Job Opening: International Student Services & Media Assistant, Centenary College

Posted on July 28, 2015 by LM

job opening - 5Institution: Centenary College
Location: Hackettstown, NJ
Posted: 07/17/2015
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time

INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT

International Student Services & Media Assistant

Centenary College of New Jersey is seeking to fill the position of International Student Services & Media Assistant in the International Department. This position will serve as: the primary source of support and guidance for international students; work in cooperation with various campus offices to support the needs of international students; create/implement international/intercultural/programs to further the internationalization efforts of the College.

Centenary College, founded in 1867, is a vibrant, growing and innovative independent, applied liberal arts College with a student body of more than 3,000 which includes students from 21 states and 14 foreign countries. Centenary College is recognized as New Jersey’s fastest growing independent college. Primarily an undergraduate institution, selected graduate, accelerated and online programs are offered, largely in professional areas (including the MBA). The College campus is located on 105 scenic acres in Northwestern New Jersey, about 50 miles from New York City and about 25 miles from Pennsylvania. Hackettstown was named by Money Magazine as one of the “Best 100 Places to Live” in the United States.

Centenary College offers a comprehensive compensation package which includes excellent benefits for employees and an innovative, individualized curriculum for students. The College offers students strong academic programs designed to focus on specific learning outcomes to ensure that each student succeeds. Centenary has a completely wireless campus where all full-time faculty & full-time undergraduate students in the traditional program have laptop computers. We have a strong commitment to interdisciplinary general studies that supports a high-quality liberal arts education and affordability in tuition and other student costs.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Serve as the primary source of support and guidance for international students
  • Develop and coordinate international student activities
  • Coordinate International Family Program
  • Work in in cooperation with various campus office to further the internationalization of the College
  • Create and implement procedures and programs governing the affairs pertinent to the students including orientation programs
  • Develop and implement international/intercultural programs which encourage and enable meaningful interaction throughout the College community
  • Provide outreach to various international organizations beyond campus
  • Serve as advisor to the International Student Organization
  • Manage international student residence life
  • Under the direction of the Dean of International Programs, serve as Director of the Summer Culture & Language Program
  • Supervise Work Study program (SSA Trips, Orientation); train new international work-study students and supervise all work-study employees; develop work-study program for the School of International Programs; organize work and allocate resources to other offices within International Programs; develop and monitor/evaluate outcomes
  • Maintain student contact information database and provide statistical and analytical student data reports
  • Create posters, programs, brochures and certificates for each international program event and provide essential marketing services to the department:
  1. Work with other international staff members and publication relations
  2. Revise and upgrade material designs
  3. Take photos of each student event and record them for the department
  • Arrange translation of materials into several international languages (i.e. Korean, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese) into electronic format such as CD’s and other promotional materials (web-based) that reflect the language of these constituents
  • Maintain the SIP website
  • Maintain departmental graphic design files; make sure that all files are updated and modified
  • Develop and maintain international and recruiting websites
  • Coordinate social media efforts of the SIP to include training of appropriate SIP office personnel
  • Coordinate the College’s overall social media efforts and the training of appropriate personnel in applicable College offices
  • Other duties as assigned by the Director and/or Dean of SIP

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in relevant discipline
  • One (1) year or more experience in relevant field
  • Demonstrated ability as a team player
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Website and Graphic Design Experience
  • Technological expertise in applicable computer programs: Publisher, Adobe Suite, Weebly.com, etc.)
  • Ability to work flexible days/hours as needed

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bilingual
  • Counseling skills
  • Study Abroad experience

Full description on HigherEdJobs.com

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Job Opening: Modern Japanese History, University of British Columbia, limited term

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution:    The University of British Columbia, History
Location:        British Columbia, Canada
Position:         Assistant Professor (Limited-Term Appointment in Modern Japanese History)

The Department of History, University of British Columbia (Vancouver), invites applications for a one-year position as an assistant professor without review in the field of modern Japanese history, effective 1 July 2016. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in hand or expect to have successfully defended prior to 1 July 2016. They are expected to provide evidence of excellence in research, as demonstrated by published contributions or potential contributions to scholarship in their field. The successful candidate will be expected to teach a 12-credit (2-2) load, and thus a strong commitment to teaching excellence at the undergraduate level is required. This position may be renewed for a second year, subject to funding and performance.

Candidates interested in the academic programs of the department may wish to follow the Research Clusters link on our departmental website at www.history.ubc.ca/.

