Job Openings: The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution:   Harvard University, Harvard Academy
Location:   Massachusetts, United States
Position:   Post-doctoral and Pre-doctoral Scholars
The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
The Harvard Academy Scholars Program
2014-2015

The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences (including history and
law) with a command of the language, history, or culture of non-Western countries or regions.  Their scholarship may elucidate domestic, comparative, or transnational issues, past or present.

The Academy Scholars are a select community of individuals with resourcefulness, initiative, curiosity, and originality, whose work in non-Western cultures or regions shows promise as a foundation for
exceptional careers in major universities or international institutions.  Harvard Academy Scholarships are open only to recent PhD (or comparable professional school degree) recipients and doctoral candidates.  Those still pursuing a PhD should have completed their routine training and be well along in the writing of their theses before applying to become Academy Scholars; those in possession of a PhD longer than 3 years at the time of application are ineligible.

Academy Scholars are appointed for 2 years by the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and are provided time, guidance, and access to Harvard University facilities.  They receive substantial financial and research assistance to undertake sustained projects of research and/or acquire accessory training in their chosen fields and areas.  Some teaching is permitted but not required.  The Senior Scholars, a distinguished group of senior Harvard University faculty members, act as mentors to the Academy Scholars to help them achieve their intellectual potential.

Post-doctoral Academy Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $65,000, and pre-doctoral Academy Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $31,000.  Applications for the 2014-2015 class of Academy
Scholars are due by October 1, 2013.  Finalist interviews will take place in Cambridge on December 5.  Notification of Scholarships will be made in January, 2014.  For complete information on how to apply
visit:

www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy.

Contact: applicationinquiries@wcfia.harvard.edu
Website: www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy

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Job Opening: Japanese Teaching Material Development, Innovative Language Learning [part-time] [Tokyo]

Posted on July 16, 2013 by LM

job opening - 5Thank you to Peyton at JapanesePod101.com for sending us this job description!

Company: Innovative Language Learning
Location: Akasaka, Tokyo
Type: part-time
Posting Received July 11, 2013
Education: not listed
Deadline: not listed

Innovative Language Learning, the maker of JapanesePod101.com and a number of other language-learning sites and resources, is seeking someone with a background in Japanese studies and linguistics to help develop language-learning audio and video materials for web and mobile platforms.

Join our team of talented teachers who are dedicated to spreading Japanese knowledge and fluency abroad.

Duties include SOME or ALL of the following:

  • Proofreading and copy-editing language-teaching materials
  • Confirming various aspects of grammar, language, and culture
  • Authoring content to be used in audio recordings or to be published as text
  • Performing simple translations from Japanese to English.
  • Checking content and scripts and preparing them for recording
  • Recording teaching materials for dissemination as audio files over the web and other platforms
  • Hosting video lessons for dissemination as video files over the web and other platforms

We have a talented and fun team — members of which are both in Tokyo and abroad — that’s excited about teaching languages. If you’re interested in and qualify for some or all the above duties, you are encouraged to apply.

Please understand that we receive many applications and cannot reply to all queries. All job applications and queries WILL receive a reply, however, IF you send us your resume AND mention you found us on this blog.

This is a part-time position, but can lead to more work/work with an expanded scope later on.

This position is located in Akasaka, Tokyo. If you’re interested, please email global_careers@innovativelanguage.com.

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Funding: 2013 Abe Fellowship Competition

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Paula

money [150-2]Deadline: September 1, 2013

http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/abe-fellowship/

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announce the annual Abe Fellowship competition. The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The Abe Fellowship 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.

THE ABE FELLOWSHIP RESEARCH AGENDA
Applicants are invited to submit proposals for research in the social sciences and related fields relevant to any of the following three themes:

*Traditional and Non-Traditional Approaches to Security and Diplomacy*
Topic areas include transnational terrorism, internal ethnic and religious strife, infectious diseases, food safety, climate change, and non-proliferation, as well as the role of cultural initiatives in peace building.
*Global and Regional Economic Issues*
Topic areas include regional and bilateral trade arrangements, international financial stability, globalization and the mitigation of its adverse consequences, sustainable urbanization, and environmental degradation.
*Social and Cultural Issues*
Topic areas include demographic change, immigration, the role of civil society and media as champions of the public interest, social enterprise, corporate social responsibility, and revitalization of multi-cultural urban areas.

