Job Opening: International Student Exchange Program Manager, States’ 4-H International

Posted on January 22, 2015 by LM

job opening - 5Company: States’ 4-H International
Location: Seattle, WA
Education: BA
Posted on January 9, 2015

Job Description:

States’ 4-H International is seeking a Program Manager who will effectively administer all aspects of S4-H’s Academic Year (AYP) high school exchange programs by providing daily operational administration to ensure quality program execution. Current programs include 45 – 50 AYP students from Japan, South Korea, and Eurasian countries.

This position reports directly to the President in a small office environment and is expected to be able to work independently. The ideal candidate is one who believes in the value of international student exchange and is passionate about enhancing global citizenship and cultural understanding.

About us:

At States’ 4-H International Exchange Programs, our mission is to enhance world understanding and global citizenship through high-quality 4-H international cultural immersion and exchange programs for 4-H aged youth (ages 9-19). S4-H is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1972. S4-H has short-term summer inbound and outbound programs along with an academic year-long program. Currently, S4-H works with Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan, Norway, South Korea and the countries of Eurasia through the Department of State’s FLEX program. Students live with volunteer host families, experience and come to understand new cultures, build friendships, and develop language and leadership skills that serve them throughout their lives. Join us in making a difference! (www.states4hexchange.org)

4-H is the nation’s largest youth development organization, and it is found in more than 70 countries in North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Asia and Africa. 4-H programs are implemented by the more than 100 land-grant colleges and universities and the Cooperative Extension System through their 3,100 local Extension offices across the country. Learn more about 4-H at 4-H.org.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Program Administration: Review/process student and host family applications, process DS-2019 using SEVIS, travel and logistics arrangements, process student health insurance claims, financial record tracking and budgeting, write reports, maintain program statistics, evaluate the program, produce written materials and guidebooks, and comply with J-1 visa regulations.

2. Communication: Serve as a liaison between multiple and diverse groups, including coordinators in the US, international partners, US government personnel, students, host families, and other involved parties.

3. Placement Management: Proactively oversee and support state staff and volunteers as they make student placements for a year-long stay with volunteer host families, and for host school acceptance.

4. Student Monitoring and Coordinator Support: Collaboratively deal with on-program support issues; exercise good judgment; remain objective and professional at all times. Be on call 24/7 during the exchange period for emergencies.

5. Grant Writing & Management: Administer one or more Federal grant programs funded by the US Department of State, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs. Monitor grant opportunities and write new grant applications.

6. Training: Develop and provide training for State Coordinators in the U.S.

7. Event Planning: Plan and implement a multi-day arrival orientation for students to prepare them for the program. Also assist in planning and implementing annual Coordinator Training conference.

8. Marketing: Work collaboratively with the S4-H team to promote AYP and all S4-H programs online and in print. Develop new marketing materials as needed to support the programs.

9. Assist in preparing annual report, annual newsletter, web content, and other duties as required.

Qualifications & Skills:

1. Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university and at least four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

2. At least 1 year of experience as an ARO for a J-1 exchange visitor program or a DSO for F-1 visa programs, knowledge of J-1 visa regulations and the SEVIS system, and previous grant writing and administration experience preferred.

3. Ability to read and interpret documents, write routine reports, and correspond effectively. Superior English writing skills are a must.

4. Demonstrated experience and ability to complete tasks on time, with an appropriate sense of urgency and commitment to accuracy.

5. Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse multicultural community including successful conflict resolution techniques. Speaks clearly and persuasively in all situations with intercultural awareness while adhering to program policies.

6. Able to multi-task and set work goals and priorities in accordance with program and S4-H goals.

7. Must be extremely detail oriented, have strong organizational skills, be a strategic thinker, and possess excellent judgment and professionalism.

8. Advanced skills in Microsoft Word 2010, Excel, Outlook, internet software, Publisher and Power Point. Marketing experience in print, web, and social media preferred.

9. Able to travel domestically 4-5 times per year (and on occasion internationally) and adjust work schedule as required.

Full details on Idealist.org.

