Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Studies

The Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is inviting applications for up to 3 fully funded postdoctoral fellows for 1 year for the Academic Year 2025-26. Postdoctoral fellows are chosen from a competitive selection process. They will spend one year with the department working on research for a book manuscript or articles. In addition, they are expected to deliver a seminar about their research during their fellowship and teach one course for the department.

 

We welcome applications from junior scholars who have research interests in any of the following areas:

  • Chinese Literature
  • Chinese Media Studies
  • Chinese History
  • Chinese Linguistics
  • Translation and Interpreting Studies, with a focus on Chinese-English and/or English-Chinese translation/interpreting
  • Overseas Chinese Studies
  • Chinese Philosophy
  • Chinese Religion

 

A doctoral degree is required by one month prior to the start of the fellowship. Candidates must provide confirmation of successful completion of their terminal doctoral degree, in the form of a diploma or a certificate of completion from the degree-granting institution’s Registrar. Applicants may not be more than three years beyond the receipt of their doctoral degree at the start of the fellowship. Applicants should possess native-speaking, or near native-speaking, competence in both Mandarin and English.

 

The one-year fellowship period is tentatively from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, and the fellow is expected to reside in Singapore for the duration of the fellowship. The fellowship will provide a monthly stipend of S$7,000, subsidized university medical benefits, a one-off travel subsidy, and a housing allowance. (Travel subsidy and housing allowance only applies for non-Singaporeans.) In addition, up to $5,000 in research funding from the department will be available to each fellow. The fellowship will be subject to all rules and regulations of NUS.

Application Process

Applicants should send to fasbox64@nus.edu.sg, by email attachment, a dossier comprising:

  1. Cover letter that briefly states your background, and a summary of your research;
  2. CV with a complete list of publications (including theses/dissertations);
  3. Research proposal for the year of the fellowship;
  4. Dissertation/Thesis abstract and table of contents, as well as two writing samples (academic paper or dissertation chapter);
  5. Proposed course outline for course to be offered at NUS and copies of student evaluations of previous courses taught (if any);
  6. Three letters of reference and one additional letter from the PhD supervisor (total of four letters, to be sent directly by each referee to the above email address)

 

All application materials must be in English. Please note that application documents will not be returned.
All inquiries should be directed to the above email address.

 

The closing date for applications is 31 January 2025.  We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Please refer to these websites for more information:

Working at National University of Singapore https://www.nus.edu.sg/careers/why-join-us/
Department of Chinese Studies https://fass.nus.edu.sg/cs/
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences https://fass.nus.edu.sg/
National University of Singapore https://nus.edu.sg/