Job Opening: Modern Asian Studies, Assistant or Associate Professor, University of Haifa

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution: Haifa University, Asian Studies
Location:   Israel
Position:   Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Modern Asia

The University of Haifa – Assistant or Associate Professor Position

The Department of Asian Studies at The University of Haifa invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the Assistant and Associate Professor level (Martze, Martze Bachir) on Modern Asia Studies. We are particularly interested in applicants whose scholarship focuses on modern Asia in the disciplines of Anthropology, Business Management, Communication, Cultural Studies, Economics, History, International Relations, Sociology, Political Economy, Political Science and related fields. The successful candidate will be joining a young and vibrant department, which concentrates on Modern
Asia, has a vigorous research culture, and whose faculty and graduate students have made significant contributions to scholarship in a wide range of areas. The appointment will commence on October 1, 2013, subject to budgetary approval. For further information visit our website: http://asia.haifa.ac.il

Applicants must have a completed Ph.D., or be near completion, (completed by autumn 2013), and have a minimum of two peer reviewed publications. They should demonstrate considerable promise in research, teaching, and scholarly achievements. Applicants should send: (1) a letter of application, (2) a C.V., (3) evidence of teaching ability, (4) three letters of recommendation, which should be sent directly by the referees to the email below, and (5) a sample publication to:

Ms Adi Ophir-Lamdan
Administrator
Department of Asian Studies
asian-studies@univ.haifa.ac.il

For inquiries:
Phone: (972) 4-828-8501
Fax: (972) 4-828-8539

Applications should be received by 15 April 2013. Applications will be reviewed on April 29, 2013; the position will be open until it is filled. In accordance with Israeli immigration requirements, this advertisement is directed in the first instance to Israeli citizens and permanent residents. Nevertheless, applications by all qualified candidates are welcome. The University of Haifa is committed to the principles of employment equality.

Contact: Ms Adi Ophir-Lamdan
Administrator
Department of Asian Studies
asian-studies@univ.haifa.ac.il

For inquiries:
Phone: (972) 4-828-8501
Fax: (972) 4-828-8539

Website: http://asia.haifa.ac.il

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Symposium: Reconsidering Asian Material Texts

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Paula

call for papers [150-2]April 19-20, 2013

This symposium invites a reconsideration of the place and meaning of the “material text” in East and South Asia.  Some of the questions that will be addressed in the presentations and study sessions include:  How do we evaluate sutras, manuscripts, printed books, magazines, and even fakes as “material texts”?  How did these materials bear meaning in their contexts, and what can they reveal to us today, in form, content and reception?   What can we learn about reading and representation through these material texts?  How has the history of the material text in Asia been written and what place does the text have, in the pre-modern, modern and contemporary world?  What methods are useful for our engagement (and what may be less so)?  By asking these questions and others, the symposium aims to bring forward new approaches to the history of the material text in Asia.

The program will feature presentations as well as opportunities for viewing material texts selected from the Penn Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Libraries.  The symposium is open to the public, but due to space availability, the number of participants is limited and advance registration is required:  http://asianmaterialtexts.eventbrite.com/

Sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, the Reading Asian Manuscripts Faculty Working Group, and the Department of the History of Art

Program:

Friday, April 19  12:30 pm. Registration

David Rittenhouse Laboratory Bldg., A7

Coffee and cookies

1:00 p.m.  Opening Remarks:  Julie Davis, University of Pennsylvania

Panel I:  Materials and Materiality  1:05-2:50 p.m.

Panel Chair:  Ramya Sreenivasan, University of Pennsylvania

Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania:  “Manuscripts and Material Culture in Southeast Asia: Examples from the Penn Collection and Beyond”

Adam Smith, University of Pennsylvania:  “Text production and Reproduction in Early China”

Max Moerman, Barnard College:  “Materializing Mount Sumeru: Manuscripts, Maps, and Machines”

Viewing Session I — 3:00-5:00 p.m.

For registered workshop participants:  Penn Museum, Classroom II

Keynote Lecture:  5:30 p.m. in DRL A7

Cynthia Brokaw, Brown University:  “’The Scent of Books’: Print Technology and the Material Book in Late Imperial China”

Saturday, April 20

Coffee:  9:30 a.m.

