Job Description
Job Description
The Department of History at the National University of Singapore (NUS) invites applications for one fully funded, two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship, ideally beginning on 1 August 2024. The successful applicant will become part of a Singapore Ministry of Education-funded project on cultural and intellectual ties between Singapore and the wider Chinese-speaking world, particularly China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, from the 1970s to the 1990s. The project is led by Assistant Professor Kung Chien Wen and also includes two MA (Research) students.
Scope and Responsibilities
Working with the PI, the Postdoc will use their fellowship to revise their dissertation and, ideally, publish a journal article. They will also help the organize a workshop on Sinophone / transnational Chinese history in the mid-late 20th century. There are no teaching responsibilities.
Qualifications
Applicants should:
- Possess, or have nearly completed, a Ph.D. in History or a related discipline such as Literary and Cultural Studies or Anthropology.
- Work on some aspect of “China” in the world or Sinophone history / studies, broadly defined, from the mid-20th century to the mid-1990s. Persons whose principal interests lie in Taiwan, Hong Kong, or the Chinese overseas are encouraged to apply.
More Information
Informal enquiries may be made to the Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor Kung Chien Wen ([email protected]). Please include a cover letter, full CV and 3 letters of recommendation in your application.
(Note: The hiring of an RF/PDF requires 4 letters of recommendation, out of which one letter must be from the PhD supervisor)
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