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Subject: H-ASIA: Asian Studies, NUS-ARI, 3 mo Vstg (Senior) Research
Fellowships
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> February 8, 2011
>
>
> Position: Asian Studies, 3-month Visiting (Senior) Research Fellowships,
> Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
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> From: H-Net Job Guide:
>
> JOB GUIDE NO.: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=42175
>
>
> National University of Singapore, Asia Research Institute
>
> 3-month Visiting (Senior) Research Fellowships, Asian Studies
>
>
> Institution Type: College / University
> Location: Singapore
> Position: Research Professional
>
>
> 3-Month Visiting (Senior) Research Fellowship Appointments
>
> Applications are invited for 3-month Visiting (Senior) Research
> Fellowships at the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of
> Singapore to commence in October 2011, January and April 2012. The
> positions are intended for outstanding researchers whose work focus on
> Asia, with a balance anticipated between senior and junior scholars.
> Interested applicants should have at least a PhD with a few years of
> postdoctoral research experience. Applicants are invited to indicate
> which of the ARI clusters they would like to be affiliated with (see
> information about clusters below). Interdisciplinary and intra-Asian
> interests are encouraged. The position is essentially a writing
> fellowship, and at least one published outcome is expected. Applicants
> who do not normally publish in English will be encouraged and assisted to
> do so.
>
> TERMS AND CONDITIONS
> Visiting (Senior) Research Fellowships: This 3-month fellowship comes with
> a competitive remuneration and benefits package, depending on seniority.
> The benefits that the University provides and other information about
> working in NUS and living in Singapore are available at
> http://www.nus.edu.sg/careers/potentialhires/index.html. Terms and
> conditions, according to university guidelines, are subject to changes
> without prior notice.
>
> AREAS OF RESEARCH FOCUS
>
> 1) The Asian Migration cluster explores the issues arising from increased
> levels of human mobility in the region, both within and across national
> borders. Mobility of high-level professional and managerial personnel,
> unskilled labour migration (both documented and undocumented), and human
> trafficking all raise methodological and theoretical questions and major
> policy issues, as does the role of migration in urban change.
>
> 2) The Changing Family in Asia cluster explores the dimensions of family
> change in the region, their causes and implications. These dimensions
> include rising ages at marriage and decreasing non-marriage, declining
> fertility and declining size of the nuclear family, increase in one-person
> households and alternative family forms, changing gender roles within
> families, and changes in family structures consequent on population
> ageing. These have implications for gender relations, the life patterns of
> the post-adolescent unmarried, the role of the elderly in the family,
> child-raising patterns and social policy.
>
> 3) The Cultural Studies in Asia is an emerging field of academic research
> in Asia which is challenging conventional disciplinary boundaries to
> rethink received knowledge on existing issues and/or to address new topics
> and concerns thrown up by the rapid changes and impact on cultural
> practices, brought about by new technologies and the new phase of global
> capitalism. Focusing on popular cultural practices in contemporary Asia,
> practitioners in Cultural Studies have re-examined these practices from
> new angles engendered by multidisciplinary perspectives. They have
> questioned the very idea of Asia and its current reconfiguration in view
> of the intense traffic of cultural products and cultural practices,
> crisscrossing national and cultural boundaries within the continent and
> beyond.
>
> 4) The Religion and Globalisation cluster is dedicated to exploring global
> reconfigurations of conceptions of religion and their diverse
> manifestations in Asian contexts. Particular attention is given here to
> the dynamic interactions of secularization and religious revival in the
> modern period, as well as to related issues of the invocation of authority
> and tradition in contemporary discourse and practice. In terms of
> coverage, the cluster works to facilitate studies of significant
> developments in major established religions such as Buddhism, Christianity
> and Islam, as well as localised indigenous traditions and new religious
> movements from any part of Asia, broadly conceived.
>
> 5) The Science, Technology, and Society cluster explores techno-scientific
> institutions, practices, and knowledge-making regimes within Asian
> societies and cultures. The newest of the ARI research clusters, and thus
> still building critical mass, we are particularly interested in topics
> relating to biotechnology/bioscience/ biomedicine and society; interactive
> and digital media; Asian techno-scientific cultures; interactions between
> Asian sites or projects and those elsewhere, and science & technology
> policy. By "Asia" we mean South, East, and Southeast Asia, but are
> particularly interested in projects with the potential to cross these
> sub-regional boundaries. Methodologically we are open to a range of
> approaches, including historical, sociological, anthropological,
> geographical, and media or cultural studies based initiatives.
