Senior Academic Position at UT

[Kirsten Cather]

Dear Members,

I am chairing a university search committee to fill a senior position  
that might be of interest to some Japanese film scholars.  The  
position is the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Chaired Professorship in  
Japanese Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.  Please see  
below for details, and don't hesitate to contact me if you have any  
questions!

Sincerely,

Patricia Maclachlan

Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies

Director, Center for East Asian Studies

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Job Description:

The Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin  
invites applications for a tenured position in modern or pre-modern  
Japan Studies to be the holder of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries  
Chair in Japanese Studies. The ideal candidate will have a  
disciplinary and research focus in the broad field of the humanities  
relating to the civilization and society of Japan; the department is  
especially interested in the areas of literature and religion. The  
selected candidate will be expected to teach courses at both the  
graduate and undergraduate level, to supervise students at the MA and  
Ph.D. level, to engage in scholarly research, and to provide service  
to the department, college and university. This person will play a  
leading role in the intellectual life of both the Japan and East Asia  
programs in the department and the Center for East Asian Studies.

Applicant Instructions:

We ask that applications be submitted by Monday, January 19, 2009,  
but will continue to accept applications until the position is  
filled. Please send a letter of interest, current CV, and names and  
addresses of at least three possible references to: Japan Search  
Committee, Department of Asian Studies, WCH 4.134, 1 University  
Station G9300, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas  
78712. For additional information, please contact Professor Patricia  
Maclachlan, Chair, Japan Search Committee, at  
pmaclachlan at mail.utexas.edu. Background check conducted on successful  
candidate. Position funding is pending budgetary approval. The  
University of Texas is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity  
Employer.
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