10. Experience in study abroad or living/working abroad.

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Resource: Interactive Heiji Scroll Viewer

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Paula

On the heels of our last post about the Mongol Invasion website from Bowdoin College, this week we give you a quick look at another great site they maintain for close examination of handscroll paintings.

In addition to the Mongol scrolls, Bowdoin also maintains a site for the thirteenth century Heiji scrolls (Heiji monogatari emaki), which depict the Heiji Disturbance, an armed skirmish in the capital that occurred in 1159 and set the stage for the later Genpei Wars. Regarding the significance these scrolls, the website states:

The Heiji scrolls date from the thirteenth century and represent a masterpiece of “Yamato” style painting. They can be documented as being treasured artifacts in the fifteenth century, when nobles mention viewing them, but they now only survive in fragmentary form. The scene appearing here, entitled “A Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace” is the property of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and provides a rare and valuable depiction of Japanese armor as it was worn during the early Kamakura era (1185-1333). By contrast, most surviving picture scrolls showing warriors date from the fourteenth century and show later styles of armor.

The scrolls themselves are visually stunning. When you enter the main page, you can select “LAUNCH Interactive Scroll Viewer” to the right, which takes you to a scroll-viewing page with high resolution navigation of the handscroll. Below you can find an explanation of image navigation and two mobile windows for more information about the details of the scroll.

Heiji001

One such window, Exploring the Images, states it is a guided view of the arms and armor of the scroll. By clicking on the view numbers, you will be jumped to individual scenes with a more detailed explanation of the images. In addition to arms and armor, however, there are also views that include technical explanations about the production of the scroll, such as areas where the original sketches beneath the coloring are visible or the images were clearly redrawn several times.

The Reading the Scroll window provides narrative details about how the scroll visually unfolds the story of the Heiji Disturbance. Although this area of the scroll viewing is a bit sparse in explanation, to the right there is also a button for “Translation” that offers another mobile pop-up window with a translation of the opening portion of the scroll.

Heiji002

Although not as detailed as Bowdoin’s site on the Mongol invasions, access to high resolution images of such an important scroll alone would make this site worth checking out. The English explanations are an added bonus for those unable to navigate Japanese language museum sites easily. Check it out!

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Job Opening: Research Associate, Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Posted on January 20, 2015 by LM

job opening - 5Title: Research Associate, Japan Studies
Location: Washington, D.C.
Posted January 8, 2015
Education: BA required, MA preferred

CFR’s David Rockefeller Studies Program is one of the country’s largest foreign policy think tanks with a widely respected and influential research staff. The Studies Program aims to advance the discussion of American foreign policy and international affairs through its writing, publications, public outreach, and discussions.

The Research Associate will work under the direction of the Senior Fellow on projects related to Japanese studies.

The major responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

  • Providing administrative support to the Senior Fellow, including scheduling appointments, handling phone calls, travel arrangements, and drafting correspondence
  • Researching specific areas for articles, book chapters, and other publications, as requested by the Senior Fellow
  • Coordinating events logistics, including preparing invitations, corresponding with speakers and presiders, helping to prepare background papers and materials for distribution, and providing other logistical support
  • Assisting with the drafting, proofreading and editing of written material
  • Managing social media and other digital tools
  • Managing budgets, including tracking monthly statements, monitoring grant information, writing reports and requests, creating and updating Excel spreadsheets, and preparing vouchers for reimbursement

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Political Science, Economics, or related social sciences field, with high academic achievement; coursework in Japan studies required
  • Master’s degree preferred
  • Excellent research, writing, and editing skills
  • Strong organizational skills and high attention to detail
  • Japanese language proficiency required
  • Related internship or administrative experience preferred
  • Excellent computer skills, including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Twitter or other social media

Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is a leading nonprofit membership organization, research center, and publisher, with headquarters in New York, an office in Washington, DC, and programs nationwide. It is dedicated to increasing America’s understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy. CFR’s 4,700+ members are leaders in international affairs and foreign policy. CFR also publishes Foreign Affairs, the preeminent journal on global issues, and provides up-to-date information about the world and U.S. foreign policy on its award-winning website,[[http:CFR.org|CFR.org]].

