Link to the announcement:

www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs/fellowships/postdoctoral.html

Link to the project:

http://jdarchive.org

A short description:

2012-13 HARVARD POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN JAPANESE STUDIES
(Digital Humanities or Qualitative Digital Data Management in the Social Sciences)

The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University announces a special post-doctoral fellowship for the 2012-2013 academic year, for a recent Ph.D. in any field of Japanese studies, with extensive expertise in the digital humanities or qualitative digital data management in the social sciences. The fellow will be expected to devote half-time to his/her own research, and half-time to the management of the Digital Archive of Japan’s 2011 disasters (http://www.jdarchive.org), as described below.

Applicants should meet the requirements for the regular post-doctoral fellowship of the Institute (http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs/fellowships/postdoctoral.html) and supply the same application materials, and in lieu of submitting a teaching statement, provide a separate document describing skills and experience relevant to working with digital media, and the name and contact information of one reference able to comment on these qualifications. This will be a 12-month fellowship, commencing on July 1, 2012, and the fellowship amount will be $60,000. To learn in detail about the requirements and specific tasks that are required for this Fellowship, please see the RIJS website (http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs/fellowships/postdoctoral.html).

The application receipt deadline is March 1, 2012.

Please direct all inquiries to:
Dr. Theodore J. Gilman, Associate Director
Digital Archive Postdoctoral Fellowships
Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
1730 Cambridge Street, Room S234
Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: tgilman@fas.harvard.edu
Telephone: (617) 495-3220