Panel II:  Inscriptions and the Object  10:00-11:45 a.m. in DRL A7

Panel Chair:  Linda Chance, University of Pennsylvania

Jinping Wang, University of Pennsylvania:  “Steles as a Medium for Social Power in Medieval China”

Tomoko Sakomura, Swarthmore College:  “The Place of Poetry in the Inscription Culture of Late-Sixteenth-Century Japan”

Felice Fischer, Philadelphia Museum of Art: “Ike Taiga: Word and Image”

Lunch Break:  11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Panel III:  Trade and Texts  1:00-2:45 p.m. in DRL A7

Panel Chair:  Julie Davis, University of Pennsylvania

Brian Vivier, University of Pennsylvania:  “Carrying Books across Borders in Northeast Asia, 960-1276″

Ann Sherif, Oberlin College:  “Print Matters and Journals in Japan”

Projit Mukharji, University of Pennsylvania:  “Finding Fakes: Manuscript Markets, Forgeries and Truth Technologies in South Asia”

Viewing Session II — 3:00-5:00 p.m.

For registered workshop participants:  Fine Arts Library, Davis Seminar Room

Closing remarks and reception:  5:00 p.m.  All participants welcome

Special Collections, Van Pelt Library 6th Floor

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Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship for Transregional Research: Inter-Asian Contexts and Connections, SSRC

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Paula

Call for Applications

Social Science Research Council
Postdoctoral Fellowship for Transregional Research: Inter-Asian Contexts and Connections

Preliminary proposals due March 29, 2013

The SSRC is pleased to offer continued support for its Postdoctoral Fellowship for Transregional Research program. Following on a successful pilot phase in which 19 individual fellowships were awarded, the SSRC plans to offer 15-20 fellowships in 2013-2014.

These fellowships are aimed at supporting transregional research under the rubric “Inter-Asian Contexts and Connections”. Their purpose is to strengthen the understanding of issues and geographies that do not fit neatly into existing divisions of academia or the world and to develop new approaches, practices, and opportunities in international, regional, and area studies in the United States. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, these fellowships will continue to help junior scholars (those at the postdoctoral stage, one to seven years out of the PhD) complete first books and/or undertake second projects. In addition to funding research, the program will create networks and shared resources that will support Fellows well beyond the grant period. The Postdoctoral Fellowship for Transregional Research will thus provide promising scholars important support at critical junctures in their careers.

The intellectual thrust of the project will continue to be the re-conceptualization of Asia as an interlinked historical and geographic formation stretching from the Middle East through Eurasia, Central Asia, and South Asia to Southeast Asia and East Asia.

Proposals submitted for the fellowship competition should bear upon processes that connect places and peoples (such as migration, media, and resource flows) as well as those that reconfigure local and trans-local contexts (such as shifting borders, urbanization, and social movements). The broad focus of the program is intended to advance transregional research as well as to establish structures for linking scholars across disciplines in the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences.

Applications and additional fellowship details, including a list of our current fellows and answers to frequently asked questions, are available on the program website at: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/transregional-research-fellowship

Questions? Please contact: transregional@ssrc.org

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Job Opening: Director of Japan and Its Buddhist Traditions Program

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution: Antioch University, Antioch Education Abroad
Location:   Ohio, United States
Position:   Director of Japan and Its Buddhist Traditions Program, Kyoto Japan

Antioch Education Abroad announces an opening for a faculty position in Japanese Studies as Director of Antiochs Japan and Its Buddhist Traditions program.

During the fall semesterSeptember through December 2013, the successful candidate will have responsibility for leading the program in Kyoto, Japan, teaching courses that are part of this program, and supervising students’ independent work. As Program Director the candidate will also be responsible for academic and administrative functions during the program including managing the budget, and
supervising the work of the program assistant and adjunct faculty lecturers in Japan.  Careful attention is given to group dynamics at all stages of the program; therefore, interpersonal and cross-cultural skills are highly valued for the position.

Prior to the fall semester the Program Director will have part time responsibility for the following: participation in student recruitment, advising prospective students for the program, logistical support for the Japan and Its Buddhist Traditions program, planning the budget, selecting the program assistant and adjunct faculty lecturers in Japan, as well as other activities associated with the program This position is for eight months (May-Dec, 2013).  For more information on the program, visit our website at:
www.antioch.edu/japan.

Qualifications

PhD in Japanese Studies with focus on Buddhist Studies (Candidates with ABD or M.A. and substantial experience will be considered)

Experience in international education is highly desirable
Effective command of Japanese language and understanding of Japanese culture
Teaching experience with students of diverse backgrounds
Experience with Buddhist meditation practice
Demonstrated experience in group process and conflict management
Administrative experience with off-campus programs preferred

Application

Review of applications will begin on April 1, and continue until the position is filled.  To apply please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, names of at least two references, student evaluations (if available) and a copy of transcript of completed graduate studies.

Antioch University is committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can live and work in an atmosphere of sensitivity, civility, and respect for the rights of each individual. Antioch provides equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, family status, or disability.