>
> 6) The Asian Urbanisms cluster provides space for exploration of Asias
> urban diversity. Emerging urban forms, phenomena and experiences within
> ARIs areal scope demand empirical documentation and analysis. The cluster
> also takes regional urban diversity as a resource for wider theorization.
> The theoretical orientation of the cluster is towards work which:
> (1)speaks in transformative ways to urban studies debates beyond Asian
> area studies; and (2)resists the ingrained impulse to refer back to
> antecedents in North America or western Europe. The cluster is
> particularly interested in forms of relational, comparative research which
> de-centre the West as the supposed leading edge of urban transition,
> innovation and influence. Avenues for such work include (but not limited
> to): intra-Asian city models and emulation; sustainability and urban
> lifestyles; natural disasters, conflict and urban resilience; cultures of
> urban heritage; and religion-related urbanisms.
>
> 7) The Open Category. ARI also keeps its doors open to talented people
> with exciting ideas and worthwhile projects whose interests may not
> immediately fit one of the categories. Applications are welcome from
> across the whole spectrum of the humanities and social sciences, and
> especially for projects that are innovative and interdisciplinary.
>
> ABOUT THE ASIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ARI)
>
> The Asia Research Institute (ARI) was established as a university-level
> institute in July 2001 as one of the strategic initiatives of the National
> University of Singapore (NUS). Its mission is to provide a world-class
> focus and resource for research on the Asian region, located at one of its
> communication hubs.
>
> ARI engages the humanities and social sciences broadly defined, and
> especially interdisciplinary frontiers between and beyond disciplines.
>
> INVITATION TO APPLY
>
>
> Interested applicants are invited to email/post their applications,
> consisting of:
>
> i) Application form (please click here to download application forms)
>
> ii) Curriculum Vitae;
> iii) Synopsis of the proposed research project (no restriction on the
> number of pages);
> iv) At least one sample of published work;
> v) Ensure that a minimum of two letters of reference are sent to us in
> confidence via email or post reporting on the applicants academic standing
> and on the applicants research project by 1 April 2011.
>
> Closing date for applications is 1 April 2011.
>
> To note for applications via email:
>
> 1. You will receive an auto-reply acknowledging receipt of your
> email/application.
>
> 2. If you have already sent in your application via email, kindly do not
> send the same application via post and vice versa. However, if you wish to
> send in hard copies of your sample publication(s) you may do so via post
> but indicate in your email application that the sample publication(s) will
> be sent via post. Please note that your sample publication(s) will not be
> returned.
>
> 3. Please keep your email and attachments below 10MB by zipping any large
> files as emails larger than 10MB will be rejected by our email system.
>
> Candidates who do not hear from the University within 10 weeks after
> closing date of the advertisement may assume that the positions have been
> filled. All applicants will be informed of the result in July 2011. The
> next advertisement for the Visiting (Senior) Research Fellowship is
> expected to be advertised in mid 2011 for intakes April, July and October
> 2012.
>
>
> Contact: Address for submission of applications, reference letters and/or
> queries:
>
> (1) Email: joinari@nus.edu.sg
>
> OR
>
> (2) Human Resources
> c/o Ms Chong Mei Peen
> Asia Research Institute
> National University of Singapore
> 469A Tower Block,
> Bukit Timah Road #10-01,
> Singapore 259770
>
> Website: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg
> Primary Category: Asian History / Studies
>
> Secondary Categories: Contemporary History
> Cultural History / Studies
> Diplomacy and International Relations
> Film and Film History
> Health and Health Care
> History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
> Humanities
> Immigration History / Studies
> Islamic History / Studies
> Journalism and Media Studies
> Political History / Studies
> Political Science
> Religious Studies and Theology
> Research and Methodology
> Sociology
> Urban Design and Planning
> Urban History / Studies
> Women, Gender, and Sexuality
>
> Posting Date: 02/08/2011
> Closing Date 04/01/2011
>
>
>
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