LISTING: III. International - Full-Time, Tenured & Tenure Track XIAMEN UNIVERSITY, WANG YANAN INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN ECONOMICS, Xiamen, China
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Xiamen University, located in the resort-like island of Xiamen in Southeast China, was founded 88 years ago by Mr. Tan Kah-Kee, a well-known Chinese expatriate/emigrant who lived in Singapore most of his life. Thanks to the late Professor Wang Yanan, a past university president, prominent Chinese economist and the Chinese translator of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, economics in Xiamen University has been and continues to be among the top programs in China. To further develop its economics program, Xiamen University has set up a research-oriented institute- Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE). WISE focuses on high-quality graduate training, frontier research, and intensive international academic exchanges and cooperation. Having successfully recruited 15 full-time faculty members from abroad in the past three years, WISE has available several faculty positions in all areas of economics and finance at all ranks. Junior candidates are expected to have completed a Ph.D by August 2010 and have evidence of promising research ability whilst senior candidates must have a Ph.D and a demonstrably/proven strong research record. Dependent upon the qualifications of successful candidates, salaries ranging from RMB 300K (tenure track assistant professor) to RMB 600K (a Chair professor), with a regular teaching load of 3 courses per year are available. Additional graduate course(s) may be arranged with commensurate pay. Other benefits including financial and administrative research support and a housing subsidy will be provided. Please visit www.wise.xmu.edu.cn for more information. We will interview candidates in Atlanta during the 2010 ASSA meeting. If you are interested in applying, send a cover letter with a curriculum vitae, samples of your written work, and three reference letters (including any teaching evaluations) by November 30, 2009. CONTACT: Recruiting Committee, c/o Miss Youshu XU, Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) A308, Economics Building, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian, China or email wise-recruit@xmu.edu.cn.
