26.4515, Jobs: English; Japanese; Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: Lecturer / Assistant Professor, Kobe University

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Subject: 26.4515, Jobs: English; Japanese; Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: Lecturer / Assistant Professor, Kobe University

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:39:11
From: Fumiko Fujinami [fumiko at kobe-u.ac.jp]
Subject: English; Japanese; Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: Lecturer / Assistant Professor, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, USA

University or Organization: Kobe University 
Department: Graduate School of Intercultural Studies
Job Location: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan 
Web Address: http://web.cla.kobe-u.ac.jp/graduate-en/
Job Title: Tenure Track Lecturer or Assistant Professor (Linguistics, Applied Linguistics)
Job Rank: Assistant Professor; Lecturer; Senninkoshi, Jokyo

Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      Japanese (jpn) 

Description:

Note: See the following website for full information in English: https://goo.gl/RsMBCp Below is an abridged version.

Linguistics and Communication at the Human Communication and Information Science Division of the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University, invites applications for a tenure-track position in General Linguistics or Applied Linguistics at the rank of Assistant Professor or Lecturer. 

Successful applicants should have the ability to teach and conduct research in theoretical General or Applied Linguistics and in Japanese, English, or other languages that will enable them to contribute to their research areas. We would welcome applicants with a secondary strength in area(s) related to Sociolinguistics or Anthropological Linguistics, particularly in connection to Teaching Japanese to Speakers of Other Languages. It is expected that these secondary areas will enable the appointed person to extend their research into issues of language and social inequality in the globalizing new economy.

Applicants should have teaching and research expertise in theoretical General or Applied Linguistics in Japanese, English, or other languages that will enable them to contribute to these research areas. Applicants who also possess expertise in fields such as Sociolinguistics or Anthropological Linguistics would be welcome, and particularly those with a connection to the field of Teaching Japanese to Speakers of Other Languages. It is expected that these secondary areas will enable the appointed person to extend their research into issues of language and social inequality in the globalizing new economy.

The appointee is strongly expected to have been involved in or be ready to initiate joint international research projects using the appointee’s international network. 

The appointee will contribute to existing strengths in the Department but also will add to these strengths in new and substantive ways. In addition to research, he or she will contribute breadth and depth to the undergraduate and graduate curricula, including the mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students. 

Under the above mentioned tenure-track system, the term of employment is five years from the date of employment. During this period, a newly employed assistant professor will receive an interim review in the third year of employment, followed by a tenure review in the fifth year of employment. If his/her research record and other relevant aspects are recognized as exceptional, the person will be awarded tenured status from the university (i.e., guaranteed employment until mandatory retirement) with a possibility of promotion to Associate Professorship. 

This position could carry reduced academic and service responsibilities compared with other faculty members. In five years, however, the responsibilities will be gradually increased on par with other faculty members. 

Job Starting Date: October 1, 2016

Application deadline: 17:00, November 16, 2015, Japan Standard Time

For Responsibilities, Qualifications, Application Materials and others, please refer to the application website below.

Application Deadline: 16-Nov-2015 
Mailing Address for Applications:
	Dean Kazuhiro Ohtsuki 
	Graduate School of Intercultural Studies 
	Kobe University 
	1-2-1 Tsurukabuto, Nada 
	Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture 657-8501 
	Japan  
Web Address for Applications: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail/Call+for+application+Kobe+Univ+20150915v2.pdf? 
Contact Information:
	Professor Fumiko Fujinami 
	Email: fumiko at kobe-u.ac.jp 

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