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USC Beijing Summer Program 2008
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures offers an 8-week intensive Chinese language program in Beijing beginning May 21, 2008. Participants will be able to transition seamlessly to the next-level courses upon returning to campus. Cultural visits and excursions will be included in the tuition fee.
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EALC focuses on developing its modern Korean literary and cultural studies program.
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California invites applications for the position of a tenure-track assistant or associate professor in modern Korean literary and cultural studies. We seek an outstanding scholar who will contribute to the undergraduate and graduate programs in EALC and play a key role in helping further develop Korean studies at USC. We are particularly interested in candidates who are also interested in film and media studies, visual studies in general, and/or gender studies. We expect the position to be a joint appointment between EALC and another academic unit that best fits the successful candidate’s scholarly interests and profile. A doctoral degree in a relevant field is required. Please send an application letter, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation, by November 1, 2007, to Korea Search Committee, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, THH 356, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0357. Please also submit an electronic copy of writing sample (PDF or Word file) by the same deadline to ealc@usc.edu. USC values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment. Women and men, and members of all racial and ethnic groups, are encouraged to apply.
The Ph.D. Program in East Asian Languages and Cultures
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at USC is pleased to announce its newly designed Ph.D. program, now accepting graduate applications for Fall 2007.
Our doctoral program fosters original approaches to East Asian studies. With an emphasis on interdisciplinary and innovative research, the program provides students with systematic training in East Asian languages, literatures, and cultures, with special strengths in visual culture and gender studies.
The faculty is committed to intra-regional and interdisciplinary studies of East Asia, which includes critical interaction among the cultures of China, Japan, and Korea, and integration of modern and pre-modern studies. We engage the arts, languages, literatures, histories, media, religions, visual and material cultures of East Asia.
Doctoral students in East Asian Languages and Cultures also have the opportunity to participate in the activities of USC's new Literatures, Languages, and Cultures Consortium: for example, annual theme seminars led by top faculty from LLCC departments (Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages and Cultures, French and Italian, German, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Spanish and Portuguese), innovative conferences and lecture series, and multidisciplinary professional development courses.
Other major resources include the East Asian Studies Center, the Korean Studies Institute, Project for Pre-modern Japan Studies, Kambun Workshop, School of Cinematic Arts, Gender Studies Program, Huntington-USC Early Modern Studies Institute, Center for Law, History, and Culture, and Visual
Studies Graduate Certificate Program.
Located in Los Angeles, a Pacific Rim metropolis with the largest Asian population in the US, USC East Asian Languages and Cultures also offers unparalleled access to numerous institutional, cultural, and intellectual resources for the study of East Asia.
All doctoral students are provided with a competitive funding package in the form of fellowships, research/teaching assistantships, or a combination of these. Students also receive full tuition and health insurance benefits.
For more information, please visit the EALC section in the USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences catalogue.
