Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline: 15 Sep 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country: Japan Type of Contract: Permanent Job Status: Not Applicable Hours Per Week: See description Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description Background of the recruitment and description of the project To enhance education and research. Work content and job description Research field: Popular Culture Studies [Research with an international comparative perspective is preferred.] Courses to be Taught: The successful candidate will teach courses in the following general and specialized areas. 4a. General Education: Foreign Languages Courses: The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses in one of the following languages: English, German, French, Chinese, Korean, or Russian. 4b. Undergraduate Specialized Education: Single-instructor Courses: Basic Seminar, Popular Culture Studies, Comparative Culture Studies, Advanced Topics in Popular Culture Studies I & II, Seminar in Popular Culture Studies I & II, Advanced Research, and related courses. Omnibus (team-taught) Courses: Basic Synthetic Sciences (Human Culture) A or B, International Cultural Studies, International Exchange Training, and related subjects. 4c. Graduate Education: Advanced Studies in Popular Culture, Advanced Seminar in Popular Culture Studies I, II, and III, Master's Research / Advanced Research, and related courses. Omnibus (team-taught) Courses: Foundations of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Advanced Studies in Multicultural Coexistence, Cultural Management Studies, and related subjects. Note: The teaching responsibilities may be revised according to the University's educational needs. Work location Address: 020-8550 Iwate 3-18-34 Ueda Morioka Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate University Number of hired Number of hired: 1 person(s) Hiring date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00 Starting date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00 Job content supplemental explanation: 1. Position and Number of Positions: 1 (One), Associate Professor (full-time position) or Lecturer (tenure track). This position is open only to women applicants. * The current open recruitment is limited to female applicants in accordance with Article 8 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law, as part of the university's efforts to promote gender equality. 2. Affiliation: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Master's Program) (Division of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies) 3. Research field: Popular Culture Studies [Research with an international comparative perspective is preferred.] 4. Courses to be Taught: The successful candidate will teach courses in the following general and specialized areas. 4a. General Education: Foreign Languages Courses: The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses in one of the following languages: English, German, French, Chinese, Korean, or Russian. 4b. Undergraduate Specialized Education: Single-instructor Courses: Basic Seminar, Popular Culture Studies, Comparative Culture Studies, Advanced Topics in Popular Culture Studies I & II, Seminar in Popular Culture Studies I & II, Advanced Research, and related courses. Omnibus (team-taught) Courses: Basic Synthetic Sciences (Human Culture) A or B, International Cultural Studies, International Exchange Training, and related subjects. 4c. Graduate Education: Advanced Studies in Popular Culture, Advanced Seminar in Popular Culture Studies I, II, and III, Master's Research / Advanced Research, and related courses. Omnibus (team-taught) Courses: Foundations of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Advanced Studies in Multicultural Coexistence, Cultural Management Studies, and related subjects. Note: The teaching responsibilities may be revised according to the University's educational needs. In order to support the university-wide implementation of General Education Courses, the successful candidate will be required to teach at least one course in either the General Education Curriculum or the Specialized Basic Curriculum, in accordance with the field of appointment. Faculty members assigned to Academic Knowledge courses* in the General Education Curriculum will be required to prepare on-demand content for remote classes and a video syllabus (course overview). *Academic Knowledge courses are lecture-based courses in the applicant's area of expertise designed at a level accessible to lower-year students from faculties other than the applicant's own. The required on-demand materials must cover either two 1-credit courses (7 classes of 100 minutes each), or one 2-credit course (14 classes of 100 minutes each), or an equivalent amount of instructional content. Where to apply Website: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D126071126&ln_jor=1 Additional Information Benefits Compensation Established Researcher (R3) Annual salary: 7 million yen - 9 million yen Wages description: The salary will be determined based on background. Working hours: 08:30-17:15 Employment type: Regular employee Contract period: Tenured Contract period description: None (however, the retirement age is the last day of the fiscal year in which the employee reaches 65 years of age.) Probationary period: Probationary period absent Established Researcher (R3) Annual salary: 6 million yen - 8 million yen Wages description: The salary will be determined based on background. Working hours: 08:30-17:15 Employment type: Regular employee Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track Contract period description: 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. Probationary period: Probationary period absent Various systems Insurance Worker's accident insurance: available Employment insurance: available Others: available (MEXT Mutual Aid Association) Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace No smoking on campus Supplementary explanation of compensation 1. The salary and working conditions after hiring will be in accordance with the regulations established by Iwate University. 2. Holidays are weekends and holidays, year-end, and New Year holidays, etc. Additional 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. 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. Work Location(s) Number of offers available: 1 Company/Institute: Iwate University Country: Japan City: Iwate

Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline: 15 Sep 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country: Japan Type of Contract: Permanent Job Status: Not Applicable Hours Per Week: See description Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description Background of the recruitment and description of the project To enhance education and research. Work content and job description Research field: Popular Culture Studies [Research with an international comparative perspective is preferred.] Courses to be Taught: The successful candidate will teach courses in the following general and specialized areas. 4a. General Education: Foreign Languages Courses: The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses in one of the following languages: English, German, French, Chinese, Korean, or Russian. 4b. Undergraduate Specialized Education: Single-instructor Courses: Basic Seminar, Popular Culture Studies, Comparative Culture Studies, Advanced Topics in Popular Culture Studies I & II, Seminar in Popular Culture Studies I & II, Advanced Research, and related courses. Omnibus (team-taught) Courses: Basic Synthetic Sciences (Human Culture) A or B, International Cultural Studies, International Exchange Training, and related subjects. 4c. Graduate Education: Advanced Studies in Popular Culture, Advanced Seminar in Popular Culture Studies I, II, and III, Master's Research / Advanced Research, and related courses. Omnibus (team-taught) Courses: Foundations of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Advanced Studies in Multicultural Coexistence, Cultural Management Studies, and related subjects. Note: The teaching responsibilities may be revised according to the University's educational needs. Work location Address: 020-8550 Iwate 3-18-34 Ueda Morioka Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate University Number of hired Number of hired: 1 person(s) Hiring date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00 Starting date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00 Job content supplemental explanation: 1. Position and Number of Positions: 1 (One), Associate Professor (full-time position) or Lecturer (tenure track). This position is open only to women applicants. * The current open recruitment is limited to female applicants in accordance with Article 8 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law, as part of the university's efforts to promote gender equality. 2. Affiliation: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Master's Program) (Division of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies) 3. Research field: Popular Culture Studies [Research with an international comparative perspective is preferred.] 4. Courses to be Taught: The successful candidate will teach courses in the following general and specialized areas. 4a. General Education: Foreign Languages Courses: The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses in one of the following languages: English, German, French, Chinese, Korean, or Russian. 4b. Undergraduate Specialized Education: Single-instructor Courses: Basic Seminar, Popular Culture Studies, Comparative Culture Studies, Advanced Topics in Popular Culture Studies I & II, Seminar in Popular Culture Studies I & II, Advanced Research, and related courses. Omnibus (team-taught) Courses: Basic Synthetic Sciences (Human Culture) A or B, International Cultural Studies, International Exchange Training, and related subjects. 4c. Graduate Education: Advanced Studies in Popular Culture, Advanced Seminar in Popular Culture Studies I, II, and III, Master's Research / Advanced Research, and related courses. Omnibus (team-taught) Courses: Foundations of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Advanced Studies in Multicultural Coexistence, Cultural Management Studies, and related subjects. Note: The teaching responsibilities may be revised according to the University's educational needs. In order to support the university-wide implementation of General Education Courses, the successful candidate will be required to teach at least one course in either the General Education Curriculum or the Specialized Basic Curriculum, in accordance with the field of appointment. Faculty members assigned to Academic Knowledge courses* in the General Education Curriculum will be required to prepare on-demand content for remote classes and a video syllabus (course overview). *Academic Knowledge courses are lecture-based courses in the applicant's area of expertise designed at a level accessible to lower-year students from faculties other than the applicant's own. The required on-demand materials must cover either two 1-credit courses (7 classes of 100 minutes each), or one 2-credit course (14 classes of 100 minutes each), or an equivalent amount of instructional content. Where to apply Website: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D126071126&ln_jor=1 Additional Information Benefits Compensation Established Researcher (R3) Annual salary: 7 million yen - 9 million yen Wages description: The salary will be determined based on background. Working hours: 08:30-17:15 Employment type: Regular employee Contract period: Tenured Contract period description: None (however, the retirement age is the last day of the fiscal year in which the employee reaches 65 years of age.) Probationary period: Probationary period absent Established Researcher (R3) Annual salary: 6 million yen - 8 million yen Wages description: The salary will be determined based on background. Working hours: 08:30-17:15 Employment type: Regular employee Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track Contract period description: 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. Probationary period: Probationary period absent Various systems Insurance Worker's accident insurance: available Employment insurance: available Others: available (MEXT Mutual Aid Association) Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace No smoking on campus Supplementary explanation of compensation 1. The salary and working conditions after hiring will be in accordance with the regulations established by Iwate University. 2. Holidays are weekends and holidays, year-end, and New Year holidays, etc. Additional 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. 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. Work Location(s) Number of offers available: 1 Company/Institute: Iwate University Country: Japan City: Iwate