Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Japanese, University of Canterbury, NZ
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

Applications are invited for the above position in the Japanese Programme, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, to commence January 2012. The appointees’ principal duties will be the coordination and delivery of Japanese courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, the regular output of high quality refereed research consistent with the level of appointment, supervision and mentoring of thesis writers, and contribution to leadership within the Programme and School. Other responsibilities will include pastoral care of students, administrative tasks, and possible supervision of tutors.

For more information, please visit here or go to the JAWS postings page.

Lecturer in Anthropology (Fixed term, Part time)
School of Global Studies

Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at Sussex. Regional and thematic specialism is open, although priority may be given to candidates with interests in the anthropology of development and/or visual and material culture.

Application Due Date: June 3, 2011

For more details visit: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/staffing/personnl/vacs/vac241.shtml

 

Urban Anthropology or Urban Sociology

The Max Planck Institute in Göttingen, Germany, seeks to appoint three post-doctoral research fellows in Urban Anthropology or Sociology, each for three years. The anthropologists / sociologists will be employed to conduct research respectively in the following locations: New York (likely Astoria in Queens), Johannesburg (likely Hillbrow) and Singapore (likely Jurong West).

Further details of the project can be found at www.mmg.mpg.de or through enquiries to the Secretary of the Department for Socio-Cultural Diversity, Jutta Esser (esser@mmg.mpg.de).

Applicants should send a cover letter, CV and names & contact details for three referees to Jutta Esser by 25 February 2011.

The WASH Advocacy Initiative is looking to fill two positions: communications director and sustainability director. Click on the link for the former post to read the description. The description for the second job is pasted after the jump.

Here’s some information about the WASH Advocacy Initiative:

The voluntary, sector-wide initiative, will support the U.S. WASH community in moving the U.S. Government and U.S. citizens, including individuals, foundations, corporations and civic and faith-based groups, into a global leadership position on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) on several fronts. These include but are not limited to the level of foreign investment, general awareness of the global water crisis, sustainability of WASH programming, prioritization of WASH within the U.S. Administration, and integration of WASH in other global development activities. The Initiative is designed as a 12-month effort and is supported by a consortium of organizations including Water.org, Global Water Challenge, Water For People, and CARE.

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Description

The Concept Studio is a customer-centered innovation group with the mission of providing Pitney Bowes with rich customer and market insights to discover new business opportunities and guide decision-making.

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Queen’s University Belfast – School of History and Anthropology

Available from 1 February 2011 to 31 August 2012 to cover a career break, to teach at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, to assist primarily in the current research activities of the Institute of Cognition and Culture, and to undertake research in line with the School’s research strategy.

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The American Anthropological Association, a national non-profit organization located in the DC-metro area, seeks to hire a Program Coordinator.

This position is responsible for providing operational support to the Department of Academic Relations and Practicing and Applied Programs. Specifically, the program manager is tasked with the daily operation and maintenance of department programs, protocols and initiatives and assist the Director in efforts to shape a niche within the scholarly and applied communities nationwide advising and recommending products, services and strategies to accomplish these goals.

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