Academia Sinica, Institute of History and Philology

Assistant Research Fellow, Associate Research Fellow or Research Fellow/ Archaeology

Company: The Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Position: Assistant Research Fellow, Associate Research Fellow, or Research Fellow (Positions roughly correspond to assistant professor, associate professor, and professor at a US university.)

Location: Taipei, Taiwan

Areas of Specialization (in priority order): Archaeology of South East Asia and Oceania, Taiwan Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology and Archaeological Sciences (field work experience is mandatory)

The Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica invites applications for a full-time research position.  Academia Sinica in Taiwan is an all-research institution, and the successful applicant may devote all of his or her time to research and publications, and expect generous research support.  Applicants need not be able to publish in Chinese, but the ability to communicate in spoken Chinese is required.

Applicants must have a PhD or have defended by the application deadline. (Those who have yet to receive the diploma must provide proof of having passed the oral exam or of approval of the dissertation.)

Please submit the following materials: (1) Application Form (please download the form from the website below), (2) List of academic publications, (3) Copy of PhD diploma or PhD certification (or proof of having passed the oral exam or review), (4) Two- to five-page statement of research plans, (5) Reference about archaeological field work experience, (6) Writing samples from the last five years (up to three publications for the Assistant Research Fellow rank, and up to six for Associate Research Fellow and above). If a PhD dissertation is to be used, please submit the entire dissertation and not excerpted chapters, (7) Two letters of recommendation sent by the recommenders directly to the IHP.

Please send application materials to:

Employment Review Committee

Institute of History & Philology, Academia Sinica

128 Academia Road, Section 2; Nankang Taipei, Taiwan 11529

Applications must be received no later than June 30, 2014.  Please alert us by email upon sending an application.

This position announcement can be found at: http://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/en/

Applicants for the Associate Research Fellow or Research Fellow rank should contact the IHP about the qualification requirement before applying. Address any question to Ms. Ching-fen Chen (bihp2@asihp.net)