Call for Papers: Caring for Elderly in Asia: Long-Term Care in the Familial Context

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Paula

call-for-papers-150-21CFP | Caring for Elderly in Asia: Long-Term Care in the Familial Context

CONVENORS

Assoc Prof THANG Leng Leng
Department of Japanese Studies, and Centre for Family and Population Research,
National University of Singapore
E | lengthang@nus.edu.sg

Prof Wei-Jun Jean YEUNG
Asia Research Institute, Centre for Family and Population Research,
and Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore
E | ariywj@nus.edu.sg

As countries face population aging, long-term care becomes a pivotal concern; with expectations that the demand for the provision of health and supportive services increases with a growing elderly population. It is a near universal that the family plays an intrinsic role in long-term care for the elderly, however, long term care has increasingly been examined with relation to institutionalization. On the one hand formal long term care institutions are criticized to have disruptive effects on kin relations and social networks (Mold et al. 2005), while on the other hand there are contrastive findings highlighting positive effects of institutionalization such as greater independence and a revalued lifestyle in the concept of the “third age” on the part of the elderly (Henrard 1996: 668). Nonetheless, majority of older persons are shown to prefer to live in the community rather than in formal care institutions in later life (Feder, Komisar, and Niefeld 2000; Costa-Font 2009).

This international conference focusing on the care and well-being of elderly in Asia aims to explore issues relating to the ensuring of quality and adequacy of long-term care in the familial context. The preference of aging in place has long been a feature of Asia. Long-term care for the elderly has been bolstered by cultural values such as filial piety which has placed demands on children to provide care towards ageing parents. In some countries, governments have reinforced this care pattern through old-age policies which have reinscribed the family as the primary site of eldercare. However, much less is known about how the state has ensured quality long-term care for the elderly the family.

In the familial context, the organization of care, including care for the elderly, is largely left in the hands of women in the family. Economic and social changes, however, have lent to shifts in the organization of care in the family. In the more affluent countries in Asia, long-term care has increasingly become transferred to paid workers, especially with growing numbers of women joining the labour force. Falling fertility rates in the Asian region would also signal fewer caregivers for the elderly. The quality of long-term care provisions, encompassing a broad range of support services from personal care, healthcare and social services and rehabilitative care, however, is complicated by a range of other factors from eligibility, payment/insurance schemes, and regulatory mechanisms to the individuals’ supportive and palliative care needs.

This international conference invites papers from diverse perspectives in deepening our understanding on these issues. Below are some suggested questions:

• How have sociodemographic changes in the family impacted on government role in long-term care?
• What are the barriers older men and women face in accessing long-term care in the family?
• What barriers do caregivers face in providing long-term care for the elderly?
• To what extent does the cultural value of filial piety impact differently on men and women as ‘carers’ and the kind of quality of care they provide to their elderly?
• How does the cultural meaning and social practice of filial cohabitation express themselves in urban areas versus rural areas and impact on the quality of long-term care provided to the elderly?
• How does the patrilocal principle of filial obligation impact similarly or differently on intergenerational support and long-term care in different Asian socieities?
• How can the state, non-profit and businesses partner to play a role in ensuring quality and adequacy of long term care in the familial context?
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

Paper proposals should include a title, an abstract (300 words maximum) and a brief personal biography of 150 words for submission by 30 July 2015. Please send all proposals in word document toariv15@nus.edu.sg and for a copy of the submission form, please visit the event listing athttp://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=1664.

Successful applicants will be notified by end August 2015 and will be required to send in a completed draft paper (5,000 – 8,000 words) by 15 February 2016.

Sharon Ong
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Email: arios@nus.edu.sg
Visit the website at http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=1664

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Job Opening: Lecturer, Japanese Language, University of British Columbia

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Paula

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Institution:   University of British Columbia, Asian Studies
Location:     British Columbia, Canada
Position:     Japanese Lecturer

The University of British Columbia is accepting applications for one 12-month lecturer position in Japanese language, commencing September 1, 2015.  The position is intended to be for one year, with the possibility of renewal, subject to performance appraisals, approval of the Department, and budgetary availability. The successful candidate will teach 24 credits of Japanese Language courses, possibly from first to fourth-year, over the 12-month period of appointment, as well as assist the Coordinator of the Japanese Language Program in program administration and development.

