Job Opening: Japanese Literature, Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution:   Northwestern University
Location:   Illinois, United States
Position:   Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at Northwestern University seeks to appoint a full-time faculty member at the new assistant professor (tenure track) level in Japanese Literature. We welcome candidates who work across multiple genres and media.   Our preference is for a scholar of the early modern through contemporary periods.  The candidate will join three currently tenured faculty members in late imperial Chinese literature, modern Japanese literature, and contemporary Hindi literature, and fourteen continuing lecturer faculty in the Chinese-, Hindi-, Japanese-, and Korean-languages in the newly-formed (Fall 2013) Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.

As a new member of a growing department, the candidate should bring excellence in research and teaching, as well as enthusiasm and creativity in developing undergraduate curricula, establishing departmental governance, and, at a future date, planning a competitive graduate program.

This search is proceeding in tandem with a search for a tenure-line position in modern Chinese literature. The department plans future searches in the fields of Korean and South Asian literature, film/media, and performance/cultural studies. More information on the current searches and the Department of Asian Literatures and Cultures can be found at: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/alc/

Applicants should submit a letter of application, C.V., a dissertation chapter, and arrange for three letters of recommendation (sent separately). All materials must be submitted electronically through the online application form via this link, which is also available through the above website link.

For full consideration applications should be received by October 15, 2013. The position is open until filled. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. AA/EOE.

Contact:
Lisa Jene Collins, Department Assistant, asianlac@northwestern.edu
Website: www.wcas.northwestern.edu/alc

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Job Opening: Premodern East Asian Humanities, Assistant Professor

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution:   University of Virginia
Location:   Virginia, United States
Position:   Assistant Professor, pre-modern East Asian Humanities

The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences with 10,000 students and 750 faculty members is the largest of the University of Virginia’s 11 schools and is the institution’s intellectual core. Our mission is to equip our students with the ability and desire to make a difference in the world and inspire others to do the same. We aspire to be a leader in research and graduate education while maintaining our long-standing reputation for excellence in undergraduate education and exceptional teaching.

The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, which is supported by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation. Candidates may be in any field of the humanities whose research addresses the connections between images and texts in any part of East Asia prior to the nineteenth century. Applicants should demonstrate an interest in cross-disciplinary approaches to research and teaching.

Expertise in digital humanities is preferred. The successful candidate will teach two courses per semester (graduate and undergraduate) in various fields within the candidate’s areas of specialization, and provide service to the University and professional organizations. Candidates must also demonstrate strong potential to interact productively across traditional disciplinary boundaries.

The appointment start date will begin August 25, 2014. Applicants must be on track to receive a Ph.D. in the relevant field by May 2014 and must hold a PhD at the time of appointment.

To apply candidates must submit a Candidate Profile through Jobs@UVa (https://jobs.virginia.edu), search on posting number 0612668 and electronically attach the following: a cover letter of interest describing research agenda and teaching experience, a curriculum vitae, a sample article- or chapter-length scholarship of approximately 60 pages (Attach to Writing Sample 1). Three letters of recommendation are required. Please have reference letter writers email letters directly to gch8r@virginia.edu. Review of applications will begin October 15, 2013 and priority will be given to applications received by that date.

Please direct questions about the position to Gustav Heldt, Chair, East Asia Image-Text Search Committee,gch8r@virginia.edu.

Questions regarding the online application process should be directed to:
Maggie Vanekeren
(434) 982-2665
mvb3q@virginia.edu

The University will perform background checks on all new faculty hires prior to making a final offer of employment.

The College of A&S and the University of Virginia welcome applications from women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities; we seek to build a culturally diverse, intellectual environment and are committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity and to the principles of affirmative action in accordance with state and federal laws.

Contact:
Gustav Heldt, Chair, East Asia Image-Text Search Committee, gch8r@virginia.edu
Website: https://jobs.virginia.edu

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Call for Papers: Conference on Buddhism and Social Justice

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Paula

call for papers [150-2]*Call for Papers *
*A Conference on Buddhism and Social Justice *
23-25 April 2014, Leiden University

* *

Moving away from a common perception of Buddhism as intrinsically a tradition of peace and justice, our project-based at Leiden University-seeks to explore the various ways in which historically Buddhist societies have shaped, transmitted, and adapted Buddhist ideas and ideals about equality, fairness, and freedom. We are further interested in how (if at all) such societies have instantiated these ideas and ideals.

The intent of the conference “Buddhism and Social Justice” is to gather scholars to discuss Classical and modern Buddhist notions of justice and their real world reflexes. We will be most centrally concerned with Buddhist visions-implicit or explicit-of ideal (just) societies and the role of human action, as these appear, for instance, in the realms of freedom and its constraints, social hierarchy and mobility, economic opportunity, and power and self-determination.

The full text of the initial proposal upon which our project was based, and other information about our research team, and the conference itself, can be consulted on the project’s website: www.buddhismandsocialjustice.com

This Call for Papers invites scholars interested in these issues from a descriptive, rather than prescriptive, point of view to come together and share their expertise, findings and questions. Papers dealing with any region within Asia and any time period are welcome.

