A Limited-Contract Teaching Position (Communication Studies)
A Limited-Contract Teaching Position (Communication Studies),
Department of English, Faculty of Culture and Representation
The Department of English, Faculty of Culture and Representation, of Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, located on the Imadegawa Campus in Kyoto City, announces an opening for a five-year limited contract position, beginning in April 2025.
Application handbook
Field of specialty | Communication Studies |
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Position | Assistant Professor (One) |
Contract Period |
Five years, beginning April 1, 2025. Non- renewable contract. ※If you have had employment contracts with any of the schools, colleges or universities of the Doshisha after April 2013, and if the period of time when you did not have an employment contract is less than 6 months in length between April 2013 and the date of employment for this recruitment, there may be a limit to the duration of the continuous employment contract period. Therefore, the contract period for this position may be shorter than five years as stated above. |
Affiliation | Department of English, Faculty of Culture and Representation |
Qualifications |
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Courses to be taught | Undergraduate courses in communication studies; seminar courses. English skills courses |
Duties | Active involvement in educational and research activities; teaching and instruction; provide wide-ranging educational guidance to students; attend departmental, faculty and college-wide meetings; plan and participate in curricular and extra-curricular activities; perform administrative and examination-related tasks as required; design, develop and coordinate educational events of the college and the Department of English. |
Salary and benefits | To be calculated according to the candidate’s age as of April 1, 2025, in accordance with the Doshisha salary scale. *Mandatory retirement age is 65. |
Required documents |
*Forms in Japanese for [1]~[3] and the directions for [1][2] can be downloaded below. [1] CV (Use the official form; the applicant’s name must be handwritten with the family name in all capitals.)
[2] List of academic publications and presentations (Use the official form)
*N. B. For [1] and [2] please also send Word or Excel files to the English Department Office by email (eibun-i*dwc.doshisha.ac.jp (Replace * with @)). [3] Photograph (4.5cm x 3.5cm, showing face and shoulders, to be attached to the official form) [4] Three off-prints/copies of academic publications or dissertation. |
Deadline for applications | Application materials must be postmarked on or before Friday, August 9, 2024. |
Interview date | Saturday, September 21, 2024 *Interviewees will be asked to conduct the following at the interview: a 20-minute model lesson for undergraduate students on a topic of an introductory level in Communication Studies and in a teaching style of their choice. *Only those to be interviewed will be notified by email sometime after 10:00 A.M. on Friday, September 13, 2024. *Please note that travel expenses are the responsibility of the interview candidates and will not be reimbursed. |
Send applications to |
English Department Office, Faculty of Culture and Representation, *Send application materials via registered mail (kakitome) or simplified registered mail (kan'i kakitome) clearly marked in red: “Application Documents (Communication Studies)”. |