Job Opening: World Learning DC Program Associate

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Nyssa

The International Development & Exchange Programs of World Learning has an immediate opening for a Program Associate, Professional Skills Development Team. World Learning is an 80-year-old global non-profit organization with operations in 77 countries. Through its award-winning international education programs – The Experiment in International Living, the SIT Graduate Institute, SIT Study Abroad and the International Honors Program (IHP) – World Learning fosters global citizenship by connecting over 3,000 young ambassadors annually across cultural differences and social barriers. Through its International Development & Exchange Programs, World Learning practices what it teaches, undertaking community-driven international development, training and exchange projects in sixteen countries. For more information visit www.worldlearning.org

Title: Program Associate
Department: Professional Skills Development Team, Exchange and Training Unit
Location: Washington D.C.
Application Deadline: February 18, 2012

Summary: Working with a Program Officer, the Program Associate will make programmatic and logistical arrangements for foreign professionals visiting the United States as participants in the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program.

Responsibilities and Duties:

· Arrange program appointments; develop prospective program calendars and itineraries; make any authorized changes in program;

· Arrange program logistics (air and ground travel/hotels/meeting space); coordinate domestic air travel with contract travel agency;

· Conduct research to identify appropriate, cost-effective program components and assist in the preparation of proposals and programs;

· Act as liaison between participants and hosts or training organizations in Washington, D.C., as required;

· Using Word and Department of State (DOS) database software, prepare briefing books and program materials for participants; prepare participant biographical information; update participant lists and biographies;

· Establish and maintain contact with local sponsors; coordinate with local sponsors to formulate and secure programs outside of Washington, D.C., in cooperation with World Learning and DOS Program Officers;

· Prepare and maintain program files; assist with project close-out and follow-up;

· Assist with financial aspects of program arrangements, including per diem requests and receipts, checks for vendors, and invoices, ensuring that all financial transactions are executed in compliance with accounting procedures and requirements; and

· Handle other tasks as assigned.

Position Requirements:

· Bachelor’s Degree and 1 year of related work experience;

· Strong cross-cultural and communications skills including public speaking;

· Energetic and strong team player;

· Excellent organizational ability;

· Computer proficiency, including Excel and Power Point;

· Proven strong written and oral communication skills in English;

· Experience with living/studying/working abroad preferred;

· Demonstrated accuracy and interpersonal skills;

· Prior work experience in an office environment;

· Foreign language skills desirable;

· Supervision of intern(s)

Qualified candidates must email their CV and cover letter stating their salary history to deborah.waggoner@worldlearning.org by 5pm February 18, 2012. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

World Learning is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce.

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Funding: Travel Grants: Duke, University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Paula

The Triangle Center for Japanese Studies is pleased to offer travel grants to scholars outside the Durham/Raleigh/Chapel Hill/Greensboro area to conduct Japan-related research at Triangle institutions using Japanese materials in the Duke Library, UNC’s Ackland Art Museum or NCSU’s Gregg Museum of Art and Design.

Duke’s East Asian Collection consists of about 140,000 volumes in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. The Japanese collection is focused on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and is especially strong in art history, Buddhism, history, labor, literature, popular culture (film, advertising and manga), women’s studies and the Japanese colonial experience. The collection at the Ackland Art museum was built by Sherman Lee and is notable for Japanese paintings and sculpture. NCSU’s Gregg Museum of Art and Design holds textiles and ceramics while the NCSU libraries have strong collections in design, landscape architecture and textiles.

GRANT AMOUNT: $750 to cover travel, hotel and photocopy expenses

PRIORITY GIVEN TO APPLICANTS:

  • who document how their research will benefit from access to Japan-related materials in the Triangle and whose research will take advantage of their strengths
  • who are located in the Southeast or at institutions which do not have easy access to comparable resources.

DEADLINES:

  • Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. A total of ten awards will be made.
  • Awards must be used before June 30, 2012.
  • Each recipient is required to submit a short summary of the research accomplished with the grant by June 30, 2012.

TO APPLY:

Submit (email applications preferred) a brief description of your research topic, sources in the collection you plan to use, a brief curriculum vitae, an estimated budget, and any questions you may have to:

Dr. Kristina Troost
Head, East Asian Collection
Dept. of International and Area Studies

Duke University
kktroost@duke.edu
(919-660-5844

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

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Paula

Institution: University of Lethbridge, History
Location:   Alberta, Canada
Position:   Assistant Professor, Asian History

The Department of History at the University of Lethbridge invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the history of Asia, with a preference for specialization in Japan or China. The position, which will begin on 1 July 2012, is subject to budgetary approval.

