Faculty Recruitment of School of Foreign Languages at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is a key university directly under the administration of the Ministry of Education (MOE) of the People’s Republic of China. English Language was one of the first programs offered when the university was founded as Nan Yang College back in 1896, with a translation center added two years later. School of Foreign Languages, formerly known as Department of Foreign Literature (1928-1979) and Department of Foreign Languages for Science and Technology (1979-1997), began to offer its BA program in English for Science and Technology in 1979, MA program in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in 1986 and a Ph.D. program in the same area in 1993, MA program in Translation and Interpreting in 2007 and Ph.D.program in Foreign Languages and Literatures in 2010.
School of Foreign Languages (SFL) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) consists of several teaching and research institutes, including four departments (English Department, Japanese Department, German Department, Department of Translation and Interpreting), a French Division and three College English Divisions. In addition, the school has a number of educational, research and professional training units including Editorial Office of Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, International Testing Center, Center for Translation and Intercultural Studies, Center for Multicultural Studies and Comparative Literature, Center for Corpus and Intercultural Studies, Martin Center for Appliable Linguistics, Speech-Language-Hearing Center, Center for Language Testing and Evaluation, Institute of Cross-linguistic Processing and Cognition, Research Center for the Global Image of China, Center for Creative Writing and Literary Translation and Culture, and Administration Office for the National College English Testing Committee.
SFL now offers bachelor’s degree in English, Japanese, and German, and master’s and doctoral degrees in foreign languages and literatures. SJTU also hosts a postdoctoral program in this field.
We are recruiting faculty members throughout the year.
Discipline |
Research Area |
Position |
Linguistics |
Theoretical Linguistics |
Chair Professor, Distinguished Professor, Tenured Professor, Professor, Tenured Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Postdoctoral Researcher |
Applied Linguistics (Language Testing,Second Language Acquisition, Psychological Linguistics) |
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Functional Linguistics |
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Corpus Linguistics |
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German Linguistics |
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Japanese Linguistics |
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French Linguistics |
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Literature |
Comparative Literature |
Chair Professor, Distinguished Professor, Tenured Professor, Professor, Tenured Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Postdoctoral Researcher |
Japanese Literature |
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German Literature |
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French Literature |
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English and American Literature |
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Narratology |
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Translation Studies |
History of Translation |
Chair Professor, Distinguished Professor, Tenured Professor, Professor, Tenured Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Postdoctoral Researcher |
Translation Theories |
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Corpus-based Translation Studies |
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Translation and Cognition |
Application materials:
① CV, at least including the nationality, date of birth, research areas, education experience, work experience, research and teaching achievements, academic services, awards, contact information, etc.
② Research and teaching statements
③ Five representative academic achievements.
④ Three reference letters with handwritten signatures, which should be sent from experts directly to the contact person.
Contacts:
Ms. Yu Min
Tel: 86-21-34205662 E-mail:yumin_sjtu@sjtu.edu.cn
Address: 201, School of Foreign Languages at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, P. R. China, 200240