Antioch University, which enrolls over 5,000 graduate and undergraduate students, includes Antioch Midwest in Yellow Springs, Antioch Seattle, Antioch New England in Keene, New Hampshire, and Antioch Southern California at Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Antioch Education Abroad is a part of Antioch University and its website can be found at: http://www.antioch.edu/aea/

Contact: Andrzej J. Bloch Ph.D.
Dean of International Education
Antioch Education Abroad
900 Dayton Street
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
abloch@antioch.edu
937-769-1015
Website: www.antioch.edu/japan

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Job Opening: Asian hist &/or Asian American History

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Paula

job opening - 5

Institution:   Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Location:   Texas, United States
Position:   Assistant Professor of History, Asian History and/or Asian American Studies

The Department of Humanities at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Asian History and/or Asian American Studies beginning August 2013. The successful candidate will teach upper division courses in Asian history, two sections of the candidate’s preferred half of the U.S. Survey each semester, as well as undergraduate and/or graduate courses in the area of specialization. Ph.D. preferred; advanced ABD considered. Candidates are expected to be quality teachers, scholars, and citizens of the academy as demonstrated through a variety of student learning outcomes, refereed publications, external grants, and through service on local and professional committees.  To guarantee full consideration applications should be received by March 29. Please apply online at https://islanderjobs.tamucc.edu and include a letter of application, graduate transcripts, curriculum vita, sample syllabi, teaching evaluations (if available), and three letters of recommendation. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer committed to diversity.

Please apply online at: https://islanderjobs.tamucc.edu

Contact: Dr. Patrick J. Carroll
Chair, Search Committee
361-825-3073
pat.carroll@tamucc.edu

Website: http://history.tamucc.edu

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Job Opening: East Asian History since 1500, University Lectureship

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution: Cambridge University, Faculty of History
Location:   United Kingdom
Position:   Lecturer in Modern East Asian History

UNIVERSITY LECTURESHIP IN MODERN EAST ASIAN HISTORY Faculty of History
(Grade 9, currently 37,382-47,314)

Applications are invited for a University Lectureship in East Asian History, since c.1500. The post is available from 1 October 2013. Preference is likely to be given to candidates working on Chinese or
Japanese history. This is a new post, designed to expand the Faculty’s coverage of global history, and complement existing strengths in South Asian and African history. The appointment provides an opportunity for the postholder to build new intellectual and teaching areas in the Faculty.

The successful candidate will be an outstanding scholar and teacher in their field. Research of international standing will be expected. The successful candidate must hold a PhD (or equivalent). The Faculty welcomes both early career scholars and those who already have established careers. The postholder will be encouraged to build collaborative research programmes as well as to conduct their individual research. The appointee will teach at all levels from undergraduate to PhD and will be expected to examine at all levels, and to take a fair share of administration.

The annual pensionable stipend for a Lecturer is on a scale from 37,382 to 47,314 with the possibility of market supplementation where appropriate. Appointments will be for a probationary period of 5 years
with appointment to the retiring age thereafter, subject to satisfactory performance. The Lecturer will be based in central Cambridge.

Contact:

Further particulars and application forms for the post can be downloaded at www.hist.cam.ac.uk/jobs or may be obtained from the Secretary of the Appointments Committee, Faculty of History, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9EF (telephone number 01223 335350, e-mail: jobs@hist.cam.ac.uk), to whom completed applications should be e-mailed by Wednesday, 27 March 2013.

Informal enquiries may be made either to the Chair of the Faculty, Dr Mark Goldie (mag1010@cam.ac.uk), or to the Faculty’s HR Clerk, Mrs Joanne Pearson (e-mail: jobs@hist.cam.ac.uk, telephone: 01223 335350).

This appointment is subject to a health assessment. Whether an outcome is satisfactory will be determined by the University.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Quote Reference: JJ26262, Closing Date: 27 March 2013

Website: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/jobs

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Book Announcement: Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women: Politics, Personality, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu

Posted on March 24, 2013 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press.
http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8944-9780824835651.aspx

9780824835651Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women: Politics, Personality, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu
Author: Laffin, Christina;

Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women explores the world of thirteenth-century Japan through the life of a prolific noblewoman known as Nun Abutsu (1225–1283). Abutsu crossed gender and genre barriers by writing the first career guide for Japanese noblewomen, the first female-authored poetry treatise, and the first poetic travelogue by a woman—all despite the increasingly limited social mobility for women during the Kamakura era (1185–1336). Capitalizing on her literary talent and political prowess, Abutsu rose from middling origins and single-motherhood to a prestigious marriage and membership in an esteemed literary lineage.

