NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE: College Place in Cultural Research, Division of Japanese Research

The Division of Japanese Research on the Nationwide College of Singapore invitations functions for the put up of Assistant Professor (Tenure Monitor) within the space of cultural research to begin in July 2025 or earlier.

Candidates for this place ought to have a PhD in a self-discipline specializing in Japan with a broadly outlined cultural research or interdisciplinary method. Areas of specialization could be, however not restricted to, manga and anime, video games, music and some other types of standard tradition. Students who have interaction with computational instruments in research and teaching are notably inspired to use.

Candidates should reveal sturdy educational, teaching and administrative skill, and a willingness to advertise a collaborative departmental tradition. Duties will embrace teaching at each undergraduate and graduate ranges, together with the MA in Japanese Visible Cultures. Candidates also needs to be keen to contribute to the Division’s team-taught, interdisciplinary programs. They need to possess native-speaking, or close to native-speaking, competence in English and Japanese. 

The Division of Japanese Research is a multidisciplinary division with colleagues specializing in quite a lot of fields together with worldwide relations, anthropology, historical past, standard tradition, literature, efficiency and geography. The division is supported by a complete Japanese language program within the college’s Centre for Language Research. The Division belongs to the College of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) that mixes disciplinary departments with space research departments in Asian Research.

A horny wage and advantages package deal that features medical advantages and housing preparations might be decided in response to {qualifications}. The chosen candidate will obtain a start-up grant and be eligible to apply for numerous different sources of inside and exterior funding and grants.

Candidates ought to ship, by electronic mail attachment, to the Search Committee at fasbox64@nus.edu.sg, a file comprising:

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1. Cowl letter and CV
2. Assertion of research trajectory and teaching philosophy
3. Full checklist of publications (together with theses and dissertations) and no less than two consultant publications;
4. Course outlines and copies of scholar evaluations of programs taught
5. Three letters of reference and one extra letter from the PhD supervisor (to be despatched on to the above electronic mail handle)

The cut-off date for functions is 15 June 2024. We remorse that solely shortlisted candidates might be notified.

For extra info, please refer to those web sites:

Working in Nationwide College of Singapore http://www.nus.edu.sg/careers/whyjoinus.htm

Division of Japanese Research https://fass.nus.edu.sg/jps

College of Arts and Social Sciences https://fass.nus.edu.sg/

Nationwide College of Singapore http://www.nus.edu.sg/