The University of Iowa Department of Asian & Slavic Languages and Literatures invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at Assistant Professor level in modern/contemporary Chinese literature and culture, to begin August 20, 2008.

Qualified applicants are expected to hold the Ph.D. by date of appointment, possess fluency in modern standard Chinese, and provide evidence of excellence in scholarship.

Teaching and research specializations in one or more of areas such as cultural studies, cinema, gender studies, and theories of literature and modernity are desirable.

Responsibilities include
--teaching in both undergraduate and graduate programs,
--sustaining an active program of research, and
--contributing through teaching, research, and service to the diversity and excellence of our academic community.

Applicants should send
--a letter describing research interests and objectives,
--C.V.,
--transcripts,
--sample publications or scholarly essays,
--a teaching dossier and/or evaluations, and
--arrange for three letters of reference

To be sent by November 26, 2007, to:

Chinese Literature Search
Dept. of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures
111 Phillips Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1323

Electronic applications cannot be considered. Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the MLA meeting, Chicago, Dec. 27-30.

The University of Iowa and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are strongly committed to gender and ethnic diversity; the strategic plans of the University, College, and Department reflect this commitment. Women and members of under-represented minorities are especially encouraged to apply. The University of Iowa is an affirmative-action/equal opportunity employer.