A Ph.D. at or near completion is required. The successful candidate will be expected to teach a variety of undergraduate courses, including an introductory course in Western Civilization, and upper-level courses in his or her specialty. An interest in teaching graduate students will also be an asset.

The University aspires to hire individuals who have demonstrated considerable potential for excellence in teaching, research and scholarship, and especially those who have well-established research programs. New faculty members are eligible to apply for university funding in support of research and scholarly activities.

The position is open to all qualified applicants, although preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. The University is an inclusive and equitable campus encouraging applications from qualified women and men including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and Aboriginal persons.

Located in southern Alberta, near the Rocky Mountains, Lethbridge offers a sunny, dry climate that is agreeably mild for the prairies, excellent cultural and recreational amenities and attractive economic conditions.  Founded in 1967, the University has an enrollment of over 8,400 students from around the world. Our student body has grown by 50 percent in the last 10 years, phenomenal growth among institutions in Canada. Despite this growth, we have remained true to who we are – student-focused, research-intensive, and grounded in liberal education.

For more information about the University, please visit our web site at www.uleth.ca.

Applicants should send a letter describing interest and qualifications in all areas of teaching competence, and attach a curriculum vitae, most recent transcript, course outlines and teaching evaluations, and names of at least three referees who are scholars in the field. Send this material and arrange for three letters of reference to be mailed directly to: Dr. Chris Epplett, Chair, Department of History, The University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4. Telephone: (403) 329-5143, Fax: (403) 382-5108. Alternatively, you may send the application material electronically via e-mail at christopher.epplett@uleth.ca.

The closing date for applications is March 9, 2012

Contact: Dr. Chris Epplett, Chair, Department of History, The University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4. Telephone: (403) 329-5143, Fax: (403) 382-5108.

christopher.epplett@uleth.ca

Website: http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/history

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Book announcement: Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Paula

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Bruce Baird

Palgrave Macmillan, January 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-12040-2, ISBN10: 0-230-12040-7,
6.000 x 9.250 inches, 310 pages, Includes 59 pgs illus,

Hijikata Tatsumi’s explosive 1959 debut Forbidden Colors sparked a new genre of performance in Japan–butoh: an art form of contrasts, by turns shocking and serene. Since then, though interest has grown exponentially, and people all over the world are drawn to butoh’s ability to enact paradox and contradiction, audiences are less knowledgeable about the contributions and innovations of the founder of butoh. Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh traces the rollicking history of the creation and initial maturation of butoh, and locates Hijikata’s performances within the intellectual, cultural, and economic ferment of Japan from the sixties to the eighties.

Reviews

“‘Butoh is always an unfinished project,’ writes Baird, and this form of contemporary Japanese dance, now appreciated around the world, can be seen, in his words, ‘as an art form with meaning yet which resists finalized interpretation.’ Central to the development of the form is the work of Hijikata Tatsumi, both as a choreographer and a dancer, and this detailed and sympathetic account of his performances and his writings is, in my opinion, by far the most complete and rigorous available in any language. Baird’s meticulous and evocative descriptions of Hijikata’s performances, often accompanied by rare photographs, is brilliantly managed, and the dancer’s often oblique writings, as explicated here, go a long way to help place Hijikata’s accomplishments firmly in the social, political, and spiritual milieu of postwar Japan. This is a study which should be of great significance, not only to those with an interest in postwar Japanese arts and cultural history, but to anyone who appreciates the achievements of modern dance.”–J. Thomas Rimer, professor emeritus of Japanese Literature and Theatre, University of Pittsburgh

“Baird provides a marvelous guide into the dizzying yet compelling world of butoh and its innovative aesthetics and intriguing juxtapositions. Students and scholars of performing arts and the avant-garde will relish his gorgeous and stimulating analysis.”–Laura Miller, Eiichi Shibusawa-Seigo Arai Endowed Professor of Japanese Studies and professor of Anthropology, University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Job Opening: Univ. of Kansas Int’l Student & Scholar Services Assistant Director

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Nyssa

The University of Kansas is looking for an Assistant Director in the International Student & Scholar Services Department.

Application Deadline: February 22,2012
Application Review Date: February 23, 2012

Position Overview:

The Assistant Director is a key member of the ISSS staff, serving as a Designated School Official for the F-1 student program and as an Alternate Responsible Officer for the J-1 exchange visitor program. This position reports directly to the Associate Director for Advising Services and is responsible for providing counseling and advising support to international students, with particular regard to immigration-related matters. In addition to advising responsibilities, the Assistant Director develops and implements or assists in the development and implementation of a variety of programs and services coordinated through the ISSS office. The Assistant Director trains and supervises front desk and academic support staff in the carrying out of their information dissemination and student support functions.

