Job Description

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

ACADEMY OF CHINESE, HISTORY, RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY

Lecturer I / Lecturer II in General Education and BA/MA Programmes (25260535)

The Faculty invite applications for up to two Lecturer I/II posts to teach in the University-wide General Education (GE) curriculum and contribute to BA/MA programmes in Digital Futures & Humanities, History, Religion, Philosophy & Ethics, and Ethics & Public Affairs. Candidates should have expertise in one or more of the following areas:

1. Digital humanities; community-engaged/field-based learning; cross-disciplinary digital methods
2. Modern China and Hong Kong history, ideally with a global China perspective
3. Modern and contemporary China (e.g., China in the Imperial Age; Contemporary China and Globalisation; Sino-Russian Relations; Hong Kong between Past and Present; Global China in the Modern Age)
4. Religious studies related to Islamic, Daoist, or Buddhist traditions
5. History of world religions and/or history of ideas
6. Ethics and public affairs
7. GE courses such as Ideologies, Worldviews and Modern History; Happiness: East and West; Ethical Issues in the Contemporary World

Responsibilities:

• Teach GE and major undergraduate and/or master level courses in one or more of the programmes in Faculty and Academy;
• Manage and coordinate core courses;
• Develop new courses with field-based, community-partnered, or short-term overseas elements;
• Student supervision;
• Manage and support student internship; and
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Academy Director or the respective Programme Directors.

Requirements:

• At least a PhD in a relevant discipline;
• Some tertiary-level teaching experience;
• Proficiency in English as the medium of instruction; and
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

The initial appointment will be offered on a fixed-term contract of one to two years, commencing in late August 2026. Reappointment thereafter will be subject to mutual agreement.

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 University's Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/en/worklife-at-hkbu/employee-favourable-environment.html#privacy-policy.

The 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.