Applicants are requested to forward to conference@buddhismandsocialjustice.com the following information BEFORE 20 September 2013:

.       A title and abstract of approximately 300 words, describing the
scope of your contribution and its sources.

.       A short CV

Applications will be reviewed by 1 October 2013 and successful applicants notified immediately thereafter.

While lodging and food will be provided, we regret that we are in principle unable to offer travel funding for participants. In exceptional cases however we may be able to arrange some assistance in travel costs.

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Job Opening: Japanese Literature

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Paula

job opening - 5The University of Michigan invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position in JAPANESE LITERATURE beginning September 1, 2014.  This is an open-rank search, and applicants with expertise in pre-modern, modern, and contemporary literature are encouraged to apply.

All applicants should possess a high level of proficiency in Japanese. Successful candidates are expected to teach a range of courses in Japanese Literature, from introductory undergraduate lecture courses through graduate seminars; to supervise doctoral dissertations; and to participate actively in the programs of the department as well as in area studies initiatives within a larger university community that encourages interdisciplinary efforts.

The Ph.D. is required prior to appointment. Evidence of excellent teaching and research abilities is essential. Please submit a letter of application, CV, statement of teaching philosophy and experience, evidence of teaching excellence (if available), and a statement of current and future research plans.  Junior candidates may submit a placement dossier with representative publications or writing samples and at least three letters of recommendation. Senior candidates should include the names of suggested reviewers.

Application materials, except letters of recommendation, must be submitted electronically. Please submit your materials as email attachments tojapaneseliterature@sharepoint.umich.edu. The subject of your email must appear as follows: “Last name, First name”.  For example: Doe, Jane.  Letters of recommendation should be emailed as PDF files to japaneseliterature@umich.edu.

To be assured consideration, applications must be received by October 1, 2013.  The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University is supportive of the needs of dual career couples.  All applications will be acknowledged.

The advertisement call also be viewed here:

http://umjobs.org/job_detail/85229/assistant_professorassociate_professor_professor_japanese_literature

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Funding: Japan Foundation’s Japanese Studies Fellowships

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Paula

money [150-2]Japan Foundation’s Japanese Studies Fellowships Program provides support to outstanding scholars in the field by offering the opportunity to conduct research in Japan. 2014-15 fellowship categories are:

  • Scholars and Researchers, Long Term (2-12 months)
  • Scholars and Researchers, Short Term (21-59 days)
  • Doctoral Candidates (4-12 months)

Application deadline: 11:59pm EST on Friday, November 1, 2013

(Please note: Different deadline applies to applicants who do not hold American citizenship, permanent residency and Americans with permanent residency in other countries. Please read 3. Eligibility of Program Instruction.)

Notification of results: Principal awardees will be notified starting late April 2014. Alternate awardees will be notified as fellowships become available.

For application and more information: http://www.jfny.org/japanese_studies/fellowship.html

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Book Announcement: Japan Since 1945 From Postwar to Post-Bubble

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Paula
Japan since 1945Does Japan really matter anymore? The challenges of recent Japanese history have led some pundits and scholars to publicly wonder whether Japan’s significance is starting to wane. The multidisciplinary essays that comprise Japan Since 1945 demonstrate its ongoing importance and relevance. Examining the historical context to the social, cultural, and political underpinnings of Japan’s postwar development, the contributors re-engage earlier discourses and introduce new veins of research.

Japan Since 1945 provides a much needed update to existing scholarly work on the history of contemporary Japan. It moves beyond the ‘lost decade’ and ‘terrible devastation’ frameworks that have thus far defined too much of the discussion, offering a more nuanced picture of the nation’s postwar development.

“An excellent interdisciplinary collection of essays on “postwar” Japan, from 1945 to 2011 – from the ashes of defeat to the anxiety of decline. It deserves to be read not only for its fascinating glimpses of Japanese society, economy and culture, but also for the comparative light it implicitly sheds on other advanced capitalist societies and their not always acknowledged arcs of uneven historical change.” –  Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University, USA

http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/japan-since-1945-9781441141446/

http://www.amazon.com/Japan-Since-1945-Postwar-Post-Bubble/dp/1441101187/ref=la_B002KXW6D4_1_1_title_1_pap?ie=UTF8

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Call for Papers: Maps & Map-Making in Asian Cultural Studies

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Paula

call for papers [150-2]Maps and Map-Making in Asian Cultural Studies

A Special Issue of Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context Winter 2014/15 Issue

 Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context
contact email: tmurphy@yonsei.ac.kr

Please share the following Call For Papers with interested colleagues.

We invite submissions of full-length essays on the widely conceived theme of Maps and Map-Making in Asian Cultural Studies for the Winter 2014/15 issue.

Our sense of a particular place is always conditioned by prior assumptions that relate to the sense of our position in the world. One of the most important means for orienting ourselves in the world is through the use of maps. What is our sense of maps and map-making in Asian cultural studies, both past and present?

