Announcement of Faculty Position
Institute of Liberal Arts and Science,Kanazawa University

The Institute of Liberal Arts and Science, Kanazawa University invites applications for a tenured faculty
position as associate professor or senior lecuturer.
1. Open Position: One associate professor or senior lecturer (full‐time)
2. Affiliation: Faculty of Foreign Language Studies at the Institute of Liberal Arts and Science
3. Main Duties:
1) Teaching Chinese language classes in the liberal arts curriculum2) Designing/planning and coordinating Chinese language classes in the liberal arts curriculum anddeveloping Chinese language teaching materials3) Doing research on the academic fields listed in 4.
4) Taking part in administrative work and institutional projects5) Undertaking such other duties as the head of the institute may deem necessary
4. Academic Fields:
regions

Chinese education, Chinese literature, or cultural studies of Chinese‐speaking

5. Employment status: full‐time, tenured
6. Qualifications:
1) Applicants should have a doctoral degree in the field specified in 4..
2) Applicants should have teaching experience and high ability in teaching Chinese. Those who haveexperience of attending a teacher training course, published papers or presentations on Chinese
education are preferable.
3) Applicants should have strong interest and abilities in organizing language training courses inChina and working in collaboration with partner universities.
4) Non‐native speakers of Japanese are required to have sufficient ability in Japanese (N1 in JLPT) to
communicate in daily life and take part in administrative work and institutional projects.
5) Applicants who have a good knowledge of Chinese classics as the Japanese subject of senior highschool are preferable.
6) Those with the ability to teach in English are preferable.
7. Start of Employment: from April 1st, 2025
8. Application Documents:
1) Curriculum vitae, including the following:a) Educational background from high school to highest degree achieved, including the year andmonth of the start and end of educationb) Employment history, including the year and month of the start and end of employmentc) The names and locations of institutions and periods of time related to experience in studying
overseas2) List of educational and research achievements including details of any competitive research funds
the applicant has so far received3) Three major research and educational achievement published within 5 years, such as books,
published papers, etc. and their summary/abstract* Candidates may be asked to submit additional materials.
4) A description of the applicant’s research interests and achievements, including future researchplan at Kanazawa University (1 page of A4 size paper)
5) An essay on the applicant’s experiences in Chinese language education and future aspirations at
Kanazawa University (1 page of A4 size paper)
6) Two reference persons’ contact details, including their names, affiliations, official positions,contact addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses
9. Application Deadline: June 28, 2024
Please send all the documents by registered mail to:

Professor Takeshi Koguma
Director of the Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Institute of Liberal Arts and Science at Kanazawa
UniversityKakuma‐machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920‐1192, JapanThe application documents should be marked “Job Application (Chinese)” in red on the envelope.
If you wish to send your documents digitally (because of a war, a pandemic, or other situations where
postal services in your region is not functioning) please contact us beforehand.
The submitted documents will not be returned unless requested. Applicants who wish to havetheir documents returned must enclose a self‐addressed, stamped envelope.
10. Selection Process:
After the first screening based on the application documents, short‐listed candidates will be called
for an interview and a teaching demonstration around July‐AugustKanazawa University cannot provide funding for travel and accommodation expenses for theinterview and teaching demonstration.
11. Contact Person:

Professor Takeshi Koguma

Director of the Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Institute of Liberal Arts and Science at Kanazawa
UniversityE‐mail: FLSjobs[@]ml.kanazawa‐u.ac.jp (Please delete [ ].)12. Additional Information:
1) Kanazawa University offers sabbatical leaves. For further information, see thefollowing university’s website (in Japanese):
http://www.kanazawa‐u.ac.jp/kiteishu/act/frame/frame110000110.htm
2) Position and salary are commensurate with the candidate’s academic and employment experiences.
Salary and benefits are specified in the Kanazawa
University’s regulations. For further information, see the following university’swebsite (in Japanese):
http://www.kanazawa‐u.ac.jp/university/administration/regulation/rules/3) Kanazawa University actively promotes a gender‐equal workplace. For details, see
the following URL (in Japanese):
http://cdl.w3.kanazawa‐u.ac.jp/index.html*While this announcement is made in both Japanese and English, the original Japanese version shall be
relied upon in instances of possible discrepancy or divergent interpretation with that of the English
version.