Dear SSJ-Forum Colleagues,

Hokkaido University is looking to hire three English-speaking Japanese studies specialists to tenure track positions as part of its expansion of classes taught in the social sciences in English. The posts are contract positions (tokunin kyoin) until March 2017 and then the staff will be moved into tenured positions (sennin kyoin) subject to final approval by a tenure review board. For full details see the ad on JREC-In:

http://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D112121277&ln_jor=1

The closing date for applications is 31 January.

Please feel free forward this information to anyone who may be interested.

With warmest regards from Sapporo,

Philip Seaton

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Dr Philip Seaton, MA (Cantab), MA (Sussex), DPhil
(Sussex) Professor, Advisor to the Executives (International Affairs), Director: Modern Japanese Studies Program.

Address:
Office of International Affairs, Hokkaido University, North 15, West 8, North Ward, Sapporo 060-0815, JAPAN.

Telephone:
+81-(0)11-706-5376

Website:
www.philipseaton.net
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