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A New Era for Liberal Arts Education in Hong Kong

Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is committed to the provision of quality education distinguished by the best liberal arts traditions. Adopting a whole-person approach to education, it offers a wide range of honours bachelor’s degrees and postgraduate programmes up to the doctoral level in the disciplines of arts, business and social sciences. Lingnan University is fully committed to the pursuit of excellence in both teaching and research. Applications are invited for the following position, which will be tenable from mid-August 2010 or by mutual agreement thereafter:

Associate Professor / Assistant Professor                                          (Post Ref.: 09/143/TED)
Department of Visual Studies

The Department of Visual Studies (http://www.LN.edu.hk/visual/) adopts an interdisciplinary approach to visual arts and visual culture. In keeping with a traditional liberal arts mission of cultivating flexible, humanistic, value-oriented skills and knowledge, the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree programme in Visual Studies is designed to combine practical training in how to understand and appreciate visual images with historical and theoretical reflection on visual representations. Understanding key aspects of the history of the visual arts is a crucial part of such a training, as is the students’ engagement with the best theoretical reflection on the psychological, conventional, and formal conditions of visual representation.

Applicants should have a PhD degree in the relevant discipline and should be able to teach in one or more of the following areas: Asian Art, Non-Western Art (other than Asian Art), Hong Kong Visual Culture, Fashion, Design, Architecture and Built Environments, Photography, Museum Studies and Arts Policy, and History of the Visual Arts.

Applicants are required to provide information on their research records and evidence of quality teaching. Excellent communication and presentation skills are essential. Administrative experience will be a distinct advantage. The successful appointee is expected to have a strong commitment to teaching excellence and service to the Department and the University community, and to engage actively in quality research and publication.

Conditions of Appointment:
The monthly salary ranges are as follows: Associate Professor – around HK$61,600 to HK$81,200; Assistant Professor – around HK$45,300 to HK$71,400 (approximate exchange rate: US$1=HK$7.8). The rank and remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Fringe benefits include annual leave, medical and dental benefits, mandatory provident fund, gratuity, housing benefits and incoming passage and baggage allowance for the eligible appointee.

Appointment will normally be made on an initial fixed-term contract of three years, renewable subject to mutual agreement. After appointment, for those appointed at the rank of Associate Professor, accelerated substantiation may be exceptionally considered in the case of appointees with outstanding performance and ability.

Application Procedure:
Applicants are invited to forward their dossier (including letters of recommendation), together with a personal data sheet (Form R1) which is obtainable from the University’s homepage at http://www.ln.edu.hk/hr/application-forms, to the Human Resources Office, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong by post or by fax (852) 2891-5782, or by email: recruit@LN.edu.hk (as attachment in MS Word format). Applications will continue to be received until the position is filled, but review of applications will begin in mid-November 2009. Please specify the post/level you are applying for and quote the reference number of the post in all correspondence. The University reserves the right not to fill the post or to fill the post by invitation or by search.

Dossier (including letters of recommendation), a personal data sheet (Form R1) which is obtainable from the University’s homepage at http://www.ln.edu.hk/hr/application-forms are required.

Please submit application to the Human Resources Office, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong by post or by fax (852) 2891-5782, or by email: recruit@LN.edu.hk (as attachment in MS Word format).

Internal Job Code: 09/143/TED

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