Ful details on Idealist.org

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Funding: Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grants

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Paula

money [150-2]TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAM
HARVARD-YENCHING LIBRARY
HARVARD UNIVERSITY

The Harvard-Yenching Library is pleased to announce its Travel Grant Program for the 2014-2015 academic year.  The purpose of the grant is to assist scholars from outside the Boston metropolitan area in their use of the Harvard-Yenching Library’s collections for research.  There will be nineteen grants of $500 each (seven in Chinese studies, seven in Japanese studies, and five in Korean studies) to be awarded on a merit basis to faculty members and to graduate students engaged in dissertation research.  Priority consideration will be given to those at institutions where there are no or few library resources in the East Asian languages, and no major East Asian library collections are available nearby.  Each grantee also will be provided with the privilege of free photocopying of up to 100 sheets.  Please note that the awards must be used by August 31, 2015.

Applications for the travel grant, including a letter, a brief description of the research topic, and an estimated budget, should be addressed to the following:

James K. M. Cheng
Librarian
Harvard-Yenching Library
Harvard University
2 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Fax:       (617) 496-6008

E-mail:  jkcheng@fas.harvard.edu

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Kyoko Selden Memorial Translation Prize in Japanese Literature, Thought, and Society, 2015

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Paula

The Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University is pleased to announce the 2015 prize honoring the life and work of our colleague, Kyoko Selden. The prize will pay homage to the finest achievements in Japanese literature, thought, and society through the medium of translation. Kyoko Selden’s translations and writings ranged widely across such realms as Japanese women writers, Japanese art and aesthetics, the atomic bomb experience, Ainu and Okinawan life and culture, historical and contemporary literature, poetry and prose, and early education (the Suzuki method). In the same spirit, the prize will recognize the breadth of Japanese writings, classical and contemporary. Collaborative translations are welcomed. In order to encourage classroom use and wide dissemination of the winning entries, prize-winning translations will be made freely available on the web. The winning translations will be published online at The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus (http://www.japanfocus.org/ )

Submit three copies of a translation and one copy of the original printed text of an unpublished work (or a new translation of a previously published work) to the Kyoko Selden Memorial Translation Prize, Department of Asian Studies, 350 Rockefeller Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. Please also send the submissions as e-mail attachments to seldenprize@cornell.edu. Repeat submissions are welcomed. The maximum length of a submission is 20,000 words. The translation should be accompanied by an introduction of up to 1,000 words. In case of translation of longer works, submit an excerpt of up to 20,000 words.


The closing date for the prize competition is May 30, 2015. Awards will be announced on August 31, 2015. For the 2015 competition, one prize of $1,250 will be awarded in two different categories: 1) to an already published translator; 2) to an unpublished translator.

For further information, please visit the Asian Studies website: http://www.lrc.cornell.edu/asian.

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Book Announcement: Listen, Copy, Read: Popular Learning in Early Modern Japan

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Paula

Listen, Copy, ReadListen, Copy, Read: Popular Learning in Early Modern Japan

Edited by Matthias Hayek, Paris Diderot University and Annick Horiuchi, Paris Diderot University

Listen, Copy, Read: Popular Learning in Early Modern Japan endeavors to elucidate the mechanisms by which a growing number of men and women of all social strata became involved in acquiring knowledge and skills during the Tokugawa period. It offers an overview of the communication media and tools that teachers, booksellers, and authors elaborated to make such knowledge more accessible to a large audience.

Schools, public lectures, private academies or hand-copied or printed manuals devoted to a great variety of topics, from epistolary etiquette or personal ethics to calculation, divination or painting, are here invoked to illustrate the vitality of Tokugawa Japan’s ‘knowledge market’, and to show how popular learning relied on three types of activities: listening, copying and reading.