Applicants are required to have native or near-native fluency in Japanese and English, a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics, Japanese Linguistics, Language Education, or related fields and extensive teaching experience from beginner to advanced levels at the college/university level in North America.  Experience in technology-basedand/or content-based instruction and in curriculum development for distance education and/or flexible learning is also required.  Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please send applications, including a letter of interest, Curriculum Vitae, names and contact information of three references, and evidence of teaching effectiveness (include a videotape or a DVD of a class taught, as well as a lesson plan for the class taped), no later than June 30, 2015 to: Japanese 12-month Lecturer Search Committee,
UBC Department of Asian Studies, 607-1871 West Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T-1Z2. Application may also be submitted electronically to asia.jobsearch@ubc.ca

Positions are subject to final budgetary approval.  UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply. 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. Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. For information about the Department, please visit www.asia.ubc.ca.

Contact:

Japanese 12-month Lecturer Search Committee,
UBC Department of Asian Studies, 607-1871 West Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T-1Z2.

Application may also be submitted electronically to asia.jobsearch@ubc.ca

http://www.asia.ubc.ca

 

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Book Announcement: A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Paula

BuddhismA Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism

William E. Deal (Case Western U.) and Brian Ruppert (University of Illinois)

From the Back Cover:

A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism presents a vivid, nuanced, and chronological account of Buddhist religion in Japan, from its emergence in the sixth century right through to the present day. Authors William Deal and Brian Ruppert, both experts on Japanese religions, explore each period of Japanese history to reveal the complex and often controversial histories of Japanese Buddhists and their unfolding narratives.

Incorporating the most recent Japanese and Western scholarship, the book explores the contexts that made possible the introduction of Buddhist texts and images in the sixth century; traces their development through the Nara and early Heian eras; and reveals the increasing influence of Buddhism into the Kamakura Era. It addresses the increasing competition between Buddhist, Shinto, and Neo-Confucian world-views through to the mid-19th century, and following Japan’s emergence as a world power, explores Buddhist thought and practice from World War II through to the present day. Offering readers more than a simple historical review, the authors also reveal the seemingly contradictory ways that Japanese people are able to draw upon Buddhist ideas to help create a more meaningful world, whilst at the same time justifying multiple and competing perspectives. With scholarly precision, A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism offers an illuminating glimpse into the evolution of a complex and often misunderstood religious tradition.

http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405167009.html

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 Early Historical Contexts (Protohistory to 645) 13

2 Ancient Buddhism (645–950) 45

3 Early Medieval Buddhism (950–1300): The Dawn of Medieval Society and Related Changes in Japanese Buddhist Culture 87

4 Late Medieval Buddhism (1300–1467): New Buddhisms, Buddhist Learning, Dissemination and the Fall into Chaos 135

5 Buddhism and the Transition to the Modern Era (1467–1800) 171

6 Modern Buddhism (1800–1945) 209

7 Buddhism Since 1945 231

Character Glossary 255

Index 287

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Call for Papers: Ars Orientalis, dress in Asia and the Middle East

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Paula

call for papers [150-2]Ars Orientalis, a peer-reviewed annual journal published jointly by the Freer and Sackler galleries of the Smithsonian and the History of Art department of the University of Michigan, is seeking article proposals for the 2017 volume to be devoted to new research on dress, both historical and contemporary, in the Middle East and Asia.

Submissions should include a 250 word abstract of the article, including a description and a few samples of the visual material to be included, and an author cv. Articles would be due in March, 2016, with final acceptance subject to peer review.

Ars Orientalis now appears in both a print and digital version, with black and white illustrations in print and color online. The digital volume also allows the incorporation of other media, such as video and sound.  Articles for the journal typically range in length from 5000 to 9000 words, with no limit on the number of illustrations.

For more information about the journal please see the journal’s website: http://www.asia.si.edu/research/ars-orientalis.asp.