Research projects should be policy relevant, contemporary, and comparative or transnational.

FELLOWSHIP TERMS
Terms of the fellowship are flexible and are designed to meet the needs of Japanese and American researchers at different stages in their careers. The program provides Abe Fellows with a minimum of three and maximum of 12 months of full-time support over a 24 month period. Part-time residence abroad in the United States or Japan is required.

ELIGIBILITY
* This competition is open to citizens of the United States and Japan as well as to nationals of other countries who can demonstrate a serious, long-term affiliation with research communities in the United States or Japan.
* Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or the terminal degree in their field, or equivalent professional experience at the time of application. Applications from researchers in professions other than academia are encouraged.

CONTACT DETAILS
For further information and to apply, go to:
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/abe-fellowship/

Contact SSRC staff at abe@ssrc.org

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Job Opening: Manager, Patron Program, Asia Society

Posted on July 14, 2013 by LM

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Institution: Asia Society
Location: New York, NY
Start date: July 3, 2013
Education requirements: 4-year degree
Posted on July 3, 2013
Start date: ASAP

Asia Society, a prestigious, global, educational and cultural non-profit seeks a Manager, Patron Program, to assist with the Patron Program’s operation and achievement of the Patron fundraising goal; create, plan and execute a robust calendar of special Patron activities; maintain consistent and systematic communications with all Patron groups; manage the operation and meet the fundraising goal for Asia Circle.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Design a robust and diverse calendar of exclusive Patron events for all components of the Patron program – Asia Circle, Chairman’s Circle, Friends of Asian Arts, President’s Circle

Create these unique Patron activities and manage their execution

  • Compose invitations and accept responses
  • Partner with the Director, Patron Programs and General Membership to identify, cultivate and solicit new Chairman’s Circle, Friends of Asian Arts and President’s Circle Patron members
  • Assist the Director, Patron Programs and General Membership in work with the Patron Committee
  • Manage all aspects of the Asia Circle, a group of young supporters, to increase revenue and build the number of members
  • Oversee implementation of Patron members’ benefits
  • Maintain Patron and Asia Circle Facebook page
  • Aid Director, Patron Programs and General Membership in preparation of analytic reports
  • Monitor the expense budgets for all components of the Patron program
  • Write and send donor correspondence, as needed
  • Ensure Patrons’ database records are up-to-date
  • Interface with External Affairs teams: corporate, foundation, research, special events, database and Asia Society programmatic areas: arts and culture, education and leadership, policy and business
  • Help with other development projects and duties, as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor’s degree and 4-5 years related experience preferred, with emphasis on cultivation events
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Self-starter who is comfortable working under pressure in a dynamic environment
  • Ability to work independently and as a team player, engaging others at varying levels of seniority within and outside the organization
  • Exceptional attention to detail
  • Collegial and flexible work style
  • Professional and ethical
  • Interest in Asia
  • Some evening and weekend work required.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft aplications, Raiser’s Edge/donor database

Full application details at Idealist.org.

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Job Opening: Travel Sales Specialist, Global Basecamps

Posted on July 14, 2013 by LM

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Via JETWit.com.

Position: Travel Sales Specialist Japan / Asia
Posted by: Global Basecamps
Type: Full-time
Location: Encinitas, CA
Education: not listed
Posted July 9, 2013

Travel Sales Specialist – Japan / Asia

Overview:
A small travel company is looking for a highly motivated pro-active individual to join our team as a Asia Travel Specialist. The ideal candidate will work directly with customers in sales capacity, building, booking, and selling international trips. This is a full time position with competitive performance based compensation and benefits. Located North of San Diego in Encinitas but is open to the right candidate working remotely.

