Job Opening: Asian History, Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Paula

Institution: University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, History
Location:   Wisconsin, United States
Position:   Assistant Professor, Asian History

For more information, contact Anthony Gulig, Chair, Asian Search Committee, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. (262) 472-5148.  Email: guliga@uww.edu   Asian History  The history department at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater seeks a tenure-track assistant professor to teach introductory and upper-level courses in Asian history. Research fields are open and should complement existing faculty expertise and may include specialization in any period of Asian history. Teaching responsibilities will include courses on East Asian history and a freshman-level modern world
history course. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to work collaboratively with UW-Whitewaters Asian Studies Program. The standard teaching load is 12 credits per semester. Starting date is August 21, 2013. Requirements include demonstrated excellence in teaching, a commitment to undergraduate education, and clear evidence of scholarly potential. Preference will be given to candidates who have completed the requirements for the Ph. D. in history by August 2013. Advanced A.B.D. candidates may be considered.

Salary is dependent upon academic preparation and teaching experience. A complete credential packet consists of a letter of application, statement of teaching philosophy, vita, three letters of recommendation, and copies of official graduate transcripts. To ensure full consideration, completed applications must be received by November 16, 2012.  Submit application to: asianhistory13@uww.edu. Position is open until filled.

For more information, contact

Anthony Gulig, Chair,

Asian Search Committee,

Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

(262) 472-5148.

Email: guliga@uww.edu

UWW is an AA/EOE, and actively seeks applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and all veterans. Criminal background check required

Website: http://www.uww.edu/cls/history

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Job Opening: Japanese History, Two-year teaching postdoctoral fellow

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Paula

2-Year Post Doctoral Fellow

Institution: Hamilton College, History
Location:   New York, United States
Position:   Post-Doctoral Fellow in Japanese History

The Asian Studies Program of Hamilton College invites applications for a two-year teaching post-doctoral fellowship for a scholar working on Japanese history to begin July 1, 2013. PhDs by the time of appointment, as well as ABDs,will be considered. Applicants must possess a demonstrated commitment to excellence in research and teaching and fluency with an Asian language. The successful candidate will teach three courses a year. The annual stipend is $50,000 for the candidate with degree in hand and $5,000 to support scholarship.

Please submit letter of application, curriculum vitae, dissertation abstract, transcript, course syllabi, and arrange for submission of three letters of recommendation to Interfolio at https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/16199.  Address materials to Lisa Trivedi, Director, Asian Studies Program, Hamilton College. We will begin consideration of applications on November 1.  Hamilton (www.hamilton.edu) is a residential liberal arts college located in upstate New York. Applicants with dual-career considerations can find other Hamilton and nearby academic job listings at www.upstatenyherc.org. Hamilton College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in all areas of the campus community.  Hamilton provides domestic partner benefits. Candidates from underrepresented groups in higher education are especially encouraged to apply.

Contact: Please submit letter of application, curriculum vitae, dissertation abstract, transcript, course syllabi, and arrange for submission of three letters of recommendation to Interfolio at
https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/16199.  Address materials to Lisa Trivedi, Director, Asian Studies Program, Hamilton College.

Website: www.hamilton.edu

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Job Opening: Associate Curator of Asian Art, CU Art Museum

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Paula

University of Colorado Boulder

Position Description:  The CU Art Museum, University of Colorado Boulder seeks a dynamic, creative, scholarly, and team-oriented Associate Curator of Asian Art, who will thrive in a fast-paced work environment and is well-suited for the curatorial and educational context of an innovative University Art Museum committed to excellence in both historic and contemporary exhibitions, publications, and education programs. The Associate Curator of Asian Art will contribute to the breadth, depth, and scope of the CU Art Museum’s programs by directing, organizing, curating, and implementing exhibitions and related programs that cover diverse regions, time-periods, artistic traditions and cultures of Asia and that place Asian Art in dialogue with other world cultures and traditions. The Associate Curator of Asian Art will also develop interdisciplinary programs that relate Asian Art traditions from the numerous regions of Asia to thematics of the transnational and transcultural and/or that relate Asian Art to various disciplines across the arts, humanities, and sciences in keeping with the CU Art Museum’s interdisciplinary mission. For further information about the position and to submit an application please visit www.jobsatcu.com, posting # 819243. Application Deadline: For full consideration, please apply by November 25, 2012.