Article proposals are due August 1, with full articles invited in September.  For more information or questions please contact AO editor-in-chief Nancy Micklewright, micklewrightn@si.edu.

Nancy Micklewright
Interim Head, Public and Scholarly Engagement
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
micklewrightn@si.edu
202.633.0401

Email: micklewrightn@si.edu
Visit the website at http://www.asia.si.edu/research/ars-orientalis.asp

 

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Call for Papers: Japan: Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary—A Return Trip from the East to the West. Learning in, about and from Japan

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Paula

call for papers [150-2]CALL FOR PAPERS
The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Japanese Department) at the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University (Bucharest, Romania), with the support of its collaborators from
Kyoto University and Osaka University (Japan), is pleased to announce organizing the third edition of the conference “Japan: Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary—A Return Trip from the
East to the West. Learning in, about and from Japan”, on September 9-11, 2015 in Bucharest, Romania. We encourage those interested to submit papers on any topics related to Japan, with a special focus on the migration of knowledge, culture and people between East and West, and the mutual influences and transformations it engendered.

The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to:

• Literary studies
• History and (inter)cultural studies
• Language studies and linguistics
• Anthropology
• Mythology and Folklore
• Art

A selection of papers will be published in the Annals of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures of “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University (IDB indexed journal). There is no participation fee.

Opening keynote lecture: Professor Yasusuke OURA (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University) – “LITERARY AND ART THEORY IN JAPAN”

Guidelines for submission
1. The language for presentation will be English, but papers may also be given in Japanese, on condition that the presenter provides PowerPoint slides or detailed handouts in English.
2. Individual presentations will be 20 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes for discussion with the floor; proposals should be up to 300 words. Each proposal should include the name, title and affiliation of the presenter.
3. Panels should have at least three members (three presenters or two presenters and a discussant) and a maximum of four members (four presenters or three presenters and a discussant). Panel proposals should include the title of the panel and a general abstract of up to 300 words, plus a 250-word abstract for each paper. The name, title and affiliation of each member should also be included.
4. Submission deadline is June 30. Selection results will be announced on July 15.
5. Please send your proposals (as Word file or PDF attachments) and any inquiries to:
confjapan@gmail.com

Further information can be found at: https://ucdcjstudiesconf.wordpress.com/

We look forward to seeing you in Bucharest!

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Fun Link Friday: Yaskawa Bushido Project

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Paula

Samurai and robots, man versus machine. Some of popular culture’s favorite themes come together in this week’s fun link, featured on Spoon & Tamago. MOTOMAN-MH24, more of a giant robotic arm than a robotic man, was given the task of analyzing and adopting the sword techniques of world-renowned swordsman and Iaido master Isao Machii. Named the Yaskawa Bushido Project, the goal of the giving a robot this terrifying ability was to highlight the potential of company’s human-assisting robots. Check out the video below to see man and robot go head to head!

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Resource: Teach 3.11

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Paula

311Those with an interest in how to share and teach information globally about the Tōhoku earthquake/tsunami and its aftermath will be interested in the website Teach 3.11, a non-profit educational project of the Forum for the History of Science in Asia. As stated on their website:

Teach 3.11 is a multi-language collaborative project that helps teachers, students, and scholars locate and share educational resources about the historical contexts of scientific and technical issues related to understanding large-scale disasters, such as the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters in Japan.

  • “What should I read?”
  • “What should I teach?”
  • “Who studies these issues?”

Teach 3.11 collects, annotates, and organizes various scholarly work on these subjects, and in order to make these materials more accessible to a global audience, relies on volunteers to translate information on these works into a variety of languages. This includes recent books and articles, films, web resources, and also teaching modules for educators.

You can browse by the above categories, or select browsing by language, which currently includes English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Bahasa Indonesian. This is a fantastic source of information on the 3.11 disaster and the breadth of its impact on everyday lives, science, health, government, and a variety of other areas. Teach 3.11 makes its information available via RSS feed and also maintains a twitter, so you can choose your preferred method to follow their work as it is updated. Be sure to check it out!

