Dear colleagues

Please see below about a new role working for The Australian National University, with the position being physically based at Ritsumeikan University. Please note that the candidate must separately possess rights to live and work in both Japan and Australia.

The Bachelor of Asia Pacific Affairs (BAPA) is an innovative undergraduate dual-degree program between the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, The Australian National University  (ANU) and the College of Global Liberal Arts, Ritsumeikan University. Students study at both ANU's Canberra campus and Ritsumeikan's Osaka Ibaraki Campus (OIC) and are taught by academic staff from both institutions in English. On successful completion, students receive separate degrees from both institutions. The program was launched in 2019, and has a cohort of students primarily from Australia, Japan, and the Asia Pacific region.

This is an ANU position that is permanently located in Ritsumeikan's Osaka Ibaraki Campus (OIC), Japan.  It is part of the job requirement that the successful incumbent of this position is to be located in Japan for the duration of employment, and that they possess rights to live and work in both Japan and Australia. The applicant will need to be available to commence by September 2023.

The lecturer position will teach ANU courses as part of the delivery of the BAPA program at OIC. The role is based in Japan at Ritsumeikan University, working alongside the BAPA Program Convenor and Program Administrator. We are looking to appoint a promising scholar with teaching and research expertise in a field of study represented in the Bell School, broadly understood:

International Relations
Strategic and Security Studies
Political Science
Asia and the Pacific

Applications closing on: Jun 19 2023.

For more information, see the full position advert.

Enquiries:  For further information about this opportunity, please contact Associate Professor Christopher Hobson, Program Convenor - Bachelor of Asia Pacific Affairs - E: Christopher.hobson@anu.edu.au 

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Dr. Christopher Hobson
Associate Professor
College of Asia and the Pacific
Australian National University

Visiting Associate Professor
College of Global Liberal Arts
Ritsumeikan University
2-150 Iwakuracho, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-8570

Email: christopher.hobson@anu.edu.au
Homepage: christopherhobson.net
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