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Job Opening: Asian History, Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Paula

Institution: California State University – Channel Islands, History Program
Location:   California, United States
Position:   Assistant Professor in Asian History

Asian History — The History Program at California State University Channel Islands (CI) seeks applications for a tenure-track position (assistant professor) in Asian History for the 2013-2014 academic
year.

For additional information and to apply online please visit our website: https://www.csucifacultyjobs.com.  Application review begins on November 15, 2012.

Contact: For additional information and to apply online please visit
our website: https://www.csucifacultyjobs.com.

Website: https://www.csucifacultyjobs.com

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Job Opening: Research and Program Assistant, George Washington University

Posted on October 9, 2012 by LM

Institution: George Washington University
Location: Washington, DC
Education: at least 2 years of college, 2 years of experience

Ad Statement:
Founded in 1821, GW is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia, to include ten academic units, with a full-time equivalent enrollment of a little over 20,000 students and approximately 11,000 full-time and part-time employees (faculty and staff). The George Washington University is a community dedicated to learning, communication,respect, service and teamwork. As one of the largest private employers in the District of Columbia, the university seeks employees who support the teaching, research, and public service mission of the university.

Job Description Summary:
The Rising Powers Initiative is comprised of a set of interrelated research projects that explore various dynamics within the following major and aspiring powers in Asia and Eurasia: ASEAN, China, India, Japan, Korea, and Russia. The discrete projects included within the RPI are: Worldviews of Rising Powers: Exploring Domestic Foreign Policy Debates; Worldviews of Aspiring Powers: Implications for the United States and Global Leadership; Major Powers, Rising Powers, and Identity Shifts in Asia: Implications for Regional and Global Security Cooperation; The Nuclear Debates in Asia: Balancing Risks and Rewards; and Asian Powers and Economic Challenges. While the incumbent will support all projects, s/he will be especially involved in the Nuclear Debates in Asia: Balancing Risks and Rewards program. This is an excellent opportunity for a young professional with background in Asia, international relations, and international security to play a major role in a cutting-edge, rapidly-growing research initiative.

Minimum Qualifications:
Two years of college in an appropriate area of specialization or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience is necessary.

Two years of experience that is directly related to the essential functions specified in this position description is necessary.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Substantial knowledge of nuclear issues in Asia
  • Knowledge of a modern Asian language
  • Demonstrated experience and interest in Asia and international affairs
  • Excellent writing and editing skills
  • Professional experience using social media tools (Twitter, Facebook, and blogs)
  • Graphic design experience using InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, or similar programs
  • Prior professional experience with project or program management
  • Experience with website design and management
  • Cross-cultural experience and/or working in an international environment
  • Excellent communication, customer service, and organizational skills
  • Grants management and proposal writing experience
  • Familiarity with accounting systems and other financial management tools
  • Event/conference planning experience
  • Excellent organizational skills and ability to juggle multiple tasks while meeting multiple deadlines
  • Familiarity with word processing, database management, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Ability to work with little supervision, but also teamwork skills

JOB DUTIES

  • Acts as primary point of contact for a team of 20 experts researching nuclear proliferation issues in Asia. Provides desktop research on Asian countries’ voting records in nuclear issues in international fora. Researches range of domestic debates on nuclear energy and security in key Asian countries. Composes substantive briefing memos and background papers on nuclear issues in select countries in East, Southeast, and South Asia for the project team by synthesizing and analyzing large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data.
  • Manages program budgets, grants, and all financial transactions. Processes reimbursements, honoraria, and all other project payments.
  • Organizes and executes all RPI public events, private conferences, and meetings. This includes coordinating all travel arrangements, catering, and all other logistical needs
  • Maintains, updates, and manages project website. Maintains and manages project listservs and announcements. Writes, edits, designs, and produces a variety of publications and prepares background materials for project participants.
  • In conjunction with project directors, manages all internal and external reporting associated with these projects.
  • Serve as primary administrative support staff for associated projects.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.

For full details and to apply, see posting on HigherEdJobs.com.

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Funding: 20th Century Japan Research Award for 2012-2013

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Paula

The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and McKeldin Library, University of Maryland, invite applications for one $1,500 grant to support research in the library’s Prange Collection and East Asia Collection on topics related to the period of the Allied Occupation of Japan and its aftermath, 1945-1960. Holders of the Ph.D. or an equivalent degree are eligible to apply, as are graduate students who have completed all requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation.

The competition is open to scholars in all parts of the world and from any discipline, but historical topics are preferred. University of Maryland faculty, staff, and students may not apply. More information can be found at The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies.