Your Duties:
• Meeting monthly sales goals
• Manage a sales pipeline in high volume B2C environment
• Communicate with clients and international partners via phone and email
• Actively manage clients and product within our systems (CRM, Product Database, etc)
• Develop complex custom trip itineraries

Qualifications:
•Must have traveled extensively in Asia (most importantly Japan)
• Strong communication skills
• Very comfortable multi-tasking
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel (or Google Docs or similar)
• Attention to detail / task orientated
• Ability to work independently and part of team
• Easily develop a professional rapport with clients and co-workers

Desired Qualifications:
•Travel Sales Experience
• Passion for environmental / sustainable business practices
• Foreign Languages

Compensation package includes a combination of base salary, commission and bonus structure.

To apply to this job, please include a resume, explain why you will be able to connect with their customers, and list your international travel experience (unfortunately, US states do not count).

This is the best way to contact the company: employment[AT]globalbasecamps[DOT]com

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Book Announcement: Shinto Shrines: A Guide to the Sacred Sites of Japan’s Ancient Religion

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Paula

Shinto Shrineshttp://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8926-9780824837136.aspx

Shinto Shrines: A Guide to the Sacred Sites of Japan’s Ancient Religion

Author: Cali, Joseph; Dougill, John

Of Japan’s two great religious traditions, Shinto is far less known and understood in the West. Although there are a number of books that explain the religion and its philosophy, this work is the first in English to focus on sites where Shinto has been practiced since the dawn of Japanese history. In an extensive introductory section, authors Joseph Cali and John Dougill delve into the fascinating aspects of Shinto, clarifying its relationship with Buddhism as well as its customs, symbolism, and pilgrimage routes. This is followed by a fully illustrated guide to 57 major Shinto shrines throughout Japan, many of which have been designated World Heritage Sites or National Treasures. In each comprehensive entry, the authors highlight important spiritual and physical features of the individual shrines (architecture, design, and art), associated festivals, and enshrined gods. They note the prayers offered and, for travelers, the best times to visit. With over 125 color photographs and 50 detailed illustrations of archetypical Shinto objects and shrines, this volume will enthrall not only those interested in religion but also armchair travelers and visitors to Japan alike.

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Job Opening: Japanese Teacher, Emerson School [part time]

Posted on July 13, 2013 by LM

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Via the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies mailing list:

Institution: Emerson School
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Education: not listed
Posted July 3, 2013

Emerson School is seeking a part time Japanese teacher for grades 4 and 5 for the 2013-2014 school year. All our 4th and 5th grade students take introductory Japanese classes in our lower school. Each section of students meet twice per week for a total teaching load of twelve meetings each week. The position is approximately a 50% time position with benefits available.

Candidates should have teaching experience and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with colleagues.

Emerson School is an independent school for the gifted and for the academically talented. Our students receive Spanish instruction in grades K and 1, French instruction in grades 2 and 3, and Japanese instruction in grades 4 and 5. Our middle school language offerings, which meet five times per week, include Japanese, French, Spanish, and Latin.

Please contact Jerry Loewen, Head of School, at jloewen[AT]emerson-school[DOT]org.

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Job Openings: South, SE Asia or Japan, NUS, Professor

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution: National University of Singapore, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Location:   Singapore
Position:   Full Professor South Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies or Japanese Studies, appointments (with joint appointment in disciplinary department), National University of Singapore

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Two Faculty Positions  Professor (South Asian Studies Programme, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, or Department of Japanese Studies, with joint appointments in a disciplinary department)

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore invites applications for two professorial positions to begin in July 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter. The deadline for application is 13 September 2013.

Successful candidates will have a primary appointment in one of the following Asian Studies departments/programmes  South Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, or Japanese Studies — according to area of expertise, with a secondary appointment in an appropriate disciplinary department in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.  Appointments can be tenurable, or on a fixed-term contract.

The South Asian Studies Programme, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, and Department of Japanese Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, are comprehensive departments/programmes each offering Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees.  Research and teaching in these departments is inter-disciplinary and may include topics drawn from a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, history, geography, developmental economics, and others.  As part of the large and vibrant Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, these departments/programmes also work closely with Asianists housed in the disciplinary departments jointly to advance the Facultys Asian research agenda, while maintaining a strong commitment to undergraduate education and graduate supervision.

