| 【Organization】 |
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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| 【Department)】 |
Tohoku University 21st Century Center of
Excellence (COE) Program in Humanities, Strategic Research Center
for an ntegrated Approach to Language, Brain, and
Cognition
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| 【Workplace】 |
Tohoku University, Kawauchi-kita
campus
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| 【Job】 |
COE Postdoctoral
Researcher
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| 【Working conditions】 |
40 hours per week (subject to the
work-related regulations related to Tohoku University non-tenured
associate employees)
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| 【Starting date】 |
April 1, 2005 (or as early as possible after
April 1, 2005) (negotiable)
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| 【Period of appointment】 |
Up to March 30, 2006 (but can be renewed up
to March 2007 based on one's annual evaluation)
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| 【Number of positions available】 |
One postdoctoral position (any
nationality)
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| 【Salary, insurance and benefits】 |
Salary, social insurance, commutation
allowance, house allowance (for those who may be eligible) (subject
to the Tohoku University non-tenured associate employee
regulations)
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| 【Qualifications】 |
・ An applicant needs to have his/her Ph.D. in
hand by the starting date.
・ An applicant needs to have done research in Linguisic Science including Cognitive Linguistics and Linguistic Typology.
・ An applicant needs to be able to supervise and
advise graduate students in terms of their academic writing and
conference presentations conducted in English in the field of
Linguistic Science (including Linguistics).
・An applicant needs
to have sufficient proficiency in oral and written Japanese (if s/he
is not a native speaker of Japanese).
・It is desirable for an
applicant to be currently living in Japan as we
will conduct a
campus interview.
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| 【Deadline】 |
March 3, 2005 (Thursday)
(postmarked)
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| 【Application documents】 |
(1) Curriculum Vitae (with your educational
and professional background info. Please be sure to include your
current mailing, e-mail addresses and phone number)
(2) A list of
your publications and conference presentations
(3)
Offprints/photocopies of your major publications (up to 3
items)
(4) A document certifying your doctoral degree (e.g.
university's
official transcripts)
(5) A document certifying
your proficiency in English language (if you are not a native
speaker of English), e.g. certificate of the 1st grade STEP (eigo
kentei siken), a recent score of TOEFL, TOEIC, etc.
(6) A brief
statement of your research including your doctoral dissertation
(approximately 800-1000 words)
(7) Two of your references' names
and their contact mailing, e-mail addresses and phone
numbers
*Please send your
application documents by registered mail to the
following
address, with 'Postdoc position application documents enclosed'
written in red on the envelope cover.
*We will not return your application documents
(unless you enclose a return envelope with your address written and
postal stamps pasted).
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| 【Selection procedure】 |
An interview will be held after the initial
selection based on application documents.
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| 【Notification】 |
Notification will be done individually after
the final selection is made.
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| <Send application documents
to:> |
The Tohoku University 21st Century COE
Program in Humanities,
Graduate School of International Cultural
Studies
Tohoku University, 41 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku,
Sendai
980-8576 Japan
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| <Contact e-mail addresses> |
For further inquiries, please contact the following
e-mail addresses
(no phone inquiries, thank you):
Professor Horie ():
for inquiries on
research and other related duties.
COE Office ():
for inquiries on working
conditions. |
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