The application deadline is November 16, 2012.  The grant must be used by October 31, 2013. Grant funds will be disbursed in the form of reimbursement for travel, lodging, meals, reproductions, and related research expenses. Such costs as computers or software are not eligible. Reimbursement will require submission of receipts for processing by the University.

All applications must be submitted electronically by attachment to umdhistorycenter@gmail.com with “Twentieth-century Japan Research Awards” in the subject line. Applications must include a curriculum vitae and a two-to three-page description of the research project. Applications from graduate students must be accompanied by a letter from the principal faculty advisor attesting to the significance of the dissertation project and to the student’s completion of all other degree requirements.

Materials in the Gordon W. Prange Collection include virtually all Japanese-language newspapers, news agency releases, magazines, pamphlets, and books dating from the period of Allied censorship, 1945-1949, in addition to over 10,000 newspaper photos.  There are also materials published by Chinese and Korean residents, most of which are written in Japanese.  Related collections in English include the personal papers of Charles Kades and Justin Williams. Office correspondence documenting policies and decisions of the Publications, Pictorial, and Broadcast Division, Civil Censorship Detachment (Civil Intelligence Section), Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Japan, are complementary to official Occupation records housed at the National Archives, College Park.  Japanese newspapers and magazines from the Prange Collection are available for research on microform in the East Asia Collection.  Other Prange materials are made available for research in the Prange Collection reading area
after consultation with the Prange Curator or Manager.  The East Asia Collection contains Japanese-language books published during the wartime period, scholarly monographs on Occupied Japan, and a wide variety of reference works.  A one-page summary of research findings is required at the conclusion of the grant period.

For further information about the collections, consult the following website: http:/www.lib.umd.edu/prange

Twentieth-century Japan Research Awards
Department of History
University of Maryland, College Park MD
& The Gordon W. Prange Collection
University of Maryland Libraries, College Park MD

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor in Modern/Contemporary Japanese Culture

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Paula

The Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field of Modern/Contemporary Japanese Culture (Literature/Film/Visual Culture). Applicants are expected to have native or near native proficiency in both Japanese and English.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. (or expect to have successfully defended prior to July 1, 2013). The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate the potential for excellence in research and undergraduate and graduate teaching and be expected to maintain an active program of research, publication, teaching, graduate supervision, and service, and to be engaged in work that is methodologically innovative and can be conceptualized in ways that complement and broaden the Department’s interdisciplinary research interests and that contribute to broader disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields of knowledge. Information about the Department and faculty research can be found on its website, www.asia.ubc.ca.

The starting salary for the position will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. This position is subject to final budgetary approval. The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity and diversity within its community. We especially welcome applications from members of visible minority groups, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities. We encourage all qualified persons to apply; Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will, however, be given priority.

The application dossier should include: a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a sample chapter or scholarly paper (maximum 30 pages) and three confidential letters of recommendation to be sent separately. The deadline for the receipt of applications is November 15, 2012. The anticipated start date of employment is July 1, 2013. Send application package to: Chair, Japanese Culture Search Committee, Department of Asian Studies, 1871 West Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, V6T 1Z2. Applications may also be submitted electronically to lchase@mail.ubc.ca.

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Book Announcement: Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Paula

Daniel P. Aldrich

Abstract: Each year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. Yet responses to the challenges of recovery vary greatly and in ways that aren’t explained by the magnitude of the catastrophe or the amount of aid provided by national governments or the international community. The difference between resilience and disrepair, as Daniel P. Aldrich shows, lies in the depth of communities’ social capital.

Building Resilience highlights the critical role of social capital in the ability of a community to withstand disaster and rebuild both the infrastructure and the ties that are at the foundation of any community. Aldrich examines the post-disaster responses of four distinct communities—Tokyo following the 1923 earthquake, Kobe after the 1995 earthquake, Tamil Nadu after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and New Orleans post-Katrina—and  finds that those with robust social networks were better able to coordinate recovery. In addition to quickly disseminating information and financial and physical assistance, communities with an abundance of social capital were able to minimize the migration of people and valuable resources out of the area.

With governments increasingly overstretched and natural disasters likely to increase in frequency and intensity, a thorough understanding of what contributes to efficient reconstruction is more important than ever. Building Resilience underscores a critical component of an effective response.

