The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University is seeking to fill a tenure-track assistant professor position in premodern Chinese literature and humanities before 1800, with specialization in poetry or cognate areas in cultural history and the humanities broadly defined.  The appointee will be responsible for teaching broad courses for undergraduates and specialized courses for graduate students, including courses providing advanced training in the reading of Chinese poetry, as well as for the teaching of classical Chinese to students of all levels.  The appointee will work closely with colleagues to develop an innovative curriculum at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  We expect the successful candidate to have comparative interests and to partici