CFA: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy, Wuhan University, China

A Two-Year, Fixed Term Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy at Wuhan

A fixed-term research and teaching postdoctoral fellowship in philosophy is available from September 2009 for two years in the School of Philosophy at Wuhan University, China. The fellow will work in coordination with a faculty member at Wuhan. The successful candidate must have obtained his or her doctoral degree by May, 2009, no earlier than May, 2004. He or she will demonstrate potential for producing outstanding research in the areas of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, comparative philosophy, Chinese philosophy, phenomenology within the period of the Fellowship.  The candidate is expected to have an original, well-argued research proposal covering relevant topics, including publication plans for articles. Some knowledge of Chinese would be preferred, but not required. Considerations will be preferred to those candidates who obtained or will obtain their degrees at English-speaking universities.  All applicants will be informed of the result in the middle of July, 2009.

Job description:
(1) The fellow will teach one course per semester, two courses per academic year. The language of instruction is English. No knowledge for Chinese language is required.
(2) The fellow is required to be in residency for 2 years.
(3) The fellow should work to a goal of at least two articles accepted for publication by good journals and in press within the period of the Fellowship.
(4) At the end of the tenure, the fellow should finish a book-length work and defend it in front of the postdoctoral committee.

The grant consists of:
(1) A stipend of 3000 yuan per month for 24 months;
(2) A free housing;
(3) Health insurance (the same as faculty members’)
(4) Eligible for applying research fund in the amounts of 30,000-
50,000 yuan from the Ministry of Education of China.

Applications should include:
(1) Curriculum vitae with full information about degrees;
(2) Any publication or a writing sample;
(3) A 1500 word research proposal outlining the particular questions and issuesyou will address and your proposed lines of argument and methodology;
(4) Three reference letters sent or emailed directly from the referees. In your CV, please include the names and full contact details (including address, email and telephone) of 3 referees, who should be familiar with your academic work.

The deadline for the receipt of the application and references is June 1, 2009

Contact information:
Professor Changchi Hao,
School of Philosophy,
Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072,
China.
Email: changchi_hao@163.com