Required Qualifications:

1) Bachelor’s degree plus 1 year of work experience in a college or university setting.

2) At least 6 months experience in planning, organizing and implementing workshops, seminars and/or programs.

3) Excellent written communication skills in English as evidenced by the application materials.

4) U.S. citizenship or permanent residence status (to comply with Department of State and Department of Homeland Security requirements in order to sign immigration documents.)

Preferred Qualifications:

1) Master’s degree.

2) Degree emphasis in International Education, Educational Administration, counseling, English as a Second Language, foreign languages and cultures or other related fields.

3) Experience in student counseling and advisement.

4) Experience working with international students and/or living, studying and working abroad.

5) Sensitivity to the needs and concerns of students from abroad.

6) Experience with international student orientation programs and/or comparable experience

7) At least three years of programming or related experience in general college or university-level student personnel service.

8) Proficiency in a foreign language.

9) Knowledge of and experience working with F-1 and/or J-1 regulations as applied in the college or university setting.

10) Experience working with SEVIS processes.

11) Working knowledge of word processing, data base, spreadsheet and email programs.

12) Excellent oral communications skills in English.

Salary Range: $36,000 annually + benefits

Contact Information For Applicants:
Regina Sherrill
EMAIL: rsherrill@ku.edu

Application Instructions:
Apply online, answer all questions on application form and attach (upload) cover letter, resume and contact information for three (3) references.
Link: https://jobs.ku.edu and search for position 00066578.

The University of Kansas is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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Job Opening: Fellow/Visiting Scholar, “Towards a Global History of Sexual Science, 1880-1950” (scope includes Asia)

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Paula

Fellowship (short term) for Humanities Institute “Towards a Global History of Sexual Science, 1880-1950” at Dartmouth College July 1 to August 17, 2013

Institution: Dartmouth College, Leslie Humanities Center at Dartmouth
Location:   New Hampshire, United States
Position:   Fellow, Visiting Scholar

The Leslie Humanities Center at Dartmouth College announces a seven-week interdisciplinary Institute at Dartmouth titled “Towards a Global History of Sexual Science, 1880-1950” to be held between July 1 and August 17, 2013.  The Institute led by Douglas Haynes (History) and Veronika Fuechtner (German Studies) will examine the transnational history of sexological ideas and practices as they circulated between Europe/North America and Asia, Africa and Latin America. Over the seven weeks of the seminar, participants will address such issues as the efforts by Western sexologists to disseminate their views in non-European regions; the emergence of local advocacy of sexual science; the role of sexual science in constituting “modern” sexualities; the encounter between indigenous conceptions of sexuality and sexological ideas; the transformation of sexology in Asian/African/Latin American contexts; the connection between sexology and birth control outside of Europe/North America; Orientalism and sexology; the connection between sexology and eugenics in Asian/African/Latin American contexts; sexology, nationalism and anti-colonialism; Orientalism and sexology; as well as other relevant topics. The majority of participants will remain in residence over the summer and will participate in a twice-weekly seminar and related events; scholars in residence will receive a summer stipend (see below).  A smaller set of outside scholars will give papers during individual sessions of the seminar; their expenses and a honorarium will be paid. The goal of the Institute will be to promote exchanges between scholars working on different regions of the world and in different disciplines as well as to produce an edited volume.  The Institute is open to many disciplines, including literature and culture, religion, and other humanities as well as historians, historians of science, and anthropologists.

Fellows are expected to be in residence between July 1 and August 17, 2013 and to present their work in the Institute sessions. Resident fellows will be funded according to rank (with a minimum of $6,500 for graduate students and a maximum of $13,000 for full professors). Scholars, who are interested in presenting their work in an Institute session, but can only commit to a brief visit to Hanover, are also encouraged to apply indicating their availability.

Please send inquiries and complete applications including a two-page project proposal with bibliography, a one-page statement on your research interest and background as it relates to the Institute theme, and a c.v. (Graduate students should also provide two letters of reference) by April 30th, 2012 to Humanities.Institute@dartmouth.edu. Fellows will be notified by June 30th, 2012, leaving time for those presenting papers to complete research and work on their drafts before the Institute begins.

Dartmouth College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all its students, faculty, employees, and applicants for admission and employment. For that reason Dartmouth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or military or veteran status in its programs, organizations, and conditions of employment and admission.

Contact: Humanities.Institute@dartmouth.edu

Website: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lhc/index.html

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Study at Doshisha University: UNO-Japan, Summer 2012

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Paula

Spend 5 weeks in the heart of Kyoto this summer and earn 6 college credits!

The UNO-Japan: Study at Doshisha University Program is a 5-week summer program designed primarily for college students to learn Art, Photography, Film, and Japanese Language while living in Kyoto, an ancient capital of Japan. Art, Film and Photography courses generally count as humanities credits.