With contributions by: W.J. Boot, Matthias Hayek, Annick Horiuchi, Michael Kinski, Koizumi Yoshinaga, Peter Kornicki, Machi Senjūrō, Christophe Marquet, Markus Rüttermann, Tsujimoto Masashi, and Wakao Masaki.

http://www.brill.com/products/book/listen-copy-read

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Job Opening: Serials Specialist, Art & Architecture Library, Stanford University Libraries [Part Time]

Posted on January 17, 2015 by LM

job opening - 5Institution: Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA
Posted: 01/09/2015
Type: Part-Time/Adjunct

Description: Serials Specialist II (50%), Art & Architecture Library

DESCRIPTION

20% Serials Processing

Check in serials issues; monitor and claim missing items; follow up on claims; request volumes from OP vendors as needed. Use available online resources (e.g. WorldCat, Ulrich’s) for verifying publication of serial issues, lapse of serials, etc. Provide liaison with central serials records staff for problem resolution; attend serials specialist meetings. Monitor receipt of auction catalogs and of price lists; printout price lists from auction house web sites when necessary. Track incoming gift and exchange serials and auction catalogs from Cantor Center and other sources. Update local serials documentation as required.

10% Serials Bar-coding and Binding

Prepare all serials for binding using LARS; maintain file of binding information. Oversee retrospective bar-coding projects related to serials collection. Prepare for binding unique and rush monographs. Evaluate binding quality quarterly, providing statistical reports to Binding Dept. Request bibliographic corrections in holdings, notes and title changes when necessary.

10% Public Service

Provide courteous and competent public service to patrons, including explanations of stack access and circulation policies. Enforce such policies when necessary. Duties include charging/discharging books, placing and modifying holds, negotiating overdue issues, etc. Provide reference service on demand using library catalog, specialist databases, and text resources. Shares responsibility for security/portal control.

10% Special projects as assigned.

Assist putting up and taking down quarterly reserves. Copy catalog incoming auction catalog holdings and continue to copy catalog legacy auction catalog collection.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

Previous public service experience, preferably in a library. Must be self-motivated, and produce work that is timely and organized, with attention to detail and accuracy. Have ability to work both independently and cooperatively as part of a team. Excellent oral and written communication skills are necessary. Must have proficiency using PC-based applications, MS Word, Excel, email, internet. Must be punctual and dependable. College graduate.

Desired:

Experience searching automated library catalogs, online circulation and databases such as WorldCat; reading knowledge of at least one Western European language other than English or one Asian language; some knowledge of art history. Library Technical Services experience preferred. Experience in working in an academic and research environment preferred.

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Fun Link Friday: Regional Ramen of Japan

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Paula

If there’s one thing you always need in a chilly Japan winter, it’s ramen. This week Lucky Peach posted a great little article on the regional ramen types of Japan, which is a neat guide to what goes into these different specialty flavors. Each of the types has a little discussion about the base broth, toppings, some of the history, and even includes mention of the famous shops to eat it at!

Photo by mapp :: tokyo

Photo by mapp :: tokyo

So check out the original article and go wild, foodies! Happy Friday!

 

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Program: Harvard Summer School in Kyoto at Doshisha University

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Paula

We invite you to take part in Harvard Summer School’s 8-week program at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. Students enroll in 2 courses: Professor Mikael Adolphson’s course, “Japan: Tradition and Transformation,” which explores the nation’s tumultuous move to modernity. Professor Mary Brinton’s course, “Inequality and Society in Contemporary Japan,” examines issues of equality and inequality in Japanese society, tracing the experience of Japan since the ‘end’ of strong economic growth in the late 1980s. Students reside with local families where they have a prime opportunity to experience the Japanese way of life. In addition, field trips coincide seamlessly with coursework, linking the classroom with the surrounding city. Non-credit Japanese language instruction with Doshisha staff is provided for students with no previous exposure to the Japanese language.

