Kanagawa University in Yokohama, Japan, invites applications for a full-time, open-rank faculty position in the Department of Cross-cultural Studies, a unit of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, to begin April 1, 2013. We seek applicants from the fields of Cultural Studies or Postcolonial Studies (including those whose research incorporates postcolonial approaches). Duties will include the teaching of both specialized and general English-language courses. Preference will be given to candidates who have completed the PhD by time of appointment, or who can show evidence of equivalent research accomplishments. Candidates who are not native speakers of English should have completed at least 4 years of research at a university or research institution in an English-speaking country; native speakers of English must have experience of in-residence study at a Japanese university or comparable institution. All candidates must possess Japanese language ability sufficient for work at an academic institution in Japan. For a detailed list of materials to be submitted when applying, the address to which applications should be sent, and further information regarding the position, please view the Japanese-language announcement at www.kanagawa-u.ac.jp/employment/professor/fulltime/pdf/22-1.pdf. Materials must arrive by September 30, 2012. Results of the search will be communicated by the end of December, 2012. Salary is competitive; precise salary level, which is linked to appointee experience, will be determined according to university guidelines. In accordance with common practice at Japanese institutions, all ranks of this open-rank position can be understood as tenured. For more information, please contact Christian Ratcliff (ratcliff@kanagawa-u.ac.jp) or Teruaki Torigoe (torigt01@kanagawa-u.ac.jp).