Job openings: KCJS professors needed

The Kyoto Consortium of Japanese Studies is looking to fill two professor positions, one for the upcoming academic year and one for the next. The deadline date for the 2011-12 application is JANUARY 3, 2011; for 2013-14, the deadline is FEBRUARY 18, 2011 . See the announcement below for more information.

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF FACULTY POSITION(S)
KYOTO CONSORTIUM FOR JAPANESE STUDIES
Academic Year 2011-12*
Academic Year 2013-14

*Please note that we are recruiting for NEXT academic year. We are seeking to replace the KCJS Professor who had been appointed for AY 2011-12 but has had to relinquish her appointment.  – Ginger Marcus, Chair, KCJS Governing Board

The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (http://www.kcjs.columbia.edu) seeks faculty members with extensive experience in Japanese studies for either a full academic year or a single semester as KCJS Professor. Applicants should hold tenure or be on tenure track at a KCJS member university.  Applications from all disciplines and ranks are welcome.

KCJS is a two-semester academic program in Kyoto with an enrollment of 40 to 50 undergraduate students from KCJS member universities and other institutions. It is governed by a board of faculty representatives from the 14 universities that make up the consortium and is managed administratively by the Office of Global Programs at Columbia University. The KCJS fall semester begins in early September and ends in late December; the spring semester begins in mid-January and ends in late April. The KCJS curriculum consists of intensive language courses as well as disciplinary courses in the humanities and social sciences focusing on historical and contemporary Japan.

The full-year KCJS Professor will teach two courses in the fall semester and one course in the spring; single-semester KCJS Professors will each teach two courses. In the fall semester, the KCJS Professor normally offers a survey course covering the full range of Japanese history with emphasis varying by discipline. Additional responsibilities include intellectual and social interaction with students; counseling and advising students in cooperation with the KCJS Resident Director and staff; serving as a member of the admissions committee; and liaison between the KCJS Resident Director and staff in Kyoto and the KCJS Governing Board in the U.S.

The usual arrangement continues the KCJS Professor’s salary and benefits from the home institution. KCJS will provide funding to the home university for salary and benefits at a standard and reasonable rate. Housing and roundtrip transportation for a spouse or partner and up to two dependent children not yet graduated from high school are provided.

Applicants should submit a c.v., a letter describing their intellectual interests and  experience in teaching and advising undergraduates, and recent syllabi for undergraduate courses. They should specify the preferred appointment: full year, fall semester, or spring semester. A full-year applicant should include a description of about half a page for each of 4-5 proposed courses, at least 2 of which should be broad survey courses with a comprehensive historical scope; a single semester applicant should describe 2-3 proposed courses, one of which should be the broad survey course. Applicants should provide contact information for two references. All application materials should be sent electronically by JANUARY 3, 2011 (’11-’12) or FEBRUARY 18, 2011 (’13-’14) to Fay Ju  (fjj1@columbia.edu) in the Office of Global Programs at Columbia University.

A subcommittee of the KCJS Governing Board will select the KCJS Professor. Questions may be addressed to the KCJS Governing Board Chair, Ginger Marcus, at vsmarcus@wustl.edu .