人文社会科学部/人間文化課程/近代日本文化(英語版)

August 3, 2026

Call for application in Modern Japanese Culture at Iwate University

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

1. Position and Number of Positions: 1 (One), Associate Professor (full-time position) or

Lecturer (tenure track)

1. Affiliation:

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Human Sciences and Cultural

Studies

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Division of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies

(Master's Program)

1. Research field:

Modern Japanese Culture

1. Subjects to Teach:

The appointee will teach classes in the following general and specialized areas.

General education:

Basic Academic Knowledge, The World of Miyazawa Kenji, and others as needed.

Specialized education:

Basic Seminar, Basic Synthetic Sciences (Human Culture) A and B, Synthetic Science,

Introductory Japanese Writing (Academic Writing) or Introductory Japanese Reading

(Critical Reading), Introduction to the Study of Japanese Culture, Modern Japanese

Culture A - D, Topics in the Modern Japanese Culture A and B, Readings in the Modern

Japanese Culture A and B, Seminar in the Modern Japanese Culture A - D, Advanced

Research, and others. (These are divided into single-teacher led courses and omnibus

courses conducted by a group.)

Graduate education:

Advanced Regional Culture, Basic Comprehensive Cultural Studies, Understanding and

Introducing Iwate Culture, Advanced Modern Japanese Culture I and II, Advanced

Seminar on Modern Japanese Culture I and II, Advanced Research, and others. (These

are divided into single-teacher led courses and omnibus courses conducted by a group.)

･ We might ask you to modify the courses you will be in charge of. Please take note of

this possibility.

･ In order to establish a university-wide implementation system for General Education

Courses, etc., you will be required to be in charge of at least one of the "General

Education Courses" or "Specialized Basic Courses" based on your field of employment.

In addition, to meet the diversifying needs of learning and to promote diverse and

advanced media utilization, faculty members who are in charge of basic academic

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knowledge courses* in General Education Courses are required to create on-demand

content for remote classes and a video syllabus (overview introduction).

• These are lecture courses in the applicant's research specialization held at a level of

academic knowledge that can be understood by lower-year students from faculty other

than the applicant's.

On-demand content for remote classes consists of 1 credit (7 lessons of 100 minutes

each) × 2 subjects (2 credits) or 2 credits (14 lessons of 100 minutes each) ×1 subject (2

credits) or more.

5.Term of employment:

Associate professor: None (however, the retirement age is the last day of the fiscal year

in which the employee reaches 65 years of age.)

Lecturer: 5 (five) years. Please note that an interim evaluation will be conducted by the

day at which three years have passed from the date of employment, and a tenure review

will be conducted seven months prior to the expiration date of the tenure-track faculty

member's term. Tenure (associate professor, without tenure) will be granted if target

values required for granting tenure have been met during the term. In the case of a

particularly outstanding evaluation in the interim evaluation, the eligibility for granting

tenure may be discussed at that time.

6.Qualification for application:

Those who meet all the following requirements:

(1) Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree (including a degree awarded in a foreign

country) or have research achievements comparable to those of a Ph.D. holder.

(2) Applicants should have the research achievements in the field of Modern Japanese

Culture.

(3) Applicants should be able to handle the works of the Center for MIYAZAWA Kenji

and Iwate Studies.

(4) Applicants should be enthusiastic about research activities and be highly motivated

and enthusiastic about education. They should be willing to play an active role in

academic affairs.

• Furthermore, what fulfills the following conditions is desirable.

･ Those who have experience of interchanging internationally, and experience of

studying abroad etc. in the past.

･ Those who have some educational experience in the past in research institutions, such

as universities.

1. Starting date:

April 1, 2027

1. Workplace Address:

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate University, 3-18-34 Ueda Morioka,

Iwate 020-8550, Japan

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1. Application deadline:

October 2, 2026, 17:00 (Deadline for receipt)

10.Submission of application documents:

Submit application documents by the electronic data via e-mail, in principle.

(1) Curriculum vitae (Please use the specific style as shown in the attached document.)

(2) Educational and research achievements (Please use the specific style as shown in the

attached document.)

(3) PDF files of less than five major publications selected from (2). (However, publication

books are acceptable by mail in the form of one copy of the original.)

(4) Abstracts of each major publication of (3) (approximately 400 characters in Japanese:

PDF file)

(5) Summary of your previous research activities and future research plans (within 1,200

characters in Japanese, PDF file)

(6) Statement of your educational policy (within 1,000 characters in Japanese: PDF file)

(7) Previous main lesson subjects (lectures) in charge (Please use the specific style as

shown in the attached document.)

1. Application document submission method:

(1) Online Application

E-mail: [email protected]

• Please write “Modern Japanese Culture teacher application” in the application mail

subject name.

• Applications that overlap with other fields currently open for application at the Faculty

of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate University, will not be accepted.

(2) Mailed documents

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate University, 3-18-34 Ueda Morioka,

Iwate 020-8550, Japan

Yasuhiro NAKAMURA

• Please write clearly in red on the front of the mail envelope “Modern Japanese Culture

application documents enclosed”, if by mail.

• Submit application documents by the electronic data via e-mail, in principle. If you

wish us to mail back the publication books you submit, please state it, and enclose a cash

on delivery slip with a return envelope.

1. Contact for inquiries:

Name: Yasuhiro NAKAMURA

E-mail: [email protected]

• E-mail only

13.Others:

(1) The selection criteria are stipulated in the “National University Corporation Iwate

University Teacher Selection Criteria” and the “Iwate University Faculty of Humanities

and Social Sciences Teacher Selection Criteria” and selection will be made in accordance

with these criteria.

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(2) After screening the documents, a second screening (an interview and a trial lesson)

will be conducted. Please note that the travel expenses will not be paid in the second

screening. In some cases, the second screening may be held online. Details about the

interview and the trial lesson will be provided in due course of time.

(3) If you wish us to mail back the publication books you submit, please state it, and

enclose a cash on delivery slip with a return envelope.

(4) The salary and working conditions after hiring will be in accordance with the

regulations established by Iwate University.

(5) Employees of Iwate University receive social insurance, employment insurance,

worker accident compensation insurance, and MEXT Mutual Aid Association.

(6) Holidays are weekends and holidays, year-end, and New Year holidays, etc.

(7) All the private data in application for selection and employment is handled in strict

confidentiality, and it is not utilized for any other purpose.

14.Comments:

Iwate University is promoting diversity and is taking the following measures to increase

and retain diverse researchers.

• Up to 1,000,000 yen for start-up expenses (research expenses) will be provided.

Tenure-track faculty members (Lecturers) will receive a research grant of 1,000,000

yen, the amount for 2 years starting from the date of hire.

• Priority will be given to women (when performance and qualification evaluations are

deemed equal)

• Up to 1,000,000 yen of retention fund (research expenses) will be provided.

Female Associate Professors appointed to the university will receive 500,000 yen per

year for 2 years as research expenses.

Female Lecturers appointed to the university will receive 200,000 yen, the amount

for 2 years starting from the date of hire.

• Any maternity, childcare, or family care leave taken before or after childbirth will be

taken into consideration during the selection process (regardless of gender, please

specify the period of leave in your resume).

• Career support for female researchers:

https://diversity.iwate-u.ac.jp/support/womenreserchers/

• Various support for Work-life balance support*:

https://diversity.iwate-u.ac.jp/support/wlb/

Research supporters/assistants assignment system, dual residence allowance system,

next generation development support (support for balancing childbirth and childcare)

and family caregiver support, on-campus childcare space, etc.

• Available regardless of gender.

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