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January 28, 2011

[SSJ: 6511] Two Postgraduate Part-Time Teaching (Political Science) positions at Sophia University

From: Koichi Nakano
Date: 2011/01/28

Two Postgraduate Part-Time Teaching Positions in Political Science at Sophia University

The MA program in Global Studies, the Graduate Program in Global Studies, Sophia University, seeks applications for non-tenured, part-time (hijokin) instructors for its "Global Politics" and "Conflicts and Security" courses for spring semester 2011.

For the "Global Politics" course, the successful candidate will teach the standard topics of International Relations and/or important contemporary political themes of global significance, such as food safety, climate change, terrorism and piracy, and migration, for instance.

For the "Conflicts and Secuirty" course, the successful candidate is expected to teach the basic theories of conflict and security and deal with specific case studies in East Asia and other regions.

Both courses are to be offered in English to a diverse group of MA students in a seminar setting (rather than lecture).

The semester will begin in April and end in July. Two 90-minutes seminars per week (either on Mondays and Thursdays, or on Tuesdays and Fridays) or one 180-minutes seminar per week (any weekday) will be the class format. Applicants would have a Ph.D., or equivalent work/research experience in the field. Pay is competitive with other universities for part-time teaching in Japan.

The Graduate Program in Global Studies is a leading institution of global studies in Japan that offers all courses in English. It was a recipient of a 5-year 21 Century "COE" ("Center of Excellence") grant by the Ministry of Education (2002-2006) in recognition of excellence in research and graduate education. Originally established as the Graduate Program in Comparative Culture, it was reorganized as the Graduate Program in Global Studies, at the same time as it moved to the main Yotsuya campus in April 2006. Please refer to our home page for more details about the faculty:
http://grad.fla.sophia.ac.jp/degrees/global_ma

Candidates are asked to email their brief CV and sample course syllabus to Prof. Koichi Nakano
(knakano@sophia.ac.jp) by February 15, 2011.

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