Postdoctoral Research Training Associate

The Department of East Asian Studies, within the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge, seeks to appoint to a 3-year, fixed-term Postdoctoral Research Training Associate in Japanese Studies. The post will start in September 2022 and last until August 2025, due to the post being a traineeship. This position is designed for early careers researchers and provides mentoring and training in teaching and research to enhance the role holders future career prospects.

We are open to any specialty within the range of fields from premodern to modern Japanese Studies but the ability to teach bungo would be desirable. We also welcome applications from candidates who embody our « Japan and the World » campaign and with an interest in comparative studies in relation to the rest of East Asia.

Appointees will be expected to engage in high-level research, to publish in their specialist field, and to contribute to teaching, supervising and the examination of undergraduates and as required Masters students. An academic mentor will be assigned to the appointee to provide guidance and advice on each aspect of their development.

A capstone of the research output will be the organisation of a workshop at an approved time late in the second year or early in the third year during which the candidate will (with a separate budget from the Japan Studies section) invite scholars to a round table to discuss the candidate’s planned book manuscript or significant peer reviewed article with an aim for publication.

Some research money will be available for research expenses and conference attendance throughout the 3 years of this post.

Training in curriculum development, conference organising, running seminars, and supervising students will form part of the role.

Given the wide remit of the research conducted by the Japanese Studies group, the awardee will have the opportunity to receive further training through joining research groups and international conferences and thus expand their skill sets in areas outside of research and teaching but which remain central to the pursuit of academic excellence. 

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Applications are due by midnight (GMT) on Friday 15th April 2022 and should include:

• A Curriculum Vitae, including a list of publications.
• A cover letter outlining your interest in the role and how your your skills and experiences will complement the Japanese section and faculty.
• A representative piece of written work, your dissertation, a recent article, or a book chapter.

Please ensure that you upload all requested documents (Please note that if you send any additional documents, which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application).

Interviews are expected to be conducted in late April or early May 2022. Interviews maybe conducted online.

Please email the Chair of the search committee, Professor Barak Kushner (bk284@cam.ac.uk), if you have further queries. 

Please quote reference GX29911 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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La section d’Études japonaises de l’université d’Aix Marseille organise une campagne de recrutement pour des postes à pourvoir à partir du 1 septembre 2022 pour l’année 2022-2023. Il s’agit des postes suivants:

·         1 poste de lecteur

·         1 poste de contractuel du second degré

·         1 poste de contractuel du second degré susceptible d’être vacant

Les dossiers de candidatures (disponibles ci-dessous) doivent être accompagnés d’un CV et d’une lettre de motivation.

Dossier recrutement contractuel 2nd degré

Dossier recrutement lecteur et maître de langue

Contact

pauline.cherrier[at]univ-amu.fr

Profil du poste

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Enseignant·e-chercheur·e possédant une expérience avérée en traduction professionnelle de l’arabe, du chinois, du japonais ou du russe vers le français. Expérience en enseignement de la traduction professionnelle en milieu universitaire et de la recherche en traductologie.

Une expérience confirmée en traduction professionnelle est requise. 

Combinaisons linguistiques visées :  

Langue A : français

Langue B : arabe, chinois, japonais ou russe

Langue C : anglais

La personne recrutée devra être en mesure d’enseigner tout ou partie des cours suivants, selon son profil et ses combinaisons linguistiques :traduction générale, traduction économique/juridique, traduction technique/scientifique, terminologie, création, gestion et exploitation de corpus multilingues, compétences méthodologiques, compétences linguistiques, révision/post-édition.

Résumé

Le/la candidat·e doit témoigner de la réalisation de travaux de recherche et de publications portant sur la traductologie, et détenir une connaissance approfondie des besoins et enjeux des pratiques traductionnelles dans sa/ses combinaison(s) linguistique(s) de spécialisation.