Dates: May 27-June 30, 2012 (5 weeks)
Cost: $4095.00
Includes: TUITION, HOUSING, LUNCHES on campus, a FIELD TRIP, AFTERNOON
ACTIVITIES, TOMODACHI PROGRAM, STUDY ABROAD HEALTH INSURANCE, and a
1-MONTH BUSS PASS for the city of Kyoto!

Earn 6 college credit hours (fully transferable, check with your advisor for the course equivalency). Open to anyone over 18 years of age at the time of departure who meet the UNO admissions requirements.

No previous knowledge of the Japanese language required.

The program is very well received by previous students – some of them have participated twice!

For more information, please visit our website at: http://inst.uno.edu/Japan/ Or e-mail us at: UNOJapan@uno.edu

We hope you will join us this summer!

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No Fun Link Friday today

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Paula

Sorry guys! Having lost track of the days a little bit, I didn’t get a chance to prepare anything fun for today. That’s the life of a grad student, I suppose.  Our discussion on this week’s main article on the role of theory in Japanese Studies has had some impressive contributions, though, so I encourage you to check out the article and comments! But if it’s a mental break you’re looking for, feel free to browse our previous Fun Link Fridays for games and fun articles. There’s always online hanafuda… sushicat… prefectural map games… 😉

Have a great weekend everybody!

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Job Opening: Teaching Fellows (2) Japanese Studies (Haverford College), Korean Studies (Wittenburg University)

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Paula

Institution: Haverford College; Wittenburg University; ASIANetwork, Japanese Studies and Korean Studies

Position:   Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Positions: Japan and Korea

With the generous support of the Luce Foundation, ASIANetwork is providing financial support for the hiring of teaching fellow positions at our member colleges.  For more information about the positions for our program’s third year (2012-13) and links to the position postings, see the Quick Picks at:http://asianetwork.org/ Application deadlines and procedures vary.

Haverford College: Japanese Studies (modern and/or contemporary culture or history)

Wittenberg University: Korean Studies (humanities or social sciences)

What is ASIANetwork?  A consortium of over 150 North American colleges, ASIANetwork strives to strengthen the role of Asian Studies within the framework of liberal arts education to help prepare succeeding generations of undergraduates for a world in which Asian societies play prominent roles in an ever more interdependent world. For more information, see: http://asianetwork.org

Contact: Gary DeCoker

Earlham College

decokga@earlham.edu

Website: http://asianetwork.org

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Job Opening: ACLS Public Fellows Program: Various Nonprofit Staff Positions

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Paula

Institution:   American Council of Learned Societies
Location:   New York, United States
Position:   Other Professional, Post-Doctoral Fellow; ACLS Public Fellows Program: Various Nonproft Staff Positions

ACLS invites applications for the second competition of the Public Fellows program. The program will place 13 recent Ph.D.s from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. The positions and organizations are listed below. The program, made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aims to demonstrate that the capacities developed in the advanced study of the humanities have wide application, both within and beyond the academy.

In 2012, the ACLS Public Fellows will be appointed to the following positions:

  • Carnegie Mellon University  Assistant Director of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation
  • Consumers Union  Policy Analyst
  • Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)  Global Projects Manager
  • Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)  Program Coordinator and Analyst, Anvil Academic Publishing
  • Forum on Education Abroad  Associate Director
  • German Marshall Fund of the United States  Program Officer, Leadership and Alumni Development
  • Human Rights Watch  Human Rights Researcher/Advocate
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art  Associate Development Officer
  • National Conference of State Legislatures  Legislative Studies Specialist
  • Newberry Library  Assistant Director, Digital Initiatives and Services
  • New York Public Library  Special Projects Coordinator
  • Oxfam America  Policy and Research Advisor
  • Union of Concerned Scientists  Democracy Analyst

Applications are accepted only through the ACLS Online Fellowship

Application system (ofa.acls.org) by March 21, 2012. Please do not contact any of the organizations directly. See www.acls.org/programs/publicfellows for complete position descriptions and application information.

Applicants must have received their degrees in the last three years and aspire to careers in administration, management, and public service by choice rather than circumstance. Competitive applicants will have been successful in both academic and extra-academic experiences. Applicants must possess U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status; have a Ph.D. in the humanities or humanistic social sciences conferred between January 2009 and the application deadline; and not have applied to any other ACLS fellowship programs in the 2011-2012 competition year, including the New Faculty Fellows program.

Contact: See www.acls.org/programs/publicfellows for more information on the program, positions, eligibility, and application. Questions about the fellowship program can be directed in writing topstranahan@acls.org (no calls please).

Website: http://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellows

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