We are interested in a range of contributions on these issues, including map-making and map makers; historical atlases; school atlases; competing territorial mappings; the mapping of territorial claims and disputes; cartography; the concepts of the Orient and the Occident; the South and the North; mind maps; regionalism, nationalism, globalism; discoveries, encounters and conquests; near, middle and far; maps and the military; alternative Asias; middle kingdoms; centers and peripheries, world systems and sub-regions; pop culture and mapping; as well as related themes, questions and issues relating to the cultural, strategic, military, political and literary importance of maps and map-making for Asia.

Please e-mail a one-page abstract (300 words maximum) to Terence Patrick Murphy (Dept. of English, Yonsei University, by December 31 2013. Feel free to contact Terence, if you have questions about the scope of the theme.

For general information about the journal, visit: http://web.yonsei.ac.kr/bk21/index.html

cfp categories:
cultural studies; interdisciplinary; nation, region, world; cartography; mind maps; Asia; territorial claims and disputes; the Far East; Orientalism; Occidentalism.

Terence Murphy
Editor,
Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context
Dept of English
College of Liberal Arts
50 Yonsei-ro
Seodaemun-gu, Seoul
KOREA 120-740
Email: tmurphy@yonsei.ac.kr
Visit the website at http://web.yonsei.ac.kr/bk21/Manifesto.htm

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Fun Link Friday: Superheroes in the Subway

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Paula

With all the buzz in the last few years about real-life people putting on costumes and declaring themselves superheroes (they even have their own Wiki page these days), it was interesting to stumble across this NTDV report on a local one in the Tokyo subway. Dressed as a super sentai, his activities do not appear to be staving off violence and attacks or putting down drug dealers, but are more involved in helping out people with heavy luggage or children and being a general escort through dark and difficult passages in the station.

Maybe he’ll get that team together after all?

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Job Opening: International Student and Scholar Services Advisor, Trinity University

Posted on September 5, 2013 by LM

job opening - 5

Institution: Trinity University
Location: San Antonio, TX
Education: BA required, MA or experience preferred
Deadline: Open until filled.

International Student and Scholar Services Advisor

Trinity University seeks an International Student and Scholar Services Advisor to join an established program serving international students and scholars. Preference will be given to applicants with a master’s degree either in international education or in a related field who are detail oriented and have substantial experience working with international students. Two years of prior experience with the Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) and familiarity with Department of Homeland Security policies and regulations are highly desirable.

U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required.

The new Advisor will coordinate activities and duties with the current Assistant Director of International Student and Scholar Services to process visa applications, maintain records, ensure legal compliance with federal and state laws and policies, assist with applications for social security numbers, driver’s licenses, and bank accounts, provide cultural orientation and support programming throughout the year, and teach an introductory course for new students. Duties also include occasional H-1B visa processing for qualified international faculty and staff and updating the program website.

Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Drive, Social Media expected.

Qualifications:  Must have a bachelor’s degree. Preference will be given to applicants with a master’s degree either in international education or in a related field who are detail oriented and have substantial experience working with international students and/or scholars. Two years prior experience with the Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) and familiarity with Department of Homeland Security policies and regulations are desirable.

U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required.

Applications will be received until position is filled.

To apply, please submit a letter of application, resume, and two letters of recommendation electronically to the Office of Human Resources humanresources@trinity.edu.

Trinity University is an EEO/Employer.

Original posting on Trinity University.

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Job Opening: Study Abroad Advisor, Trinity University

Posted on September 5, 2013 by LM

job opening - 5Via JETWit.com.

Institution: Trinity University
Location: San Antonio, TX
Education: MA preferred
Posted Aug. 30 (to JETWit)
Deadline: Open until filled.

Study Abroad Advisor
International Programs Office

Trinity University seeks a Study Abroad Advisor to join the International Programs Office. Applicants must have excellent organizational skills, work well under pressure, and have international or intercultural experience. Previous experience with some aspect of study abroad is an asset. Preference will be given to candidates with a master’s degree in a related field.

The new Advisor will coordinate with the current Assistant Director of Study Abroad to advise and approve students for study abroad, assist in development and assessment of programs and initiatives, and inform students of the relevant academics, health and safety, and other issues associated with education abroad. This position encourages outreach efforts to expand access to study abroad, to collaborate with various departments and study abroad providers, and to help advisees identify funding resources.  The Study Abroad Advisor will communicate with potential, current, and returned study abroad students, faculty, and staff and represent the division as necessary.  The Advisor’s responsibilities include event coordination, record keeping, teaching “Preparing to Study Abroad” course, updating the program website, and assisting the International Programs Office as appropriate.  A strong candidate would be student-friendly and would demonstrate maturity, sensitivity, patience, awareness, openness, and strong communication skills. A strong candidate would also have significant global knowledge and experiences to draw from when working with advisees.  Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Drive, Social Media expected.  Website and CMS experience desirable.

Applications will be received until position is filled.

To apply, please submit a letter of application, resume, and two letters of recommendation electronically to the Office of Human Resources humanresources@trinity.edu.

Trinity University is an EEO/Employer.

More on Trinity University’s original posting.

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