From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 4:39 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: Asian Studies, Univ. of Leiden, Postdoc Researcher
> H-ASIA
> February 14, 2011
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> Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Asian Studies, University of Leiden
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> From: H-Net Job Guide:
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> JOB GUIDE NO.: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=42190
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>
> Leiden University, Leiden Institute for Area Studies
>
> Post-Doctoral Researcher Asian Studies
>
>
> Institution Type: College / University
> Location: Netherlands
> Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
>
>
> Leiden University, The Netherlands, Faculty of Humanities, Institute for
> Area Studies
>
> Leiden University Profile Area Asian Traditions and Modernities
>
> POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP (38 hours a week)
> vacancy number: 11-042
>
> The Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS)is committed to the
> integration of disciplinary and regional-historical perspectives. LIAS has
> as its aim the advancement of teaching and research of Area Studies at
> Leiden University and in the wider academic community.LIAS comprises the
> Schools of Asian Studies (SAS) and Middle Eastern Studies (SMES). Area
> specializations in SAS include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South- &
> Southeast Asian, and Tibetan Studies. LIAS staff have disciplinary
> expertise across the social sciences and humanities.
>
> Starting September 2011 (or earlier if the candidate is available) the
> Leiden Institute for Area Studies has available one full-time (38 hrs),
> one-year postdoctoral position in the University's profile area Asian
> Traditions and Modernities (AMT) that is coordinated by Professors Frank
> Pieke, Jan-Michiel Otto, Patricia Spyer, and Nira Wickramasinghe.
>
> Description of profile area
>
> AMT is one of the 11 profile areas of Leiden University that transcend the
> boundaries between specialist fields. AMT is coordinated by the Faculty of
> Humanities and the Leiden Institute for Area Studies, but is fully
> interdisciplinary in focus. AMTs aim is to raise the visibility and
> strength of Asian studies in the University, where Asia includes all of
> East, Central, South and Southeast Asia. AMT builds on the long history of
> Leiden University in research and teaching on Asian traditions, especially
> in the fields of religious studies, anthropology, philology, law and
> literature, to explore the debates, disagreements, disjunctures and
> conflicts that prevail in Asia in the modern age. The global prominence of
> East Asia and the rapidly developing economies of South and Southeast Asia
> render Asia a key case for the study of the fashioning of modernities in
> everyday life, state practices and the global arena. AMT focuses on five
> themes:
>
> Asia in the international systemlooks at global Asia, where the emergence
> of India and China as regional hegemons is reconfiguring issues of
> security and conflict
>
> Power and limits of the Asian state-focuses on the transformation of and
> challenges posed to the Asian state
>
> Asian debates on history and modernity-explores Asias role in shaping the
> meaning of rationalism, nationalism, secularism, equality, justice and
> rights
>
> New and old diversities in Asia-looks at how Asias new modernities are
> being forged from the meeting of peoples, cultures, life-styles and
> ideologies
>
> Production and flow of modern Asian cultures-encompasses the movement of
> practices, styles, objects, fashions, media and the like that have come to
> exemplify the modern in particular places
>
> Postdoctoral Fellowship
>
> The postdoctoral fellow is expected to conduct research relevant to AMT
> and is open in terms of topic, disciplinary orientation and supervision by
> one or more members of senior academic staff at Leiden University who
> specialize in the study of Asia. The postdoctoral fellow will, in addition
> to his or her own research, be actively involved in the activities
> undertaken by AMT, including the strengthening of AMT's network of
> researchers in Leiden, its international contacts, and the dissemination
> of AMT research, for instance by organizing seminars or workshops or
> through AMTs website.
>
> Tasks
>
> Conducting original research on a topic relevant to AMT
>
> Rewriting the Ph.D. thesis for publication as peer-reviewed journal
> articles or a book
>
> Presenting papers at (international) conferences
>
> Designing and teaching one undergraduate or Masters course
>
> Organizing and participating in AMT activities
>
> Requirements
>
> A doctoral or equivalent degree in a relevant field in hand at the start
> of employment
>
> Research knowledge of one or more Asian languages necessary for the
> project
>
> Fluency in English (spoken and written)
>
> Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
>
> Conditions of employment
>
> The position of postdoctoral fellow is temporary for one year of full-time
> appointment, with the possibility upon exceptional performance of
> extension for maximally one further year.
>
> The salary is determined in accordance with the current scales as set out
> in the collective labor agreement for the Dutch universities (CAO):
>
> Postdoctoral fellow: min. EUR 3.195,- - max.EUR 4.374,-gross per month,
> commensurate with qualifications, with additional holiday and end-of-year
> bonuses
>
> Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial
> tax break.
>
> Information
>
> For further information about the position please contact Professor Frank
> Pieke phone number +31-71-5272216, email f.n.pieke@hum.leidenuniv.nl. A
> full description of the profile area is available upon request.
>
> Application
>
> Applications have to be submitted in English and have to include:
>
> cover letter stating your motivation and suitability for this position
> postdoctoral research proposal of maximally 2,500 words
> curriculum vitae
> copies of your academic transcripts (or Dutch cijferlijst),
> a writing sample (such as a part of the Ph.D. thesis) of maximally 8,000
> words
> three letters of reference
>
> Please send your application electronically indicating the vacancy number
> before the deadline of 1 April 2011 to:
>
> vacatureslias@hum.leidenuniv.nl
>
> All application materials should be send in pdf format.
>
> An interview may be part of the selection procedure.
>
>
> Contact: Professor Frank Pieke phone number +31-71-5272216, email
> f.n.pieke@hum.leidenuniv.nl
>
> Website: http://vacatures.leidenuniv.nl/wetenschappelijk/
> Primary Category: Asian History / Studies
>
> Secondary Categories: None
> Posting Date: 02/14/2011
> Closing Date 04/01/2011
>
>
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