Available now at
http://www.amazon.com/Building-Resilience-Capital-Post-Disaster-Recovery/dp/0226012883

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Job Opening: Japan Program Administrative Associate, Stanford University [part time]

Posted on October 6, 2012 by LM

Institution: Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA
Type: Part-Time/Adjunct
Education: 2-year degree or experience required

This is a part-time (50% FTE) continuing position.

The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (S-APARC), a center within the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), seeks an experienced Administrative Associate to provide full range administrative support to the Japan Program and the Japan Program Director.

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center’s Japan Program is designed to promote academic and policy oriented research on the economic and political issues related to Japan. It’s primary mission is to foster and disseminate research on Japan and to develop and maintain a network of academics, policy makers, and business leaders that contributes to the current and future U.S.-Japan relations.

In this context the administrative associate will assist with various tasks including events coordination, travel arrangements and reimbursements for colloquia speakers, fellows and visiting scholars, research-related purchases and travel reimbursements, and telephone, email and fax communications for the programs. S/he will proactively update and administer the Japan program website, perform on-line and library research for specific program initiatives, assist visiting scholars, fellows and short-term visitors associated with the programs with inquiries related to the Japan program and/or the Center, assist with planning and development of the program, and interact with various campus units, faculty, staff, personnel, researchers, and students as it relates to the Japan Program.

Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication including grammar and spelling.
  • Well organized and highly detail oriented. Ability to work independently.
  • Working knowledge of University policies, procedures and practices is required in order to process reimbursement requests, and travel cards timely.
  • Knowledge of processes and procedures of visa types, and visiting appointments a plus.
  • Must be an experienced computer user with computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
  • Demonstrated ability to use University systems and to learn new systems, e.g., Oracle, iProcurement, etc.
  • Proven ability to work with diverse and multi-cultural/multi-lingual populations imperative
  • Candidate with a two-year college degree or equivalent experience required.

For details and to apply, see posting on HigherEdJobs.com.

  • Knowledge of Japanese language, culture and social issues strongly preferred.
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Call for Papers: (Re)Constructions: Researching and Rethinking Asia

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Paula

York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) Graduate Student Conference

York University, Glendon Campus, Toronto, Canada: April 26 and 27, 2013

Keynote Speaker: Vinay Gidwani, Department of Geography and Institute of Global Studies, University of Minnesota

How does scholarship of or about “Asia” contribute to dispelling geographies of ignorance?* How can our own work better contribute to understanding, and pointing out the /mis/understandings, of the categories, spaces and frameworks constructed as part of Asian Studies within and beyond the territorial limits of “Asia”?

The question of reconstructing the conceptual frameworks for research in Asia and Asian Diaspora has been actively debated in the last few decades, reflecting dynamic changes in both scholars’ and broader
society’s notions of “Asia.” These discussions pay critical attention to the modern politics of constructing Asian spaces and identities, and of disseminating knowledge of the area throughout the world. The disciplinary divides traditionally associated with Area Studies are also being contested, and more interdisciplinary approaches are being demanded for researching Asia.

Taking up this challenge, the conference seeks graduate student research that can speak to ways of rethinking the epistemologies and methodologies of researching Asia, and reconstructing conventional
categories and frameworks from a broad range of disciplines. The theme for this conference seeks to build upon the successful YCAR Graduate Student Conference in 2008.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:
o Art history and visual culture
o Epistemologies of Asian Studies
o Global capitalism and resistance
o Globalization and “worlding cities”
o Indigeneity as right and discourse
o Literature and translation
o Media and technology
o Methodology and fieldwork
o Migration and diaspora
o Mobilities and borders
o Music and performing arts
o Orientalism and re-Orientalism
o Political ecology and politics of nature
o Positioning and subjectivity
o Race, gender and class
o Sexuality and the body
o Social movements and social justice
o Urban spaces and industrialization

Interested participants should submit a paper title, abstract with keywords (250 words maximum) along with brief biographical information (name, affiliation, stage of graduate study) by December 1, 2012. Successful candidates will be contacted by January 15, 2013 and must submit completed papers by March 25, 2013. Please email submissions to the conference organizers at: YCARreconstructions2013@gmail.com

There may be an opportunity to collaborate on a common peer-reviewed publication, which will be discussed at the conference.

More information about the conference can be found on the conference website:http://www.yorku.ca/ycar/Events/reconstructions_graduate_conference.html

*The term “geographies of ignorance” draws on Willem van Schendel’s 2002 article titled “Geographies of knowing, geographies of ignorance: jumping scale in Southeast Asia” published in /Society and Space/.

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