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Center for Korean Research AKS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Korean Studies, 2018-2019

The Center for Korean Research in the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University invites
applications for its 2018-2019 Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Center is
searching for a scholar who conducts Korea-related research in any discipline in the humanities or social
sciences. We are particularly interested in candidates whose work is interdisciplinary and connects
Korea to broader East Asian and global issues or concerns. The Fellow will teach one course each
semester in her/his area of expertise as well as pursue her/his own research. The Fellow will be provided
the opportunity to organize events related to her/his research interests and will participate actively in
programs and events sponsored by the Center for Korean Research, the Weatherhead East Asian
Institute, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, and other relevant units at Columbia.

The fellowship will cover a 12-month period beginning September 1, 2018 and ending on August 31,
2019. The fellowship comes with a total compensation of $60,663, shared office space, and access to
libraries and resources at Columbia University.

Eligibility
·  Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. degree requirements (completed and filed the
dissertation) between July 2015 and July 2018.

Application Procedure
·  Completed Application Cover Sheet
·  Updated Curriculum Vitae, including a list of classes taught (if any)
·  Course evaluations for classes taught (if any)
·  Two course proposals or syllabi (for courses to be offered to undergraduates and advanced
undergraduates/M.A. students)
·  3 letters of reference (signed and sealed) that include an evaluation of the applicant’s research,
proposed courses, and prior teaching experience.

Application Deadline:
All application materials (including letters of reference) must be received on or before February 1, 2018.
Faxed or emailed applications will not be accepted. Candidates may be invited for an interview to be
held by phone or in person. All evaluations made in connection with applications received are
confidential.

For the Application Cover Sheet, please click here.

Center for Korean Research AKS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Korean Studies, 2018-2019
ATTN: Jooyeon Kim
Center for Korean Research
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, Room 907
New York, NY 10027

For more information about the Center for Korean Research AKS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Korean
Studies, please contact Jooyeon Kim, Assistant Director at jk2857@columbia.edu.

Complete information and an application details are available at http://ckr.weai.columbia.edu/.

This fellowship is supported by the Core University Program for Korean Studies through the Ministry of
Education of the Republic of Korea and Korean Studies Promotion Service of the Academy of Korean
Studies (AKS-2016-OLU-2250006).

Consortium Workshop Award – Fumiko Nazikian and Jisuk Park

This year’s winning proposal for a workshop funded by the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning is titled “Working at the Intersection of Language and Culture in the Digital Age: Social Network Approaches (SNA) to the pedagogy of language teaching” and was submitted by Fumiko Nazikian, senior lecturer in Japanese language and Jisuk Park, lecturer in Japanese language, at Columbia University, New York.

The proposal outlined the pedagogical rationale on which SNA is grounded and put forward an argument in support of its instructional uses, particularly in light of the frameworks of global communities within which students operate, and the intercultural component of their engagement with global issues.

The workshop has been awarded 5,000$ and will take place at Columbia University during Fall 2018. In addition to workshop sessions that will allow instructors of all languages to discuss the incorporation of  SNA, the workshop will include a keynote address by Prof. Tohsaku of the University of California, San Diego.