Full-time Faculty Position (with tenure or tenure-track) 【English Literature】

1 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Waseda University

Research Field

Ethics in social sciences
Cultural studies
Demography
Economics
Communication sciences
Ethics in health sciences
Criminology
Anthropology
Ethics in physical sciences
Ethics in natural sciences
Educational sciences
Arts
History
Sociology
Management sciences
Psychological sciences
Juridical sciences
Literature
Religious sciences
Philosophy
Political sciences
Language sciences
Geography

Researcher Profile

Leading Researcher (R4)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

29 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

See description

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]
* Background of the recruitment and description of the project
The candidate will be expected to teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in English literature as well as to maintain an active research record in English literary studies and related fields. For this reason, an ideal candidate will have research as well as teaching interests in both English literature and also one or more of the following related fields: world literature, translation theory, ecocriticism and environmental humanities, gender and sexuality studies, critical race theory, comparative arts (literature and film, visual art, music, performance, etc.), and/or digital humanities.

[Work content and job description]
Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Courses in English Literature and Related Subjects
Examples of possible classes:

SILS
First Year Seminar, Intermediate Seminar
Introduction to English and Anglophone Literature
Selected Topics in English Literature
Selected Topics in Literature and Comparative Arts
Advanced Seminar in English Literature

GSICCS
Adaptation Studies: Literature, Film, and Other Media

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
169-8050 Tokyo 1-6-1　Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku
In principle at the Waseda Campus

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Job content supplemental explanation:Work Responsibility

The successful candidate will be required to perform the following core tasks:

1) Undergraduate teaching in SILS (Expression Cluster)
2) Graduate teaching in GSICCS (Culture and Communication Study Plan)
3) Supervision or deputy supervision of GSICCS MA and PhD students
4) Evaluating MA theses and PhD dissertations in GSICCS oral examination committees
5) Contributing actively to the research development of the University (independent research activities, international publications, fund-seeking applications, conference organization, collegial academic life with SILS and GSICCS members)
6) Fulfilling administrative duties in SILS and GSICCS as required by the University (entrance examination, committee work, etc.)

Note: We are on a 14-week semester system, in which each class period (koma) is 100 minutes long. In general, a full-time faculty member teaches at least nine koma a year, with four or five koma per week each semester.

[Work location]
4F, Building 11, 1-6-1 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 169-8050 Japan

Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits

[Compensation]
Annual salary:6 million yen
Wages description:Provided in accordance with the university regulations..
Working hours:00:00-00:00
Break time:00:00-00:00
Holidays :New Year Holidays, National Holidays, and University Anniversary Day (excluding national holidays designated by the university as workdays) Vacations are (1) non-working days designated by
Japanese laws and ordinances, such as Labor Standards Law, and (2) those designated by the university (e.g., summer/winter vacation periods and periods when offices are closed).
Overtime and other explanations:Scheduled working days and working hours (start time, finish time, rest periods) are as specified in the university regulations.
As for research work, the Discretionary Labor System of Japan (Deemed working hours: 8 hours/day) applies.
Hence, working hours for research as well as how research should proceed are at the discretion of each faculty member.
Employment type:Regular employee
Employment type description:Full-time
Contract period:Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description:No contracted term for Associate Professor with tenure or Professor with tenure.
In principle, the contracted term of service for the Associate Professor (tenure-track) or Professor (tenure-track) is three years.
Probationary period:Probationary period absent

[Various systems]

[Insurance]
Employees' Health Insurance:available
Employees' Pension Insurance:available
Worker's accident insurance:available
Employment insurance:available

[Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace]

[Supplementary explanation of compensation]

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Waseda University

Country

Japan

City

Tokyo

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D124010245&ln_jor=1

STATUS: EXPIRED