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Job Opening: Membership and Development Manager, Asia Society

Posted on July 13, 2013 by LM

job opening - 5Institution: Asia Society
Location: New York, NY
Start date: July 3, 2013
Education requirements: 4-year degree
Posted on July 3, 2013
Start date: ASAP

Job description
Membership and Development Manager

Asia Society, a prestigious, global, educational and cultural non-profit seeks a Membership and Development Manager to manage the General Membership program’s operation and meet its fundraising goal – increase membership base of support through identifying, cultivating and soliciting new members and through upgrading and renewing current members. Direct and handle online/web fundraising.

Assist Director, Patron Programs and General Membership with development projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Manage all aspects of the General Membership program to attract new members and increase support from existing members
  • Compose solicitation and acknowledgement letters
  • Process renewal mailings
  • Enhance online membership
  • Generate ideas and tools to increase membership enrollment and revenue, including the development of online fundraising campaigns
  • Plan and implement online fundraising initiatives
  • Manage web and social network fundraising features, work with internal and external resources
  • Liaise with Asia Society Museum staff to organize spring and fall members-only exhibition openings
  • Oversee implementation of membership benefits and provide assistance to members, as required
  • Partner with Individual Giving colleagues to identify potential Patron and major gift candidates
  • Create brochures, program calendars and reminders, as necessary
  • Prepare and monitor budget to support general membership groups’ activities
  • Generate monthly reports to track membership revenue and analyze fundraising campaigns
  • Ensure General Membership database records are up-to-date
  • Interface with External Affairs teams: corporate, foundation, research, special events, database and Asia Society programmatic areas: arts and culture, education and leadership, policy and business
  • Organize volunteers as needed
  • Help with other development projects and duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor’s degree and 4-5 years related experience preferred, with emphasis on identification, cultivation and solicitation of donors
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Self-starter who is comfortable working under pressure in dynamic environment
  • Ability to work independently and as a team player, engaging others at varying levels of seniority within and outside the organization
  • Exceptional attention to detail
  • Collegial and flexible work style
  • Professional and ethical
  • Interest in Asia
  • Some evening and weekend work required
  • Knowledge of Microsoft applications, Raiser’s Edge/donor database system

Full application details at Idealist.org.

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Job Opening: Communications Expert, International Satoyama Initiative (ISI) [Tokyo]

Posted on July 13, 2013 by LM

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Institution: United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)
Posted on: July 3, 2013
Start date: October 1, 2013
Application deadline: August 4, 2013
Education requirements: Master’s degree
Level of language proficiency: Excellent communication skills with fluency in both oral and written English. Knowledge of Japanese or another UN official language is an asset.

The United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) is recruiting a Communications Expert for the International Satoyama Initiative (ISI). Under the
overall supervision of the UNU-IAS Director, and the direct supervision of the Programme Director of the ISI, the Communications Expert will be responsible for the following duties:

  • Assist in writing and editing of ISI documents such as meeting papers, brochures, announcements, case study summaries, articles and speeches for online and print publications to ensure quality, coherence and correctness;
  • Assist in the organization of the IPSI Global Conference and other events;
  • Assist in developing communication strategies;
  • Assist with communication and dissemination activities, including promotional materials and website content development, to promote ISI visibility;
  • Contribute to development of content and co-ordination for production of print products for ISI; and
  • Perform any other duties as may be assigned or required by the Programme Director.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

  • Master’s degree or equivalent in the area of environment, development, social sciences, or a related discipline;
  • At least three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in a related area. Work experience in international organizations or promoting major international initiatives is an asset;
  • Excellent writing skills and writing experience on a professional level;
  • Knowledge of relevant computer and media applications (such as Adobe Photoshop and InDesign) as well as familiarity with social media platforms;
  • Excellent communication skills with fluency in both oral and written English. Knowledge of Japanese or another UN official language is an asset;
  • Excellent analytical skills as well as demonstrated ability to multi-task and to manage own workload and schedule to deliver timely results;
  • A good team player with strong interpersonal skills demonstrated by the ability to work in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

Full application details on Idealist.org.

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