The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to employment equity and diversity within its community. We especially welcome applications from members of visible minority groups, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities. We encourage all qualified persons to apply; Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will, however, be given priority. This position is subject to final budgetary approval. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 1 December 2015. Applicants must apply through the UBC faculty careers website, http://facultycareers.ubc.ca/21216, and are requested to upload (in the following order, and not exceeding 12 megabytes per attachment): a cover letter or letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a summary of current and future research interests, no more than three samples of their written scholarship, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Only completed applications will be considered by the search committee; in this matter, there can be no exceptions.
Applicants should also arrange to have three confidential letters of reference sent by the same deadline by email to Ms. Janet Mui, the coordinator of the search, at hist.recruitment@ubc.ca.   Alternatively, letters of reference may be mailed to: Ms. Janet Mui, Japanese History Search Committee, Department of History, University of British Columbia, #1297-1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.

Questions may be directed to the chair of the search committee, Prof. Timothy Brook, tim.brook@ubc.ca.

 Contact:         Questions may be directed to the chair of the search committee, Prof. Timothy Brook, tim.brook@ubc.ca

Website:         http://facultycareers.ubc.ca/21216

 

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Book Announcement: Barbara Ambros, Women in Japanese Religions

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Paula

WJRAmbros, Barbara R. Women in Japanese Religions. NYU Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781479884063

Scholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions treat women. Much existing scholarship depicts Japan’s religious traditions as mere means of oppression. But this view raises a question: How have ambivalent and even misogynistic religious discourses on gender still come to inspire devotion and emulation among women?

In Women in Japanese Religions, Barbara R. Ambros examines the roles that women have played in the religions of Japan. An important corrective to more common male-centered narratives of Japanese religious history, this text presents a synthetic long view of Japanese religions from a distinct angle that has typically been discounted in standard survey accounts of Japanese religions.

Drawing on a diverse collection of writings by and about women, Ambros argues that ambivalent religious discourses in Japan have not simply subordinated women but also given them religious resources to pursue their own interests and agendas. Comprising nine chapters organized chronologically, the book begins with the archeological evidence of fertility cults and the early shamanic ruler Himiko in prehistoric Japan and ends with an examination of the influence of feminism and demographic changes on religious practices during the “lost decades” of the post-1990 era. By viewing Japanese religious history through the eyes of women, Women in Japanese Religions presents a new narrative that offers strikingly different vistas of Japan’s pluralistic traditions than the received accounts that foreground male religious figures and male-dominated institutions.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Why Study Women in Japanese Religions? 1
1. The Prehistorical Japanese Archipelago:
Fertility Cults and Shaman Queens 5
2. Ancient Japanese Mythology: Female Divinities
and Immortals 22
3. The Introduction of Buddhism: Nuns, Lay Patrons,
and Popular Devotion 40
4. The Heian Period: Women in Buddhism and Court Ritual 56
5. The Medieval Period: Buddhist Reform Movements
and the Demonization of Femininity 76
6. The Edo Period: Confucianism, Nativism, and
Popular Religion 97
7. Imperial Japan: Good Wives and Wise Mothers 115
8. The Postwar Period: Nostalgia, Religion, and the
Reinvention of Femininity 134
9. The Lost Decades: Gender and Religion in Flux 154
Conclusion 172

More information here: http://nyupress.org/books/9781479884063/

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Job Opening: Pre-modern Japanese Literature & Cultural Studies, UC Santa Barbara

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution:       University of California – Santa Barbara, East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies
Location:          California, United States
Position:          Assistant Professor, Pre-modern Japanese Literature & Cultural Studies

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites applications at the rank of Assistant Professor in Pre-modern Japanese Literature and Cultural Studies. Ph.D. in hand is expected by the time of the appointment. Applicants with specializations in all pre-modern literary periods will be considered, although preference will be given to Early Modern. As a department with a pioneering history in Early Modern Japanese Studies, we encourage new theoretical and methodological frameworks for examining the inherently interdisciplinary nature of early modern literature and culture. For applicants working in earlier periods, interdisciplinary approaches are also encouraged to match department and campus orientations and initiatives. The successful candidate will demonstrate a passion for, and deep grounding in, textual and linguistic analysis; expertise in various forms of pre-modern Japanese language (bungo, kanbun, sorobun) and writing (hentaigana, kuzushiji); and the ability to teach graduate courses in his/her area of specialization and undergraduate courses of wider coverage in pre-modern Japanese literary history and Japanese Studies. For information on our department please visit our website athttp://www.eastasian.ucsb.edu/.

To ensure full consideration, please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a writing sample, and arrange to have at least three letters of recommendation sent to the Search Committee through UC Recruit, athttps://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF00495. Complete applications received by October 1, 2015, will receive full review. Inquiries about the position may be directed to the committee chair, Professor Katherine Saltzman-Li, atksaltzli@eastasian.ucsb.edu.