 

 

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Funding: Abe Fellowship

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Paula

money [150-2]Abe Fellowship

International multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern

Topics:

Open for applications, next deadline is September 1st 2015. Apply Now

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) announce the annual Abe Fellowship Program competition. Funding for the Abe Fellowship Program is provided by CGP.

The Purpose of the Fellowship

The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics. It strives especially to promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between the Japanese and American academic and professional communities committed to and trained for advancing global understanding and problem solving.

Research support to individuals is at the core of the Abe Fellowship Program. Applications are welcome from scholars and nonacademic research professionals. The objectives of the program are to foster high quality research in the social sciences and related disciplines, to build new collaborative networks of researchers around the four thematic foci of the program, to bring new data and new data resources to the attention of those researchers, and to obtain from them a commitment to a comparative or transnational line of inquiry.

Successful applicants will be those individuals whose work and interests match these program goals. Abe Fellows are expected to demonstrate a long-term commitment to these goals by participating in program activities over the course of their careers.

The Abe Fellowship Research Agenda

Applicants are invited to submit proposals for research in the social sciences and related disciplines relevant to any one or any combination of the four themes below. The themes are:

1) Threats to Personal, Societal, and International Security
Especially welcome topics include food, water, and energy insecurity; pandemics; climate change; disaster preparedness, prevention, and recovery; conflict, terrorism, and cyber security.

2) Growth and Sustainable Development
Especially welcome topics include global financial stability, trade imbalances and agreements, adjustment to globalization, climate change and adaptation, and poverty and inequality.

3) Social, Scientific, and Cultural Trends and Transformations
Especially welcome topics include aging and other demographic change, benefits and dangers of reproductive genetics, gender and social exclusion, expansion of STEM education among women and under-represented populations, migration, rural depopulation and urbanization, impacts of automation on jobs, poverty and inequality, and community resilience.

4) Governance, Empowerment, and Participation
Especially welcome topics include challenges to democratic institutions, participatory governance, human rights, the changing role of NGO/NPOs, the rise of new media, and government roles in fostering innovation.

Across the Program’s four dominant themes, projects should demonstrate important contributions to intellectual and/or policy debates and break new theoretical or empirical ground. Within this framework, priority is given to research projects that help formulate solutions that promote a more peaceful, stable, and equitable global society or ameliorate the challenges faced by communities worldwide. Applicants are expected to show how the proposed project goes beyond previous work on the topic and builds on prior skills to move into new intellectual terrain.

Please note that the purpose of this Fellowship is to support research activities. Therefore, projects whose sole aim is travel, cultural exchange, and/or language training will not be considered. However, funds for language tutoring or refresher courses in the service of research goals will be included in the award if the proposal includes explicit justification for such activities.

Policy-Relevant, Contemporary, and Comparative or Transnational Research

Rather than seeking to promote greater understanding of a single country—Japan or the United States—the Abe Fellowship Program encourages research with a comparative or global perspective. The program promotes deeply contextualized cross-cultural research.

The Abe Fellowship Program Committee seeks applications for research explicitly focused on policy-relevant and contemporary issues with a comparative or transnational perspective that draw the study of the United States and Japan into wider disciplinary or theoretical debates.

Policy Relevance

The Program defines policy-relevant research as the study of existing public policies for the purpose of: a) deepening understanding of those policies and their consequences; and b) formulating more effective policies. Policy relevance can also be found in research questions that are pertinent to understanding public dialogue on contemporary issues of concern to various sectors of society. All proposals are expected to directly address policy relevance in theme, project description, and project structure.

Contemporary Focus

The Program is concerned with present day issues and debates. Thus, proposals in history or with a historical component must demonstrate how the research is specifically intended to inform contemporary concerns.

Comparative or Transnational Perspectives

The Abe Fellowship Program does not support research on a single country. Priority is accorded to comparisons of processes, problems and issues across time and space. Successful proposals will explicitly address how the project will be comparative or transnational in construction and goals.

