Position: Translation Studies (Chinese), UMelb

umelbSenior Lecturer in Translation Studies (Chinese)
Asia Institute – Faculty of Arts – University of Melbourne

The Asia Institute is the University of Melbourne’s key centre for studies in Asian languages and cultures. Our teaching programs include Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese languages, as well as Asian and Islamic Studies. The Asia Institute has close links with other Schools and Faculties across the University, and our programs are strongly interdisciplinary in focus.

The Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies (Chinese) will have the responsibility of undertaking independent teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the Chinese Studies program and also making a lead contribution to the course design, content and delivery of the new Master of Translation. He or she will supervise theses in the honours, postgraduate diploma, coursework masters, and research higher degree programs.

The successful applicant will undertake administrative duties primarily relating to his or her activities at the institution and will be required to perform the full academic responsibilities of, and related administration for, the coordination of the Master in Translation and related activities of the Asia Institute.

The successful applicant will be a committed and engaging teacher and researcher in Chinese Studies, in particular the discipline of translation/interpreting, whose versatility will complement and help develop the school’s strengths in the Master in Translation and related activities at the University of Melbourne.

More information: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/886563/senior-lecturer-in-translation-studies-chinese