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The Associated Kyoto Program (AKP) invites applications for a position as full-time Instructor in Japanese Language, beginning Fall 2025. The initial appointment will be for two years, renewable for an additional three years (and thereafter at three-year intervals) depending on the candidate’s successful teaching and the Program’s curricular needs. AKP is a study abroad program housed at Doshisha University in Kyoto and operated by a consortium of 13 U.S. liberal arts institutions, including Amherst, Bates, Carleton, Colby, Connecticut, Mount Holyoke, Oberlin, Pomona, Smith, Whitman, and Williams Colleges, and Bucknell and Wesleyan Universities. AKP follows a U.S. academic calendar with fall and spring semesters. Instructors are required to be on campus for the eight months that AKP is in session, generally from the beginning of September until the end of April, and should also be available for occasional meetings prior to and following the AKP academic year. For more information about AKP, please visit our website at www.associatedkyotoprogram.org. The main responsibility of the position is to teach one intensive Japanese language course each semester, which will meet for ten 50-minute sessions per week; and one 50-minute skill development course per week. Other responsibilities include weekly office hours, curricular planning and development, [...]

The Program in Asian Studies at Bates College invites applications for a one-semester position at the rank of Lecturer in Japanese, beginning January 2025 and ending in April 2025.  We seek applicants with expertise in teaching intermediate and advanced Japanese language courses.  The successful candidate will teach two courses in the Winter 2025 Semester: Intermediate Japanese II and Advanced Topics in Japanese (potentially Business Japanese).  Additional responsibilities include supervising a language assistant and contributing to co-curricular programming. Bates students come from a diversity of educational and socioeconomic backgrounds, and we are committed to each student’s success.   Thus, candidates may choose to share evidence of their skills and experience supporting a diverse student body either in a separate, additional document or integrated into the teaching statement. We encourage applications from individuals from historically marginalized groups and from those who may have followed non-traditional pathways to higher education due to societal, economics, or academic circumstances. Applicants may choose to describe the breadth of their teaching repertoire, for example, how they worked with, or plan to work with, historically underrepresented, first-generation, and marginalized student populations.  Consideration of applications will begin on September 16, 2024 and continue until the position is filled. Qualifications [...]

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for up to two positions in Japanese literature or a closely related humanities field at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.  The period of specialization is open, but a focus on modern and/or contemporary Japan (19th century to the present), or work that bridges the conventional premodern/modern divide is preferred. Candidates with expertise in digital humanities, environmental humanities, medical humanities, print culture and/or new media, or translation studies are particularly encouraged to apply, as are candidates who work on Japan in global or transnational perspective. The successful candidate should be willing to aid the department in creating further synergies with other departments and programs on campus, including but not limited to Comparative Literature and Thought, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Performing Arts, Film and Media Studies, Religious Studies, History and/or Global Studies. A Ph.D. in Japanese literature or a related humanities field at the time of appointment and native or near-native fluency in both English and Japanese are required of all candidates. Candidates for Associate Professor should have an outstanding teaching, service, and publication record commensurate with tenure at that rank.  Duties will include [...]

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures in Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies invites applications for a tenure-track position as assistant professor in Japanese literature before the modern period. The position is to begin August 1, 2025. Any scholar working in Japanese materials from earliest literary history to the end of the Edo period is welcome to apply. Expectations include the ability to teach broadly across the whole range of Japanese literature before the Meiji period. The successful candidate will also demonstrate the ability to teach classical Japanese. We have particular interest in those able to teach in translation studies. The scholar in this position will contribute to the undergraduate and graduate programs of the department. The teaching load is two courses per semester. To ensure full consideration, please submit: a cover letter including a description of training, current and future research plans, and teaching capabilities; Curriculum Vitae; a 25-30 page writing sample (published article or work-in-progress); and two (2) sample syllabi, one in the area of specialization and one in a survey literature course for undergraduate students; official transcripts of graduate studies; and contact information for three (3) references who will be asked [...]

Ball State University welcomes applications for an Part-time Instructor of Japanese. Part-time instructor semester-by-semester position, non-benefited, in the areas of Japanese language classes. Primary responsibilities include teaching undergraduate Japanese course. This is an in-person 4-hour class taught Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1:00-1:50 pm plus an additional hour online. Applications will remain active until the position is filled. Destination 2040: Our Flight Path establishes Ball State University’s ambitious goals for our second century: We pledge to provide a premier educational experience for every student. We pledge to partner with the community to improve the lives of our neighbors. We are dedicated to having a lifelong presence in the lives of our alumni. And when we complement these promises with our commitment to our enduring values, we define that which makes our University and its culture distinctive. Our faculty are collegial, collaborative, innovative, inclusive, and adaptive, both within and beyond one’s home unit. These attributes include commitments to collaborative discourse, interdisciplinary inquiry, and enterprising learning practices. Our faculty are expected to be innovative, adaptive, engaging teachers across modalities; producers of impactful creative and/or scholarly work; leaders in meaningful service activities to multiple communities. We seek faculty members who are strategic thinkers, [...]