Il est attendu qu’il/elle contribue activement au développement de la recherche en traductologie et participe aux travaux de l’EA 7345 CLESTHIA, essentiellement sous la forme de projets s’inscrivant, sous forme transversale ou non, dans les axes « pratiques langagières et interactions », « sens et discours » et « linguistique de l’écrit ».La personne retenue devra participer à la mise en œuvre de partenariats scientifiques avec d’autres universités et institutions reconnues au plan international en traductologie, en mettant l’accent sur les partenaires implantés dans ses aires culturelles et linguistiques de spécialisation.

A propos de l’ESIT

L’ESIT est le seul établissement public français qui soit membre à la fois de la Fédération internationale des traducteurs (FIT), de la Conférence internationale permanente d’instituts universitaires de traducteurs et d’interprètes (CIUTI), du Réseau européen des masters en traduction (EMT), de l’Association française des formations universitaires aux métiers de la traduction (AFFUMT), du Master européen en interprétation de conférence (EMCI) et de l’European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (EFSLI).

École à finalité professionnelle couvrant les métiers et disciplines de la traduction et de l’interprétation, l’ESIT forme des futur·es professionnel·les de haut niveau appelé·es à travailler dans des organisations internationales, des entreprises, ainsi que des agences et cabinets de traduction ou en pratique privée.

La personne recrutée assurera la direction de mémoires de master à l’ESIT (mémoires professionnels et de recherche) et de thèses à l’École doctorale 622.La personne recrutée devra également assumer des responsabilités administratives et pédagogiques au sein de l’ESIT et de l’Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Full-time Full Professor of Political Science, Specialisation International Relations and Multilateralism

Sciences Po is an international research university, both selective and open onto the world, ranking among the finest institutions in the fields of humanities and social sciences. Sciences Po’s overarching mission is to educate future leaders in the public and private sectors. Sciences Po is an equal opportunity employer and invites women to apply.

Requirements

Research Through their publications, candidates will demonstrate their ability to conduct innovative and internationally recognised research. They will demonstrate their integration in national and international scientific networks and their willingness to contribute to the research programmes conducted at the Centre for International Studies (CERI). This centre has cultivated its identity based on several singularities (use of diverse sociological traditions and analysis of normative issues).

The candidate’s research focus should adapt and match such characteristics by dealing with institutions and practices of multilateralism as a mode of international cooperation. The candidate will be expected to co-lead the GDR GRAM (Research Group on Multilateral Action) and to contribute to the activities of the CERI’s field of research entitled “Actors and Levels of Regulation in World Politics”. She/he will also be invited to join other programmes in International Relations—those r! elated to diplomatic practices on the one hand, and to non-Western and post-Western approaches on the other—as well as to one of the other fields (Identity and Politics, the transformations of the State, Political Participation and Mobilization, Violence and Risk Management).

Specialisation in one of the regional areas covered by the CERI is a condition for the recruitment. Applications with a focus on Southeast Asia or the Far East are an asset in this regard.

Teaching

Annual teaching duties are 128 master class-equivalent (CM) hours that can be divided into three 24-hour classes and 56 CM hours of complementary pedagogical services (1 CM hour = 6.3 hours) at the three levels of teaching offered by Sciences Po: its college programme (on one of the seven Sciences Po campuses) and especially the course Thinking IR globally (introductory course of IR at the undergraduate level), its Master’s program and its Doctoral School. Candidates will have to demonstrate their ability to teach general courses in International Relations, and their willingness to contribute to the supervision of doctoral theses.

Application

Applicants must have the status of a full professor or associate professor. They must complete their application on the “Galaxie” portal of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research between 18th January 2022 and 1st March 2022. https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/ListesPostesPublies/FIDIS/0753431X/FOPC_0753431X_4121.pdf

This application must include the following documents:

• A cover letter presenting research projects that the applicant intends to pursue;
• A CV and a complete list of publications;
• 3 major publications;
• A synopsis of courses taught and, if possible, course evaluations. Questions can be directed to the President of the selection committee: frederic.ramel@sciencespo.fr 

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CMN190/full-time-full-professor-of-political-science