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Loyola Marymount position

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Loyola Marymount University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. Applicants should hold a Ph.D in Chinese with specialization in Applied Linguistics, Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition or Sociolinguistics. Applicants must demonstrate excellence in language teaching at the college level, and possess native/near-native proficiency in Chinese and English. The successful candidate must have knowledge of language proficiency assessment, expertise in the application of technology to language pedagogy, and experience teaching or developing engaged learning courses. The department is particularly interested in candidates with an inter-disciplinary teaching portfolio which will allow to cross-list courses with the Asian and Asian American Studies Department, the School of Education, or other disciplines.

The normal teaching load for LMU faculty is 2-2-2-3 four unit courses in a two-year cycle including lower and upper division language, and content classes taught in Chinese and English. Duties include the coordination of the Chinese minor Program and teaching Linguistic courses in English for the Modern Languages major. Evidence of strong scholarship or scholarly potential in areas consistent with the requirements of the position is necessary. Salary is competitive.

To apply, please, send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy and research objectives, sample syllabi, complete sets of student teaching evaluations (quantitative and qualitative), a copy of the official terminal degree transcript, and three letters of recommendation (one from a teaching supervisor). Application materials (in pdf format) should be uploaded along with the application to https://jobs.lmu.edu. Letters of recommendation must be submitted by the recommender directly to mdll@lmu.edu. Final application deadline is October 30th. 2017.

Loyola Marymount, founded in 1911, is a comprehensive university in the mainstream of American Catholic higher education. Located on the west side of Los Angeles overlooking the Pacific, LMU is one of the nation’s 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and five Marymount institutions. It serves 5400 undergraduates and over 2500 graduate students in the Colleges/Schools of Liberal Arts, Science and Engineering, Business Administration, Communication and Fine Arts, Film and Television, Education, and Law. LMU seeks professionally outstanding applicants who value its mission and the building of a just society.

LMU is an equal opportunity institution actively working to promote an intercultural learning community. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Visit http://www.lmu.edu for more information.

Loyola Marymount position

The China Challenge in Xi Jinping’s “New Era”

by Christopher K. Johnson, Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in Chinese Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Tuesday
October 2, 2018
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Wine and pupus to followEast-West Center
Hawaii Imin International Conference Center
Koi Room (Garden Level)
1777 East-West RoadFree admissionLimited seating
RSVP by Sept. 28:
944-7111 or
EWCInfo@EastWestCenter.org

Campus parking is $6, payable at the kiosk on

East-West Road. After 4 pm, visitors may park in any parking zone, in any stall not marked RESERVED

Supported by the First Hawaiian Lecture Endowment Fund

www.EastWestCenter.org

At the conclusion of the 19th Party Congress in the fall of 2017, the Chinese Communist Party announced a new “guiding ideology” for steering China’s future direction–“Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.” China’s astonishing growth over the last few decades in both economic might and international influence represents the most fundamental shift in the global balance of power in more than a century. How the United States–and the rest of the world–adapt to that challenge will fundamentally shape the evolution of the economic, military, and, perhaps, ideational outlines of the global order going forward. This presentation will examine the full scope of China’s multifaceted rise, and how the many changes made by President Xi both inside and outside China have brought those dimensions into stark relief. It also will discuss how the policies of the Trump Administration are impacting, and being impacted by, China’s ascent to great power status on the world stage, and suggest how investors can best position themselves for success in this era of dynamic change.

Christopher K. Johnson is an accomplished Asian affairs specialist, having spent nearly two decades serving in the U.S. government’s intelligence and foreign affairs communities and has extensive experience analyzing and working in Asia on a diverse set of country-specific and transnational issues. Through-out his career, he has chronicled China’s dynamic political and economic transformation, the development of its robust military modernization program, and its resurgence as a regional and global power. He has frequently advised senior White House, cabinet, congressional, military, and foreign officials on the Chinese leadership and on Beijing’s foreign and security policies.