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching and service.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Contact:          Please submit all application materials via UC Recruit

Website:         https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF00495

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Call For Papers: Negotiating Identities: Mixed-Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Paula

call for papers [150-2]The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce the call for papers for “Negotiating Identities:  Mixed-Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea,” a conference to be held at the University of San Francisco on Thursday and Friday, April 14 – 15, 2016.

The highlight of the conference will be a keynote address by Emma Teng, Professor of History and Asian Civilizations, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

With this conference, the Center plans to provide a forum for academic discussions and the sharing of the latest research on the history and life experiences of mixed-race individuals in China, Japan, and Korea. The conference is designed to promote greater understanding of the cross-cultural encounters that led to the creation of interracial families and encourage research that examines how mixed-race individuals living in East Asia have negotiated their identities.  Scholars working on the contemporary period are also welcome to apply.

All participants will be expected to provide a draft of their paper approximately 4 weeks before the conference to allow discussants adequate time to prepare their comments before the conference.

Participants will be invited to submit their original research for consideration in the Center’s peer-reviewed journal, Asia Pacific Perspectives.  For more information, visit: http://www.usfca.edu/center-asia-pacific/perspectives/

To Apply:

Deadline:  September 1, 2015 

Interested applicants should email the following to centerasiapacific@usfca.edu, subject line, “Multiracial Identities in Asia”:

  • 300 word (maximum) abstract
  • Curriculum Vitae

Please share this call for papers with any scholars that may be interested.

Contact Info:

Melissa S. Dale, Ph.D.
Executive Director & Assistant Professor
University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies

Contact Email:

mdale3@usfca.edu

URL:

http://www.usfca.edu/center-asia-pacific/

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The Job Hunt: Resources (4)

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Paula

job opening - 5In four previous articles, we introduced a number of sites that are helpful for finding Japan-related jobs.

The Job Hunt: Getting Started:
The Job Hunt: Resources
The Job Hunt: Resources (2)
The Job Hunt: Resources (3)

This week we’re providing more resources we’ve found across the web, either from general searches or Japanese Studies university webpages. If you’re looking for new ideas about what kind of jobs are out there and where to search, some of these places may be good ones to start. There is some information about the sites at a glance, as well as brief comments from users who sent the links our way. For questions about the specifics of each company, please contact the site administrators directly.

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HiWork (http://staff.hiwork.jp/)

The site has Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean options, though many of the search functions are mixed with Japanese. Searches can be conducted by region or a large set of other advanced options. The site has lots of job postings, especially for sales and translation jobs. There are also some great guides to writing Japanese resumes and other working/living in Japan resources.

JapanCareer (http://www.japan-career.jp/)

JapanCareer offers Japanese and English-language sites, with free registration. After registration, you can receive career counseling and information about available positions. Their search options only appear to be available if you register, so we cannot provide further information here.

JobStreet (http://myjobstreet.jobstreet.com/)

Here you can search by title, skills, keywords, and by specialization. A good portion of the job listings are located in Singapore, but there are also others. Generally speaking, listings are limited compared to some other sites.

iiicareer (http://www.iiicareer.com/index.php)

Job listings can be searched within the United States as well as in Japan, and are subsequently broken down by area. Target searches can then be narrowed by job category, language (English, Japanese, both, or other), and the length of work desired (Full time, part time, temp, etc.). They also have recruiters to help with getting jobs with Japanese companies in the United States.

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That’s it for now– more soon! Have any other sites you frequently use or have heard about that we didn’t list above or in previous articles? Please send us an email at shinpai.deshou@gmail.com and let us know so we can include it in a future post!

 

 

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Call for Papers: U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Paula

call for papers [150-2]The purpose of the U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal is to exchange scholarship on women and gender between the U.S., Japan, and other countries; to enlarge the base of information available in Japan on the status of American women as well as women in other countries; to disseminate information on Japanese women to the U.S.; and to stimulate comparative study of women’s issues. The editors of USJWJ welcome contributions consistent with its purpose.

Manuscripts should be no more than 35 pages long (including references and notes). Submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by the editors of USJWJ or anonymously by outside reviewers. For more information and submission guidelines, please see our website http://www.josai.jp/jicpas/usjwj/

Please submit manuscripts to Dr. Miriam Murase, Managing Editor at usjwj@jiu.ac.jp by August 15.