Abutsu’s life is well documented in her own letters, diaries, and commentaries, as well as in critiques written by rivals, records of poetry events, and legal documents. Drawing on these and other literary and historiographical sources, including The Tale of Genji, author Christina Laffin demonstrates how medieval women responded to institutional changes that transformed their lives as court attendants, wives, and nuns. Despite increased professionalization of the arts, competition over sources of patronage, and rivaling claims to literary expertise, Abutsu proved her poetic capabilities through her work and often used patriarchal ideals of femininity to lay claim to political and literary authority.

Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women effectively challenges notions that literary salons in Japan were a phenomenon limited to the Heian period (794–1185) and that literary writing and scholarship were the domain of men during the Kamakura era. Its analysis of literary works within the context of women’s history makes clear the important role that medieval women and their cultural contributions continued to play in Japanese history.

280pp. January 2013
Cloth – Price: $49.00ISBN: 978-0-8248-3565-1

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The 23rd Japan-America Grassroots Summit – Shimane 2013

Posted on March 23, 2013 by LM

Via the Japan America Society of Colorado mailing list:

grassroots summit 2013

Dates: July 1-8, 2013
Application deadline: May 1, 2013
Applications are open to anyone regardless of age or student status

The Japan-America Grassroots Summit is an annual large-scale meeting of Japanese and American citizens, held alternately in Japan and America. The summit aims to strengthen the peaceful relationship between Japan and America by fostering grassroots friendships. The Summit is managed jointly by the CIE and the Summit Volunteer Committee.

The 23rd Japan – America Grassroots Summit 2013 will be held in Shimane prefecture, Japan.

Shimane situated in the southwest part of Japan’s main island, isolated from hustle and bustle of city life by a large mountain range in the middle of the island. It is abundant with the beauty of untouched nature and traditions inherited since ancient times and filled with warm-hearted people.

The Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception are planned on July 3rd at Izumo Grand Shrine and Shimane Winery in Izumo city. The 11 local session programs are prepared by volunteers of 11 cities and towns all over Shimane.

See information (English and 日本語で) at the John Manjiro Whitman Commemorative Center for International Exchange website for details on the trip and how to apply: http://www.manjiro.or.jp/

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Fun Link Friday: Toyo Ito Wins Pritzker Prize 2013

Posted on March 22, 2013 by LM
Above: Sendai Mediatheque, 1995—2000, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan. Photo by Tomio Ohashi. Via Dezeen.

Above: Sendai Mediatheque, 1995—2000, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan. Photo by Tomio Ohashi. Via Dezeen.

Japanese architect Toyo Ito has been named as the 2013 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Read the announcement and see a visual overview of his life’s work, including the Sendai Mediatheque library (which survived the 2011 earthquake), on Dezeen.

He calls the Sendai Mediatheque, completed in 2001 in Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan, one of the high points of his career. In the Phaidon book, Toyo Ito, he explains, “The Mediatheque differs from conventional public buildings in many ways. While the building principally functions as a library and art gallery, the administration has actively worked to relax divisions between diverse programmes, removing fixed barriers between various media to progressively evoke an image of how cultural facilities should be from now on.”

[Via Spoon & Tamago’s facebook page. See their post here.]

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Internship Opportunity: POPSUGAR Shopping Japan Intern, Summer 2013

Posted on March 21, 2013 by LM

Via the JETWit.com jobs mailing list.

Company: POPSUGAR
Location: San Francisco, CA
Education: Current undergraduate or recent graduate (within the last year)
Language: Bilingual Japanese/English
Hours: 40/week maximum
Type: paid/unpaid not listed
Deadline: Not listed

POPSUGAR, the leader in online media for women and recently named to the “10 San Francisco Tech Companies You Wish You Worked For” by WIRED, is looking for an exceptional and passionate individual to join the POPSUGAR Japan team as our Intern!

Responsibilities:

  • Assist in planning and execution of marketing promotions and business development campaigns
  • Merchandize and develop weekly emails and seasonal gift guides
  • Manage/update social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and blog)
  • Assist in the day-to-day management of affiliate marketing accounts
  • Analyze business development programs and create recap for internal and external use
  • Assist with other general office tasks and special projects that may arise
  • Hours: Maximum 40 hours/ week (negotiable)

Qualifications:

  • Must be fluent in Japanese and English
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and ability to work individually or on a team
  • Detail-oriented, quick learner, meticulous
  • Strong organization and time management skills
  • Ability to prioritize multiple projects
  • Proven interest in fashion and merchandising
  • Experience with social media/ blogging/ e-commerce a plus
  • Must be a current college student or recent graduate (graduated within the last 12 months)
  • Must have US work authorization (US permanent resident or student visa with CPT/OPT)

This position is located in our San Francisco Office. No phone calls please.

For full details and to apply, see posting on POPSUGAR’s website.

Find an internship through Shinpai Deshou? Let us know in the comments or by email!

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