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Institute of European and American Studies

Assistant Research Fellow, Associate Research Fellow or Research Fellow

The Institute of European and American Studies (IEAS) at Academia Sinica in Taiwan is seeking applications for an open-rank faculty position (Assistant Research Fellow (tenure-track), Associate Research Fellow (with tenure), or Research Fellow (with tenure); which respectively correspond to Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Full Professor, but without teaching obligations). The Institute is recruiting in all areas of European and American Studies, with particularly favorable consideration in the fields of British/American/Anglophone Literature (including Cultural Studies); U.S.-Taiwan-China Relations (including U.S. foreign relations, security, and U.S. politics); Demography, Social Stratification; and EU politics, preferably EU environmental politics/Degrowth, EU external relations, preferably EU–Russia relations, EU and Central/Eastern Europe.

Qualified candidates must have a Ph.D. degree in hand or expect to defend the dissertation prior to 31 July 2025.

Full-time

Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan

faculty position

Director

scea@gate.sinica.edu.tw

scea@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Interested applicants please submit the following documents:
1. CV (including a complete list of publications), specifying the position for which you wish to apply
2. Research plan in English (for the current and next 5 to 8 years, about 2,000 words)
3. Diploma (or proof) of doctoral degree
4. Transcripts of Master’s and doctoral degrees
5. Dissertation (at least first draft) and representative publications from the last 5 years (since 2020); subject matters must be related to Europe and the United States (comparative studies acceptable, and the academic journal articles or book chapters must be peer-reviewed)
6. English abstract of dissertation if not written in Chinese or English
7. Basic information sheet (downloadable on this webpage).
*Please send electronic copies of the aforementioned documents (1-7) to scea@gate.sinica.edu.tw.
8. 3 letters of recommendation (preferably including 1 from your dissertation supervisor), to be emailed directly by the respective referees (with signatures) to Director Norman Y. Teng at scea@gate.sinica.edu.tw.

Submission Deadline: 31 July 2024 (local Taipei time)

2025-06-07

2025-07-31