Institution: Leiden University
Location:   Netherlands
Position:   Assistant Professor

The Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University invites applications for a fulltime lectureship in the Art & Visual Culture of Japan. Initial appointment will be fixed-term from September 2011 or as soon as possible thereafter through August 2014 (starting with a twelve-month probation period), with the possibility of extensions of up to three years, and of tenure thereafter. Review of applications will begin 14 March 2011 and continue until the position is filled or this call is closed.

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http://vacatures.leidenuniv.nl/wetenschappelijk/11-014-lectureship.html

As part of the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), Japanese Studies at Leiden University is committed to the integration of disciplinary and regional-historical perspectives, on a solid foundation of excellent language skills, in a research environment including an excellent library and further enhanced by the Modern East Asia Research Centre (MEARC), the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), and the Asian Modernities and Traditions key research area. Priorities include cooperation across the full width of (East) Asian Studies. Current staff in Japan Studies have expertise in the fields of Anthropology, Art History, Economy & Business, Film Studies, History, International Relations, Language Pedagogy, Linguistics, Literature, Material Culture Studies, Philology, Philosophy, Political Economy, Political Thought, Religious Studies, and Sociology. The City of Leidens many museums, including the Museum of Ethnology and the SieboldHuis Japan Museum, will be of special interest to the Lecturer, and s/he will be expected to consolidate and develop University-Museum cooperation.

Requirements

• Excellent research qualities: a PhD degree, in-country research experience, and a high-quality, internationally accessible publication record, as measured against relative seniority. Candidates near completion of the PhD degree may be considered.
• Demonstrable commitment to high-quality teaching and supervision (BA, MA, PhD), and ability to teach in Japanese Studies and (East) Asian Studies.
• Disciplinary expertise in Art & Visual Culture, with a focus on Japan and (East) Asia, and openness to interdisciplinary cooperation. Expertise in the study of both traditional and modern artistic media.
• An excellent command of Japanese. Competence in other (East-)Asian languages is an advantage.
• Commitment to the acquisition of research funding from national and international grant schemes.
• Ability to represent the field to external audiences.
• Administrative ability, as measured against relative seniority.
• An excellent command of English.

The rank of lecturer (Universitair Docent) corresponds to that of assistant professor in North-American terms. Salary range: from  EUR 3195 to 4970 gross per month, commensurate with qualifications, with additional holiday and end-of-year bonuses. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break.

Leiden University aims to employ more women in areas where they are underrepresented. Women are therefore especially invited to apply.

Applications should be in English, be addressed to the Japanese Studies

Search Committee at vacatureslias@hum.leidenuniv.nl , and include:

• a letter of motivation including a vision of present-day Japanese Studies
• a CV: education, grants, employment, publications, courses taught, admin experience, etc
• a statement of teaching philosophy
• an outline of planned research, in individual and/or team projects
• names, positions and email addresses of three referees (no reference letters)
• one or two sample course outlines
• teaching evaluations, if available.

These items should preferably be submitted in a single PDF document called Family Name-Given Name-11-014. If including scans of teaching evaluations is technically cumbersome, these may be sent in a separate file called Family Name-Given Name-evaluations.

Contact: Maghiel van Crevel, LIAS Academic Director (m.van.crevel@hum.leidenuniv.nl), with cc to Ivo Smits, Professor of Arts & Cultures of Japan (i.b.smits@hum.leidenuniv.nl ).

Website: http://www.hum.leiden.edu/lias/