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Associate Professor, Media Studies and Korean Language, Kyoto University
(Deadline extended)

 The Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies at Kyoto University is pleased to announce a search for an outstanding scholar to teach media studies and Korean at the associate professor level beginning on April 1, 2005. Details of the position are as follows:

 

Rank: Associate Professor (jokyojyu)
Affiliation: Course of Studies of Cultural Societies,Department of Studies in Human Coexistence, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
Major Field: Media Studies
Teaching
Responsibilities:
 (Graduate) The successful candidate must obtain approval from the University Chartering Council to teach graduate courses and advise graduate degree theses at the M.A. and Ph.D. Levels. The following is a list of graduate courses and the major field for which the successful candidate must be qualified to teach:
Ph.D. Level:
Media Studies
Studies of Cultural Societies and related courses
M.A. Level:
Media Studies Practicum and other related courses
Research Field for Supervision of Graduate Theses:
Media Studies

 In addition to the above graduate courses, the successful candidate will teach media studies courses at the undergraduate level in the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies and Korean
Language (I, II) in the General Education and Liberal Arts program.

Qualifications:
  1. Ph.D. or equivalent scholarly qualification
  2. Experience teaching a foreign language, preferably Korean, at the university or junior college level.
  3. Non-native speakers of Japanese should possess high-level proficiency in Japanese.
Date Employment
Commences:
April 1, 2005
Documents to
Submit:
  1. Curriculum vita
  2. List of research publications
  3. Copies (6) of five relevant scholarly publications. Publications in languages other than Japanese should include a summary in Japanese.
  4. A statement in Japanese (4,000 characters) describing previous research topics and accomplishments.
Screening of
Applications:
 Initial screening of applications will be based on submitted documents. In the process of screening, short-listed applicants may be invited to an interview and asked to submit copies of all of their previous publications. The university cannot provide travel expenses or accommodation for the interview.
Deadline for
applications:
5:00 p.m., Friday, July 30, 2004
Address to Submit
Documents:

Dean, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
Kyoto University
Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku
Kyoto 606-8501
Japan

 (Only applications sent by mail or courier will be accepted. Please write "Media Studies Application Enclosed" in red letters on the envelope or package and send the package by registered mail or courier. In principle, application materials will not be returned.)

Inquiries: Prof. Yoshito Takahashi,
Department of Studies in Human Coexistence,
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
Kyoto University
E-mail: yoshito.takahashi@human.mbox.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Tel: 075-753-6672 (domestic); 81-75-753-6672 (international)
Date of this announcement (English version) July 1, 2004.

 

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