Institution:   Freie Universitaet Berlin, Graduate School of East Asian Studies
Location:   Germany
Position:   Post-Doctoral Fellow, Japanese Studies

The Graduate School of East Asian Studies at Freie Universitaet Berlin (Germany) is inviting applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship

limited to 2 years with a focus on Japan beginning on 1 September 2015.

Job description: The Graduate School merges research in East Asian Studies (Japanese, Korean and Chinese Studies) with training in the social sciences (Political Science, Economics, Law, Social and Cultural Anthropology) as well as History and Cultural Studies. The training program is interdisciplinary with special emphasis on historically and culturally informed social science inquiry. The post-doctoral position involves undertaking research in the context of the Graduate School’s research focus on institutions in East Asia, coordinating teams of graduate student-researchers, and teaching a small semester-long seminar.