For detailed information on the program and application instructions please visit: http://www.summer.harvard.edu/programs/study-abroad/kyoto-japan

Details:
* Students must be at least 18 years old, have completed at least 1 year of college or be a first-year student, and be in good academic standing to apply
* Application deadline: January 29, 2015
* Dates: June 7 to August 1, 2015
* Cost: $7,750 and includes the following:
– Tuition
– Room and some meals
– All scheduled excursions and extracurricular activities

In addition to the program fee, students are responsible for:
– A health insurance fee (waived if students have US insurance that
provides coverage outside the United States)
– Transportation to and from Kyoto
– The cost of passports and visas (if the latter is needed)
– Any immunizations

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Call for Papers: Contested Visions of Justice: Allied War Crimes Trials in a Global Context, 1943-1958

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Paula

job opening - 5Conference: Contested Visions of Justice: Allied War Crimes Trials in a Global Context, 1943-1958

Venue: Boston College in Ireland, Dublin, 25-27 September 2015

Conveners: Franziska Seraphim, Boston College; Kerstin von Lingen, Heidelberg University; Wolfgang Form, Marburg University; Barak Kushner, Cambridge University

Co-sponsored by Boston College, Heidelberg University, and the German Historical Institute, Washington DC

Call for Papers, deadline: February 07, 2015

Despite important differences in the war aims and conduct of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, war crimes trial policies emerged as globally connected domains of meting out justice that cut across the borders of nations, cultures, and continents. The aim of this conference, which is open to historians, political scientists and legal scholars alike, is to analyze and compare the transnational interconnections among the political, administrative, legal and social mechanisms of Allied transitional justice in the reshaping of the post-World War II world, with the prospect of an edited publication.

Far from a unidirectional imposition of “Western norms” on global conceptions of justice, experiences in Asia turn out to also have shaped legal perceptions in Europe, the United States, and the Soviet Union. The emerging geopolitics of the Cold War met with those of civil wars and decolonization in Asia, with huge implications not only for former colonies but for the European metropoles as well, including the former Axis powers themselves.

We plan to identify geographically ‘mapable’ patterns of meaningful intersection (and divergence) across the globe in (1) the political will to pool legal expertise in order to conduct trials of Axis war criminals, (2) the hierarchies of the program’s administration by military authorities in different theaters, (3) comparable categories of crimes adjudicated on the basis of local jurisdiction, (4) crucial political contexts observable in both Asia and Europe, and (5) post-trial efforts to bring the program to an end in the 1950s by former Allies and Axis alike.

This conference is jointly organized by: Dr. Kerstin von Lingen, a historian leading the research group “Transcultural Justice: Legal Flows and the Emergence of International Justice in East Asian War Crimes Trials, 1946-53” at the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in Global Context” at Heidelberg University, Germany; Dr. Wolfgang Form, political scientist and coordinator of the International Center for the Research and Documentation of War Crimes Trials at Philipps University in Marburg, Germany; Dr. Franziska Seraphim, Boston College, a Japanese historian working on the spatial architecture of the Allied war crimes program comparatively; and Dr. Barak Kushner, Cambridge University, a Japanese historian and senior lecturer, leading an ERC funded research project on “War Crimes and Empire. The Dissolution of the Japanese Empire and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Postwar East-Asia.”

We invite paper proposals on the following broad topics with the intention of pairing scholars of Europe and Asia on specific themes:

Panel I: International Collaboration & Competition in Administering War Crimes Trials

Papers address the administration to the War Crimes Trials program in Europe and Asia, the military administration of war crimes trials, the Soviet Union’s role in administering war crimes trials, etc.

Panel II: Competing Notions of Criminality in comparative view

Papers address the legal foundations of national war crimes trials jurisdiction, legal concepts, theories of collective liability and crimes of military occupation, etc.

Panel III: Cold War and Civil Wars as Contexts for Defining “Justice”

Papers address larger geopolitical considerations that informed domestic and international rivalries in the formulation of war crimes policy with respect to China, Germany, the global superpowers, etc.

Panel IV: Post-trial Negotiations for Clemency and Release

Papers address the politics of imprisonment, review boards, and clemency and parole in the contexts of reparations, rearmament, etc.

Paper proposals, including the title, the panel you wish to apply for, and a short CV, should be sent toseraphim@bc.edu

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