Full-time Faculty Position (with tenure or tenure-track) 【English Literature】

[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]
* Background of the recruitment and description of the project
The candidate will be expected to teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in English literature as well as to maintain an active research record in English literary studies and related fields. For this reason, an ideal candidate will have research as well as teaching interests in both English literature and also one or more of the following related fields: world literature, translation theory, ecocriticism and environmental humanities, gender and sexuality studies, critical race theory, comparative arts (literature and film, visual art, music, performance, etc.), and/or digital humanities.

[Work content and job description]
Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Courses in English Literature and Related Subjects
Examples of possible classes:

SILS
　　First Year Seminar, Intermediate Seminar
　　Introduction to English and Anglophone Literature
　　Selected Topics in English Literature
　　Selected Topics in Literature and Comparative Arts
　　Advanced Seminar in English Literature

GSICCS
　　Adaptation Studies: Literature, Film, and Other Media

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
169-8050 Tokyo 1-6-1　Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku
In principle at the Waseda Campus

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Job content supplemental explanation:Work Responsibility

The successful candidate will be required to perform the following core tasks:

1) Undergraduate teaching in SILS (Expression Cluster)
2) Graduate teaching in GSICCS (Culture and Communication Study Plan)
3) Supervision or deputy supervision of GSICCS MA and PhD students
4) Evaluating MA theses and PhD dissertations in GSICCS oral examination committees
5) Contributing actively to the research development of the University (independent research activities, international publications, fund-seeking applications, conference organization, collegial academic life with SILS and GSICCS members)
6) Fulfilling administrative duties in SILS and GSICCS as required by the University (entrance examination, committee work, etc.)

Note: We are on a 14-week semester system, in which each class period (koma) is 100 minutes long. In general, a full-time faculty member teaches at least nine koma a year, with four or five koma per week each semester.

[Work location]
4F, Building 11, 1-6-1 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 169-8050 Japan