Contact Email:

usjwj@jiu.ac.jp

URL:

http://www.josai.jp/jicpas/usjwj/

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Call for Papers: Mechademia Conference on Asian Popular Cultures, 2015 “Gaming/Gender”

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Paula

call for papers [150-2]Mechademia Conference on Asian Popular Cultures, 2015
“Gaming/Gender”
September 25-27, 2015

Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Special Guest: Brianna Wu

The recent rash of death threats toward feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian after her polemic on the violence toward women in video games, has focused attention on what has always been “accepted” as a given: video games are made by males for males. In the crosshairs of a narrowed, constructed male gaze, representations of women have indeed been predominately the sexualized subjects of extreme violence in gaming. This is the case despite the fact that women also play video games, critique and write about video games, and even create video games. An article from The Guardian from September 17th of 2014 stated, “While ‘hardcore’ gaming is clearly still rooted in its traditional user base (playing games is considered the most entertaining media amongst males aged 16-24), what the study shows is a widening audience who are exploring games through new platforms.”

Additionally, in light of the fact that in spite of its massively misogynist aspects, indeed many women not only play these hardcore video games, but actually apparently enjoy playing them; we question how to address these problems — not only just the rampant misogyny, but the broader abuses of that can underlay the misogyny; those societal issues of class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexualities.

  • How women are depicted is not always strictly about sex and violence, but being as those are significant factors, how shouldwomen be portrayed in games – particularly action/war games?
  • Is gaming as exclusively a “man’s world” and the only role for women being the over-sexualized, highly “consumable” victims?
  • Do videogames, anime, and manga simply reinforce negative gender, ethnic, class, and racial stereotypes, or is there a possibility for critique embedded in the games or cultures that produce and consume them?

These topics represent only a few of the broad concerns over issues of gender and gaming currently in the news.

This conference invites scholars, fans, and creators to consider the situation and respond with presentations as we expand the discursive field against the vast mediated (dis)information found on the web. We welcome both in-person presentations at the conference as well as remote presentations via Zoom (much like Skype) for those unable to make it to Minneapolis.

Teachers: We also have an “Emerging Scholars Panel” for your advanced undergraduate students to participate in during this event. They can also register at the same site below.

Please send 250 word proposals to mechademia@mcad.edu by September 1, 2015.

Contact Email:

mechademia@mcad.edu

URL:

http://mcad.edu/events-fellowships/mechademia

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Book Announcement: Hokusai’s Great Wave: Biography of a Global Icon

Posted on July 19, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. 9780824839604

Author: Guth, Christine
272pp. January 2015
Paper – Regular Price: $20.00 On Sale For: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-8248-3960-4
Cloth – Regular Price: $57.00 On Sale For: $42.75
ISBN: 978-0-8248-3959-8
Categories: art, art & visual culture, Japan

Description
Hokusai’s “Great Wave,” as it is commonly known today, is arguably one of Japan’s most successful exports, its commanding cresting profile instantly recognizable no matter how different its representations in media and style. In this richly illustrated and highly original study, Christine Guth examines the iconic wave from its first publication in 1831 through the remarkable range of its articulations, arguing that it has been a site where the tensions, contradictions, and, especially, the productive creativities of the local and the global have been negotiated and expressed. She follows the wave’s trajectory across geographies, linking its movements with larger political, economic, technological, and sociocultural developments. Adopting a case study approach, Guth explores issues that map the social life of the iconic wave across time and place, from the initial reception of the woodblock print in Japan, to the image’s adaptations as part of “international nationalism,” its place in American perceptions of Japan, its commercial adoption for lifestyle branding, and finally to its identification as a tsunami, bringing not culture but disaster in its wake.

Wide ranging in scope yet grounded in close readings of disparate iterations of the wave, multidisciplinary and theoretically informed in its approach, Hokusai’s Great Wave will change both how we look at this global icon and the way we study the circulation of Japanese prints. This accessible and engagingly written work moves beyond the standard hagiographical approach to recognize, as categories of analysis, historical and geographic contingency as well as visual and technical brilliance. It is a book that will interest students of Japan and its culture and more generally those seeking fresh perspectives on the dynamics of cultural globalization.

70 color illustrations, 5 black and white

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Job Opening: Japanese linguistics, Leiden University

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution:    Leiden University, The Netherlands
Location:        Netherlands
Position:         Assistant Professor, Associate Professor in Japanese Linguistics

Leiden University invites applications for an Associate or Assistant Professorship in Japanese linguistics. If the appointment is made at the Assistant Professor level, this will be with a tenure track toward the Associate Professorship. Research specialization is open. The incumbent will teach in (Japanese) linguistics. Administrative duties will include headship of an excellent team of Japanese language teachers. Appointment will be fixed-term from January 2016 for a period of maximally four years, with the possibility of a permanent position thereafter. Application deadline: 24 August 2015. Before submitting your application or query, please read the full application guidelines. These will appear at http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/wetenschappelijke-functies/ in mid-July.

 Contact:         Maghiel van Crevel (m.van.crevel@hum.leidenuniv.nl) or Ton van Haaften (t.van.haaften@hum.leidenuniv.nl)

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