July 1, 2015

Yoshihiro Yamada
Dean
Research Faculty of International Media and Communication Hokkaido University

Announcement of Job Opening

To Whom It May Concern:

Hokkaido University is pleased to announce an opening for a tenured faculty position in the field of modern Japanese media. We ask that you kindly recommend suitable candidates as well as widely share the following information with colleagues and others who you feel may be interested.

1. Position
A full-time tenured assistant professor or associate professor in the Research Faculty of International Media and Communication, Hokkaido University.

2. Duties
(1) Conducting media discourse analysis research in the Research Faculty in the field of modern Japanese media.
Possession of the skills necessary to process language information and bridge research from media culture research, media and journalism research, and language transmission is desirable.
(2) Teaching and graduate student guidance within a Course in the Graduate School of International Media, Communication and Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University (Course of Media and Culture, Course of Media and Journalism, Course of Language Transmission, Course of Public Communication) appropriate to one’s specialty.
Teaching courses on Japanese media research within the Modern Japanese Studies Program.
(3) Teaching English as a foreign language to undergraduate students, as well as teaching of other general education subjects (these courses should be considered equivalent to conventional foreign language courses or other general education subjects traditionally taught in Japanese universities).
(4) Performing other administrative and committee duties necessary to the smooth functioning of the Research Faculty.

3. Contract Commencement Date (Scheduled) April 1, 2016

4. Qualifications
(1) Doctoral degree (or expected obtainment thereof in the immediate future), or possession of equivalent ability.
(2) Native or semi-native English speaker preferable.
Non-native Japanese speakers must possess the ability to conduct courses in Japanese as well as to smoothly carry out administrative duties in the Japanese language.
(3) Possession of the skills, qualities and attitudes necessary for positive engagement in international educational and research exchange with foreign universities. Possession of the experience of having organized international research conferences/symposia (translation, interpreting, coordination) is desirable.
(4) As work duties vary widely, candidates of a flexible and earnest nature who will proactively and positively engage in work-related duties and responsibilities are desirable.

5. Application Materials (to be compiled in Japanese)
(1) Resume (include your date of birth, home or work address, phone number, email address, as well as a
photo)
(2) List of publications and presentations, including monographs, journal articles, competitive grants obtained, etc. List separately those publications in refereed journals and those which are unrefereed articles or conference presentations/proceedings.
Include a 100-character summary in Japanese for all publications other than those in (3) below.
(3) At least two, and no more than 3, main samples of your research.
(a) Attach an approximately 1000-character summary in Japanese for each.
(b) Candidates who have completed their doctorate, or are currently in the process of review of a completed doctorate, must attach a copy, along with a 1000-character summary in Japanese.
(4) A scanned version of the degree certificate of the highest degree obtained.
(5) A statement, in approximately 2000 Japanese characters, outlining:
(a) your research to date
(b) your future research plans
(c) your perspective on research ethics
(6) A statement, in approximately 1000 Japanese characters, of your previous teaching achievements as well as future teaching aspirations should you be hired by Hokkaido University.
(7) Contact details (name, affiliation, title, email address, telephone number) of two referees.
*Sent materials will not be automatically returned.
Those wishing for the return of their application materials should include a self-addressed return envelope with the appropriate postage affixed.
*Short-listed candidates will be requested to come to Sapporo for an interview (domestic airfare will be provided).

6. Application Deadline
Monday, August 17, 2015 (Materials must be received by Japan Time: 5:00 PM)

7. Address to which Application Materials Should be Sent
〒060－0817 札幌市北区北 17 条西 8 丁目
北海道大学大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院
メディア・観光学事務部
Please inscribe 「研究院国際地域文化論分野教員応募書
類」 on the face of the envelope in red ink and send by registered mail.

*Contact Information: Yasushi Kawai, Professor, Hokkaido University
Email: kawai@imc.hokudai.ac.jp
Please title the subject line of the email message “研
究院教員公募関連”, and send inquiries only in
Japanese.