Job type

• Associate Professor
• Lecturer level

Research field

• Others - Others

  Anthropology, Area Studies, Education, History, Media Studies, Philosophy, and Interdisciplinary Studies.

• Humanities & Social Sciences - English literature and literature in the English language
• Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics
• Humanities & Social Sciences - Politics
• Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology

Wages

• Common to all Job Types

  Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~ 14 million yen

  Salary, benefits, commutation: provided in accordance with university regulations

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Others

  Ph.D. (in hand or expected by the time of appointment) or equivalent

• Description

  Applicants must meet all three of the following requirements.
  1)Research output in the humanities or social sciences (particularly research focusing on cross-cultural and/or interdisciplinary studies).
  2)At least three years’ experience teaching at a university or experience holding a full-time faculty position at a university.
  3)If Japanese is not the candidate’s first language, the candidate must function sufficiently in Japanese to carry out all duties and responsibilities; if English is not the candidate’s first language, the candidate must function sufficiently in English to teach classes entirely in English.

Employment Type

• Common to all Job Types

  Regular employee

Contract period

• Common to all Job Types

  Tenured - Non-tenure track

  Retirement age: 70 years old

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 169-8050 Tokyo 東京都新宿区西早稲田１-６-１

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available

  Bonus : available

  Retirement allowances : available

  Transportation expenses : available

  Retirement age : available

  Others : Research allowances: personal research allowance (210,000 yen/year); conference attendance grant (domestic 90,000yen/year; overseas 110,000 yen/year); many other internal grants and funds are available upon application

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

  Others : Social insurance programs: employee’s pension insurance, health insurance, workers’ compensation, and employment insurance

• Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

  Smoking is not allowed on Waseda campuses other than in designated outdoor

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  Place of work: in principle, the campuses of Waseda University

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Starting date : 2026/04/01

Application period

• 2025/03/07~2025/05/26 Deadline for receipt

  Deadline is Friday, May 26, 2025, 8:00 a.m. JST, deadline strictly enforced.

Application method

• Attached documents

  Other online application forms
  (1) Waseda Curriculum Vitae Form (including Education and Research Achievements)
  * Download the document from the link below and complete in Japanese.
  https://waseda.app.box.com/v/lawcv
  (2) Statement concerning education and research (no more than one A-4 sheet; free format)
  * One copy each in English and in Japanese
  * Discuss English language education; possible interdisciplinary courses involving research interests and law; and education of students who wish to enter the legal profession or become a legal scholar.
  (3) Original copy, photocopy, or scanned copy of principal publications (no more than five)
  (4) Abstracts for (3) (no more than one A4 sheet for each)
  * Either in English or Japanese
  (5) Documents to verify all the publications in the CV
  * This could include scanned copies of journal title page, imprint, and table of contents.
  (6) Scanned copy of diploma of highest degree
  (7) Reference 1 person
  * Name, affiliation, position, and email address
  (8) 1 Recommendation letter
  * This should not be by the same referee as (7).
  * The letters should be signed, printed on institutional letterhead, and scanned; if possible, they should be sent from an institutional email account.
  * Either in English or Japanese
  
  § Submit documents (1)~(7) all together to fol-apply-english@list.waseda.jp
  The subject heading of the email should include「法学学術院英語担当専任教員応募書類」.
  § The referee should send (8) directly to fol-apply-english@list.waseda.jp
  The subject heading of the email should be “School of Law Tenured English Faculty Recruitment Reference Letter [Name of Applicant]” or「法学学術院英語担当専任教員公募推薦状[Name of Applicant]」.
  § If (3) needs to be sent by post, write in red ink on the envelope,「法学学術院英語担当専任教員応募書類」, and send as registered mail.

• Return of application documents

  Others

  § Submitted documents, in principle, will not be returned. If you send original copies for (3) and would like them returned, include a self-addressed and stamped envelope.

• Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

  169-8050 Tokyo 東京都新宿区西早稲田１-６-１
  早稲田大学法学学術院英語担当教員公募事務局

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  (1) Document Screening
  Select applicants will be notified by email around 9 June 2025 (Monday).
  (2) Interviews
  22 June 2025 (Sunday)

• Notification of result

  Details will be sent to select applicants along with the results of the document screening.
  The interviews will be conducted in person; the university is unable to compensate applicants for any expenses incurred.

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