Senior Lecturer Lecturer I Lecturer II in Translation, Intercultural Studies, Digital Humanities and Transdisciplinary Teaching & General Education

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

ACADEMY OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Senior Lecturer / Lecturer I / Lecturer IIin Translation Intercultural Studies Digital Humanities and Transdisciplinary Teaching & General Education ()

The Academy launched 1 July 2024 is a dynamic academic unit comprising three disciplines/departments: English Language and Literature (ENG) Humanities and Creative Writing (HMW) and Translation Interpreting and Intercultural Studies (TIIS) under the Faculty. Our vision is to be a leading centre of excellence fostering linguistic diversity creative expression and intercultural communication. We empower students and scholars to bridge cultural divides and innovate in literary linguistic and translation arts contributing to a globally interconnected world. The Academy offers multiple programmes including BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature BA (Hons) in Humanities BA (Hons) in Creative and Professional Writing and BA (Hons) in Translation along with a range of taught postgraduate programmes.

We seek candidateswith expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Translation Intercultural Studies and Digital Humanities (including translation & interpreting cultural studies language technologies AI applications in translation)
  
• Transdisciplinary Teaching & General Education (includinghumanity culture & civilization values & the meaning of life and culture creativity & innovation)

Responsibilities:

• Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses both within and beyond the Academys programmes.
• Participating in the development and enhancement of curriculum.
• Contributing to the academic and administrative duties of the Academy.
• Engaging in teaching and learning development activities appropriate to their level of appointment.

Requirements:

Candidates should have a PhD in a relevant discipline related to the programmes offered by the Academy demonstrate a strong commitment to transdisciplinary teaching collaborations open to adoption of technologies to facilitate teaching and learning both within the Academy and other academic units in the will be given to applicants with university level teaching experience in (i)bridging intercultural studies humanities and values education with a strong commitment to whole person education; (ii)in teaching bothundergraduate and post-graduate courses; (iii) teaching in international context intheareas mentioned above; and (iv)demonstratingbilingual proficiency in English and a second language preferably Chinese where relevant to the position.

Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Procedure:

Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System. Applicants are requested to upload their (a) CV (b) the most recent teaching evaluation results and (c) teaching statement to the HKBU e-Recruitment System. Those who are not invited for interview 4 months after submission of application may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials will be disposed of after completion of the recruitment exercise. Details of the Universitys Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer.

Review of applications is ongoing until the position is filled.