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Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Japanese
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Japanese
beginning August 15, 2013
The Department of Foreign Languages and Humanities at Eastern Kentucky University is accepting applications for a nine-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor to teach Japanese beginning August 2013.
Seeking generalist committed to excellent teaching and research with a record of professional and scholarly achievement. Must be prepared to teach all levels of undergraduate Japanese language, culture, and literature, and have an interest in online and distance teaching opportunities. Applicants should also be prepared to teach Japanese culture and/or Humanities courses in English. Responsibilities include a 4/4 teaching load, promotion of the Japanese program and various departmental activities.
Ph.D. in Japanese Studies or related discipline from a regionally accredited institution or recognized international university is required (ABD candidates may be considered). Qualified applicants must have native or near-native fluency in English and Japanese.
All interested applicants must apply at jobs.eku.edu
(search requisition 0612348)
All offers of employment are contingent on completion of a satisfactory background check. Eastern Kentucky University is an EEO/AA institution that values diversity in its faculty, staff, and student body. In keeping with this commitment, the university welcomes applications from diverse candidates and candidates who support diversity.
Contact: Abbey.Poffenberger@eku.edu for more information.
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2013 AAS Award for Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies is awarded to Prof. David W. Plath
The 2013 AAS Award for Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies is awarded to David W. Plath, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and leader of the Media Production Group for which he has designed, scripted, hosted, narrated, edited, directed, and often filmed their productions. Among his many video titles are: PREACHING FROM PICTURES: A Japanese Mandala (2006) an interactive DVD with materials displaying and explaining the Mandala of the Ten Worlds; UNDER ANOTHER SUN, Japanese in Singapore (2003) about Japanese residents of contemporary Singapore; MAKIKO’S NEW WORLD (1999), dramatizing family life in Kyoto in 1910; FIT SURROUNDINGS (1993) on abalone diving women on Japan’s Shima Peninsula; and CANDLES FOR NEW YEARS (1992) a portrait of the Lahu of northern Thailand, produced with David’s wife and frequent collaborator Jacquetta F. Hill.
In 2000 the Society for East Asian Anthropology established the David Plath Media Award, given biennially for the best new educational media project on Asian societies and cultures.
David Plath taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 35 years, published six books and more than 60 articles in anthropology and Japanese studies, and is perhaps best known for Long Engagements: Maturity in Modern Japan (Stanford University Press, 1980).
The 2013 Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies award celebrates David Plath’s long engagement and many contributions to teaching about Japan at all levels and through many media. His work helps us to better understanding our selves and our subjects throughout our intellectual life course.
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International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars (NEKST)
International Conference of
NextGen Korean Studies Scholars (NEKST)
May 17-18, 2013 • Ann Arbor, MI
2013 Conference Theme:
Translating Value and the Value of Translation
This conference invites graduate students within Korean Studies across the humanities and social sciences to participate in the International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars (NEKST) at the University of Michigan. This year’s conference has a theme, “Translating Value and the Value of Translation”; however, papers submitted do not have to adhere to the theme as long as they are on the topic of Korea.
The 2013 theme explores the topic of translation writ large. Works of translation inherently cross languages, borders, and audiences. As translation is produced for and consumed within new markets and new political contexts, new issues arise beyond the literal or semantic. Thus, the value of translation and the translation of value present both challenges and opportunities for the future of Korean Studies. Moreover, as Korean Studies moves away from an isolated area-based field and into the next generation of Korean Studies in which scholars apply the tools of myriad disciplines to evaluate the unique case of Korea, translation transcends the mere rendering of one language from another. Translation may represent different disciplinary lenses through which Korea can be examined, and how scholars of Korean Studies may move between these lenses to make sense of the pieces, the facets, and the whole of Korea.
This conference welcomes student submissions that address, but need not be limited to, the following questions: What value does translation have within Korean studies? How do scholars and translators communicate value across linguistic, cultural, ideological, or historical boundaries? What strategies can we use to translate different life-worlds and histories ethically? What is at risk and what is to be gained translating into and out of hegemonic languages? How can existing values be translated and what new values does translation create? How do Korean Studies scholars translate across methodologies, disciplines, and genres? Any methodologies or disciplinary traditions are welcome for submission, as well as those that deviate from the conference theme if the proposed paper topic is specific to Korea.
About:
The NEKST Conference is sponsored by the Nam Center for Korean Studies, University of Michigan, and the College of Humanities, Seoul National University. The conference organizing committee is chaired jointly by the Korean Studies Graduate Working Group at the University of Michigan and the Woosong Korean Studies Graduate Fellows at Seoul National University.
Information:
Abstracts of 250 words or less must be received Monday, April 8, 2013 via email to nekst2013@umich.edu. Notifications will be sent Thursday, April 18, 2013. Completed papers will be due by May 10, 2013. Meals and accommodation will be provided to all presenters during the conference. Limited travel grants may be available to accepted speakers by application.
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Korea Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2013-2014
Korea Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2013-2014
The Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign welcomes applications for postdoctoral study at the University of Illinois funded by the Korea Foundation’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Applicants will apply simultaneously to the Korea Foundation and the University of Illinois; selection by the University of Illinois does not guarantee Korea Foundation selection, but the University of Illinois will advise the Korea Foundation of its selected candidate(s).
The University of Illinois has been very pleased to host a Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow annually for the last 5 years, including one this year.
To be eligible:
*Scholars must be from the humanities and social sciences
*Scholars’ PhD. Research must be in a subject related to Korea
*Scholars must not currently hold a regular faculty position
* Scholars must have received their Ph.D. degree prior to the start of their
fellowship period but within five years of January 31, 2013
Korean Nationals wishing to apply must also be permanent residents of a foreign country in order to be eligible.
The post-doctoral stipend is for a 12-month period and will be determined in accordance with University of Illinois regulations. This fellowship cannot be combined with other sources of support, including other fellowships and grants.
In order to apply to the University of Illinois for institutional affiliation as a Korea Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow, submit all application materials to both the Korea Foundation and to the University of Illinois. For information on required Korea Foundation application materials and application procedures go to
http://www.kf.or.kr/eng/01_sks/sks_fel_sfc01.asp
Materials MUST BE RECEIVED BY the University of Illinois NO LATER THAN January 31, 2013. The Korea Foundation application deadline is also Jan 31, 2013. Please send application materials:
As a single PDF to:
with: “Korean Post-Doc Fellowship Application” in the subject line
OR
A hard copy to:
Korea Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
230 International Studies Building
910 S. Fifth St.
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL 61820.
For more information contact Jeffrey Friedman, Associate Director, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, jbfried@illinois.edu.
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2013 Sejong Writing Competition
2013 Sejong Writing Competition
Competition deadline: 11:59pm, January 31st, 2013 (CST)
Eligibility: open to all residents of the US and Canada age 25 and youngerSijo category
a) Young adult & senior divisions (age 25 and younger & grade 12 and younger)
b) Junior essay division (grade 8 and younger)
Write one sijo on a topic of your choice.
More information on writing sijo can be found at :
http://sejongculturalsociety.org/writing/current/resources/sijo_guide.phpFor additional information, contact: (writing@sejongculturalsociety.org)
