Tenure-Track Teaching Position

Assistant Professor, or above, in English and American Literature,

Division of Humanities, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan.

Responsibilities for this post will be in the teaching of English Renaissance Literature, including Shakespeare, at undergraduate, and later, at graduate level.　 Applicants should hold the Ph.D. or equivalent academic expertise, and should be native speaker of English.　 The candidate should be a cooperative and flexible individual, committed to teaching and research.　

International Christian University (ICU) is an elite, private, co-educational, bi-lingual liberal arts university based upon Christian principles, founded in 1949 by Christians in Japan and North America.　 The campus is located on 156 acres in the western suburbs of Tokyo.

Deadline for applications is August 31, 2006.　 Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, publication and/or dissertation (chapters), and the names and e-mail addresses of three referees to Professor Naoki Onishi, Chair, Division of Humanities, International Christian University, 10-2, Osawa 3-chome, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8585, Japan.

Fax: +81 422 34 6983, e-mail: kobo-hum061@icu.ac.jp

Please note that application documents cannot be returned.

Starting date: April 1, 2007, or September 1, 2007.

For further information, please contact Professor Naoki Onishi, Department of English and American Literature.　 Also, please refer to the ICU homepage < http;//www.icu.ac.jp >.