Typically projects involve data collection in more than one country or across several time periods. Data from a single country may be collected under the auspices of the fellowship only if the purpose of collecting that data is explicitly comparative or transnational. Single country proposals that merely imply that the data have broader comparative relevance will be eliminated from the fellowship competition. Further, it is not sufficient for a proposal to implicitly suggest a comparative perspective because of the pervasive or global distribution of the phenomenon being studied.

Eligibility

  • This competition is open to citizens of the United States and Japan as well as to nationals of other countries who can demonstrate strong and serious long-term affiliations with research communities in Japan or the United States.
  • Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or the terminal degree in their field, or have attained an equivalent level of professional experience at the time of application.
  • Previous language training is not a prerequisite for this Fellowship. However, if the research project requires language ability, the applicant should provide evidence of adequate proficiency to complete the project.
  • Applications from researchers in professions other than academia are encouraged with the expectation that the product of the fellowship will contribute to the wider body of knowledge on the topic specified.
  • Projects proposing to address key policy issues or seeking to develop a concrete policy proposal must reflect nonpartisan positions.

Please Note: Past recipients of the Abe Fellowship are ineligible. You may hold only one fellowship sponsored by the Japan Foundation, which includes the Abe Fellowship, during any one Japanese fiscal year, which runs from April 1 through March 31. Current recipients of a Japan Foundation Fellowship and those who will commence that fellowship by March 31, 2016 are ineligible to apply for an Abe fellowship in 2015. Fellowship awards are contingent upon receipt of funding from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.

Fellowship Terms

Terms of the Fellowship are flexible and are designed to meet the needs of researchers at different stages in their careers. The program provides Abe Fellows with a minimum of 3 and maximum of 12 months of full-time support over a 24-month period. Fellowship tenure must begin between April 1 and December 31 of a given year. Fellowship tenure need not be continuous, but must be concluded within 24 months of initial activation of the Fellowship.

  • The Fellowship is intended to support an individual researcher, regardless of whether that individual is working alone or in collaboration with others.
  • Candidates should propose to spend at least one third of the Fellowship tenure in residence abroad in Japan or the United States. In addition, the Abe Fellowship Committee reserves the right to recommend additional networking opportunities overseas.
  • Abe Fellows will be expected to affiliate with an American or Japanese institution appropriate to their research. Fellowship funds may also be spent on additional residence and fieldwork in third countries as appropriate to individual projects.
  • Fellows will be required to attend specific Abe Fellowship Program events.

Applications

The application deadline is September 1 annually. Applications must be submitted online at https://soap.ssrc.org. For further information, please contact the program directly at abe@ssrc.org.

In the US

Abe Fellowship Program
Social Science Research Council
One Pierrepont Plaza, 15th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA
Email: abe@ssrc.org
Tel: 212-377-2700 / Fax: 212 377-2727

In Japan

Abe Fellowship Program
SSRC Tokyo Office
c/o Japan Foundation
Center for Global Partnership
4-4-1 Yotsuya
Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160-0004, Japan
Email: ssrcABE@gol.com
Tel: 3-5369-6072 / Fax: 3-5369-6042

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Book Announcement: Transnational Trajectories in East Asia: Nation, Citizenship, and Region

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Paula

TransnationalTRANSNATIONAL TRAJECTORIES IN EAST ASIA: NATION, CITIZENSHIP, AND REGION.  Edited byYasemin Nuhoḡlu Soysal.  Routledge 2015, 273 pp. ISBN 978-1-13-881935-1 (paperback due in December 2015)

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138819351/

Since the late twentieth century, East Asia has become increasingly interconnected through trade, investment, migration, and popular culture at regional and global levels. At the same time, the region has seen renewed national assertiveness and nationalist impulses. Transnational Trajectories in East Asia interrogates these seemingly contradictory developments as they bear on the transformations of the nation and citizenship. Conventionally, studies on East Asia juxtapose these developments, focusing on the much-exercised dichotomy of the national and transnational. In contrast, in this book we suggest a different orientation. First, we move beyond the simplistic view that demarcates the transnational as “ the West.”  Second, we do not view the national and transnational as distinct or contradictory spheres of influence and analysis, but rather, focus on the interactions between the two, with a view on how these interactions work to transform the ideals and practices of the “good nation,” “good society,” and “ good citizen.”  Our inidividual chapters cover a broad empirical terrain – education, science, immigration, multicultural policy, human rights, gender and youth orientations, art and food flows, politics of values and regional identity – which foreground the ways in which the nation is reconfigured, and the relationship between the citizen and (national) collective is redefined, in relation to transnational dynamics and frameworks.