The Evergreen State College seeks one part time (1/2 time) adjunct faculty with the ability to teach two year-long (three academic quarters) sequences of first- and second-year Japanese during academic year 2024-25. The courses will be located within Professional and Continuing Education and will be taught in the afternoons and evenings, in person. Teaching Assignments: First Year Japanese I, fall quarter, 4 credits; Second Year Japanese I, fall quarter, 4 credits; First Year Japanese II, winter quarter, 4 credits; Second Year Japanese II, winter quarter, 4 credits; First Year Japanese III, spring quarter, 4 credits; Second Year Japanese III, spring quarter, 4 credits. https://evergreen.peopleadmin.com/postings/3999

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages (MCL) at George Mason University, invites applications for the position of adjunct faculty. Primary duties are to teach one to two modern Japanese language courses at various levels or two cultural courses as assigned. Requirements include: an MA or above in second-language pedagogy, Japanese linguistics, or another relevant field; native or near-native proficiency in Japanese and English; and a demonstrable record of excellence in language teaching. The department will give preference to candidates with college teaching experience in the U.S., good knowledge of current developments in second language pedagogy, strong skills in written Japanese and the ability to apply modern technology to classroom teaching. Complete applications should include: 1) a cover letter stating your qualifications, teaching philosophy and career plan, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) names and contact information of two references 4) video samples of classroom teaching (if it’s available). Position will remain open until filled. To apply, kindly send a letter of interest and a copy of a CV or Resume electronically to Ayaka Mitsui, Term Faculty of Japanese, Department of Modern and Classical Languages. amitsui@gmu.edu

University: Xi’an Jiaotong- Liverpool University SCHOOL: School of Languages DEPARTMENT: Japanese Division of Modern Languages Centre ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE: Japanese Language Teaching LOCATION: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China POSITION OPEN DATE: 1st September 2024 ADVERTISEMENT CLOSING DATE: Open until filled CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-Term, renewable. 3rd contract is open-ended About XJTLU Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) was established in 2006 by the University of Liverpool (UK) and Xi’an Jiaotong University – a top ten university in China. Offering a unique international education experience, XJTLU brings together excellent research practice and expertise from both institutions and provides students with the skills and knowledge they need to secure careers in the global marketplace. XJTLU currently has over 25,000 enrolled students in both Suzhou (China) and Liverpool (UK), with plans to grow to 28,000 students by 2025. There are currently approximately 2,000 staff, including 1,000 academics, with an almost even split between citizens of the People’s Republic of China and international passport holders. XJTLU offers over 100 programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. XJTLU is entering a new and exciting phase of its development as part of its strategic priorities for the next ten years. Adopting an innovative higher education model based on the concept of SyntegrativeEducation (SE), XJTLU has recently opened the Entrepreneur [...]

The Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU) invites applications for qualified Japanese Language instructors to join the faculty of our living/learning center in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. These are full-time, annually renewable positions with an anticipated January 6, 2025, start date. On the fifth renewal, you will undergo a review for a non-term confirmed employee (無期雇用契約). Your appointment is guaranteed until either the date of your retirement or chosen date of resignation from the position. Since its establishment in 1989 on the shores of Lake Biwa, JCMU has been a beacon of the strong sister-state relationship between the State of Michigan and Shiga Prefecture. JCMU has a rich history of welcoming students from institutions across the United States and around the world, making it a prestigious institution. For more information, please visit http://jcmu.isp.msu.eduhttp://jcmu.isp.msu.edu or https://www.jcmu.nethttps://www.jcmu.net. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates are expected to hold a Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Japanese language pedagogy or a related field, demonstrate native or near-native fluency in Japanese, and have an excellent command of English to fulfill administrative duties. Additionally, candidates need to demonstrate proficiency in relevant technologies for language instruction. Moreover, candidates should have over two years of experience teaching Japanese as a foreign language [...]

Kansai Gaidai University is seeking a full-time (rank open) instructor to teach all levels of Japanese Language for English speaking college students and one undergraduate course for native Japanese students. Responsibilities include 1) teaching 8 class sessions (12 hours) per week, 2) teaching Spoken Japanese as well as Reading & Writing Japanese classes, 3) teaching one undergraduate course related to teaching Japanese as a foreign language (TJFL), 4) supervising TJFL trainee teachers, 4) providing a few office hours per week. Qualifications: 1) M.A. or higher in a field related to teaching Japanese or linguistics (required by the end of the 2024 academic year), 2) College-level Japanese experience teaching to English speaking students from basic to advanced levels, 3) Native fluency in Japanese, 4) Excellent command of English (for advising international students and participating in meetings). Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Application Materials required: 1) Cover letter addressing your qualifications and statement of purpose for this position, 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) List of courses previously taught, 4) List of publications, 5) Brief summary of three publications. Appointment begins from February 1, 2025, but successful candidates should expect to attend preliminary meetings in late January. Applications will be accepted [...]