of Philosophy at CUHK is the biggest philosophy program in Hong Kong. It is pluralistic, with equal strengths in analytic, Chinese and continental philosophy. It has been consistently ranked as one of the best Philosophy Departments in Asia and among Top-50 Philosophy Departments worldwide. More information about the department can be found at: http://www.phil.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/web/.

The Department now invites applications for a substantiable-track assistant professorship or associate professorship with substantiation. AOS: Chinese philosophy. AOC: Open.

Applicants should have a PhD in philosophy by the time of employment. Duties include (a) pursuing academic research and publications; (b) applying for external research grants; (c) teaching four courses a year over two semesters in philosophy (undergraduate and graduate) and general education; (d) supervising and examining postgraduate students; and (e) assisting in administrative work in the Department, College, Faculty, and University.

Complete dossier should include (a) a cover letter, indicating the rank you are applying for; (b) a CV, with a complete list of publications (attach the acceptance letter for an accepted but unpublished paper); (c) a research statement; (d) a teaching statement; (e) two representative papers, published or unpublished; (f) previous teaching evaluations if any; and (g) substantiable-track assistant professor applications should provide three confidential reference letters; (h) applications for associate professor should include three names of references.

Except items (g) or (h), the dossiers should be submitted online at the website of Human Resources Office, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (https://www.hro.cuhk.edu.hk/en-gb/career-opportunities) or be mailed to Chairman, Department of Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. Letters of reference should be sent directly by referees by mail at the above address or email at philosophy@cuhk.edu.hk. Applicants are responsible for the completion of their application materials. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substantiable-track appointment will normally be made on contract basis initially, commencing August 2025, which subject to mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term appointment or substantiation. For further inquiries, please contact the Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Prof. Saulius Geniusas via geniusas@cuhk.edu.hk.

Application Procedure

The University only accepts and considers applications submitted online for the post above. For more information and to apply online, please visit http://career.cuhk.edu.hk.

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