Job type

• Lecturer level

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - History of Europe and America

Wages

• Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 7 million yen

  Salary is calculated according to the University's rules, which are published here (in Japanese):
  https://www1.g-reiki.net/hit-u/reiki_honbun/u457RG00000190.html

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

  Possess a Ph.D. or equivalent degree, or be close to completing one. The doctorate must be awarded before the successful candidate takes up the position.

• Work experience

  1. It is desirable to have experience of conducting research using multiple methods, or to be able to demonstrate the equivalent capability.
  2. It is required to have published academic articles in non-Japanese language, or to be able to demonstrate the equivalent capability.
  3. It is required to have sufficient competence in Japanese to function in a Japanese working environment, for example, communicating with administrative staff and reading documents in Japanese.

Employment Type

• Regular employee

Contract period

• Nontenured - Tenure-track

  Five years (Can be extended for two years. Conversion to tenure is possible.)

  Probationary period present

  Probation period 6 months

Work location

• 186-8601 Tokyo 2-1, Naka, Kunitachi

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available

  Retirement allowances : available

  Transportation expenses : available

  Retirement age : available

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

• Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

  Hitotsubashi University campuses are all non-smoking, except for designated smoking places.

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  Although Hitotsubashi University does not have staff housing, it may be possible to use staff housing at partner universities.

Application Considerations

• Considerations for conducting interviews (e.g., those who live far away, such as overseas)

  All documents should be submitted online.

• Persons with disabilities

  Please contact us before you apply.

• Others

  Hitotsubashi University is an equal opportunity employer in the spirit of the
  Basic Act for Gender-Equal Society.

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2026/04/01

Starting date : 2026/04/01

• Job content supplemental explanation

  The start day is April 1, 2026, or later.

Application period

• 2025/06/20~2025/08/20 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission

  CV. Please include titles and dates of any courses taught.
  Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

  Other online application forms
  Application Materials (in English or Japanese)
  (1) CV
  (2) Record of Research Achievements
  List books, articles, conference presentations, and other publications separately, indicating which works were refereed. Include information on research projects and funding awards, specifying the dates and the names of principal investigators. We may contact you to ask you to submit PDF copies of up to three of your publications.
  (3) One copy of each of up to three major research achievements (If a book is included, please provide a PDF file rather than the actual book. If a summary is not included, please attach a summary in Japanese of up to 800 characters. For foreign language achievements, please attach an English abstract of up to 300 words each.
  (4) Ph.D. Certificate
  A copy of your Ph.D. certificate or official documentation indicating the current status of your Ph.D.
  (5) Research Statement
  A statement about your intended research (approx. 800 words in English or 2,000 characters in Japanese), including plans for submissions to international peer-reviewed journals.
  (6)Education Statement
  A statement about education(undergraduate and graduate). (approx. 800 words in English or 2,000 characters in Japanese.)
  (7) Syllabus
  A syllabus of “History of Europe” [105 minutes x 13 classes, undergraduate lecture course for 2nd Grade and above], which includes: course overview; aims and objectives; and specific content for each of thirteen classes]
  (8) References
  Provide the names, affiliations, job titles, and contact details of two individuals who can provide references.
  
  How to Apply
  Apply through the JREC-IN web portal by 20 August 2025 (JST).
  Please note that 5 files or below can be uploaded through the portal, so the above documents will need to be combined into a single file.
  
  Note: Applicants invited to an interview will be asked to deliver teaching demonstration of “History of Europe” based on the syllabus (7).

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  Candidates who pass the initial screening (document review) will be interviewed in late September or early October 2025.
  
  We will notify all candidates of the result of their application by email. Please note that candidates will be responsible for their own travel expenses.
  
  If candidate lives outside of Japan or otherwise has difficulty coming to us for the interview, the interview can be conducted online. Please apply at the time of application.
  
  In the interview, candidate will be will be asked to answer questions on the submitted documents and deliver teaching demonstration(approximately 20 minutes) of “History of Europe” based on the syllabus.

• Notification of result

  We will notify all candidates of the result of their application by email.

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