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August 9, 2023

Job Posting: SSJJ Managing Editor (ISS/UTokyo)

From: MCELWAIN KENNETH <mcelwain@iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Date: 2023/08/04

Dear friends and colleagues,

The Social Science Japan Journal (SSJJ) is conducting a search for a new Managing Editor, to begin on June 1st 2024 or as soon thereafter as possible.

SSJJ (https://academic.oup.com/ssjj) is one of the leading interdisciplinary journals on contemporary Japan, and is published in collaboration between the Institute of Social Science (University of Tokyo) and Oxford University Press. The ME position is at the rank of associate professor (non-tenured) at ISS, where office space and other faculty privileges will be provided.

Deadline: September 13th, 2023 (5pm), Japan Time
Position: Managing Editor, Social Science Japan Journal
Rank: Associate Professor (non-tenured), Institute of Social Science, UTokyo (Hongo)
Start Date: June 1st, 2024
Term: 3 years, with the possibility to renew for 2 years

Further details about the search can be found on the ISS/UTokyo homepage. All applications should be submitted via the jREC-IN portal. Their links are:
jREC-IN: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=3&id=D123061530&ln_jor=0

Please feel free to share this any interesting parties, particularly (but not limited to) junior scholars. 

Best regards,

Kenneth McElwain

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Kenneth Mori McElwain
Professor, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
Editor-in-Chief, Social Science Japan Journal

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