Contents

1. Mapping the Terrain of Transnationalization: Nation, Citizenship, and Region, Yasemin Soysal

Part I: Institutionalized Projects

2. Citizenship as National and Transnational Enterprise: How Education Shapes Regional and Global Relevance, Yasemin Soysal and Suk Ying Wong

3. Synthesizing the “National” and the “Cosmos”: The Case of Life Sciences in China, Joy Yueyue Zhang

4. From Resistance to Attractiveness: The Politics of Values and Regionalism in East Asia, David Leheny

Part II: Mobilities

5. Creative East–West Cosmopolitanism? The Changing Role of International Mobility for Young Japanese Contemporary Artists, Adrian Favell

6. Eating One’s Way to Sophistication: Japanese Food, Transnational Flows and Social Mobility in Hong Kong,Yoshiko Nakano

7. Immigration, Nationhood, and Transnationalization in Industrialized East Asia, John D. Skrentny and Jack Jin Gary Lee

Part III: Imaginaries

8. Single Women and Cosmopolitan Re-imaginings of Gendered Citizenship in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, Lynne Y. Nakano

9. The Changing Transnational Imagery of the “Good Nation” and the Ainu in Japan, Kiyoteru Tsutsui

10. Japan’s Place in the World: Transformations of National Imaginings of Geography, Alexis Dudden

Part IV: Possibilities

11. Generational Shift in a Transnational World: Civic Orientations of Taiwanese Youth, Ly-Yun Chang and Tony Tam

12. Cultural Citizenship and Prospects for Japan as a Multicultural Nation, Koichi Iwabuchi

13. National, Regional, and Global Dynamics in East Asia: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Forces, Mark Selden

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Job Opening: School Program Coordinator, Embassy of Japan

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Paula

job opening - 5JICC – Embassy of Japan, Washington D.C. | Employment Opportunities //

The Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC), Embassy of Japan, is seeking a highly motivated, team-oriented individual for the position of School Program Coordinator. The main responsibilities that this person will hold is coordinating and presenting an educational program on Japan and Japanese culture. Please see below for a more detailed list of responsibilities.

The Embassy offers group health insurance coverage, paid vacation, and sick leave. Working hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday with weeknight and/or weekend events several times a month (paid overtime). Salary is commensurate with experience.

Candidate must be a U.S. citizen or a U.S. green card holder. Screening will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Only successful candidates will be contacted. All candidates will be subject to background checks and security clearance.

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate and present an educational Program on Japan and Japanese culture for audiences ranging from elementary school students to professionals
  • Promote the school program and maintain a reservation schedule
  • Write a report for each program and compile data quarterly
  • Coordinate and lead JICC participation in the Embassy Adoption Program
  • Disseminate information on Japan to the public; respond to public inquiries on Japan
  • Assist other JICC staff in the organization and execution of cultural events
  • Management of interns
  • Other responsibilities as needed

Required Qualifications:

  • Bilingual in Japanese and English
  • Deep knowledge and appreciation of Japanese culture
  • Strong public speaking skills and experience delivering presentations
  • High level of professionalism and respect
  • Flexibility and resourcefulness
  • Superior interpersonal and communication skills
  • Highly organized and able to multi-task varying deadlines
  • Computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
  • Team-oriented self-starter
  • Bachelor’s degree in related field

To apply:

E-mail your resume, cover letter, and a copy of your university transcript(s) (need not be official) in .pdf format to: jicchr@ws.mofa.go.jp

Please note in the subject line of your e-mail “School Program Coordinator”.

Please no phone calls. Due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we cannot guarantee consideration of your application if the submission instructions are not properly followed.

You can download a PDF of this information here (right-click on the link, then Save As).

http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc/employment.html#SPC

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