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Australian National University

Pacific Visiting Fellowships 2012-2013
Applications are invited from scholars of Pacific or South Sea Islander ancestry for three month fellowships in 2012-13 as part of the ARC Laureate project led by Professor Margaret Jolly, Engendering Persons, Transforming Things: Christianities, Commodities and Individualism in Oceania. This project is researching these questions comparatively across the region of Oceania.

Applicants should provide a full cv, contact details of three referees and a three page proposal for research and writing which fits within the parameters of the overall project. The timing of visits will be negotiated by mutual agreement and travel costs and accommodation funded. Applications close March 30, 2012 and should be submitted electronically to margaret.jolly@anu.edu.au.

Further information including a fuller description of the project is available from Professor Margaret Jolly at margaret.jolly@anu.edu.au , T: +61 2 6125 3150

Criteria for selection.
1. A PhD or equivalent in a discipline relevant to the project (e.g. anthropology, history, politics, geography, cultural studies, Pacific studies, gender studies, humanities, visual arts) and a good record of relevant publications.
2. Pacific ancestry as self-identified and regardless of current residence.
3. Demonstrated collegial capacity to work as part of our research team of staff and graduate students and willingness to participate in project seminars, workshops, conference events and interact with undergraduate students.
4. Capacity to address a cross-disciplinary audience and a broader public in writing, oral presentations and/or performances.
5. A developed three page proposal for research and writing (including a short bibliography) which fits within the parameters of the overall project.
6. Knowledge of ANU policies of diversity and inclusion and willingness to apply them in practice.

Pacific Studies Artist in Residence Program
The Pacific Studies Program in the College of Asia and the Pacific and the Pasifika Australia outreach program are launching an exciting new initiative in 2012. We invite performing and visual artists (including film-makers) of Pacific or South Sea Islander ancestry to submit applications for a 4 week residency at the Australian National University.

Applicants should provide a full cv, contact details of three referees, and a two page  proposal outlining their arts project and the resources they would need to pursue it. Applicants should also address how they might engage ANU scholars, undergraduate students, school students in the Australian Capital Territory and its region, local communities, and institutions such as the National Gallery of Australia, the National Museum of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery and the National Film and Sound Archive.

Successful applicants will be supported with an honorarium, accommodation costs and travel expenses. The timing of visits will be worked out by mutual agreement but we seek to make an inaugural appointment early in 2012. Applications close February 24, 2012 and should be submitted electronically to nicholas.mortimer@anu.edu.au Further details available from Dr Katerina Teaiwa: katerina.teaiwa@anu.edu.au, T: +61 2 6125 0857

The Institute of Ethnology at Heidelberg University announces two positions as Assistant Professor (Akademische/r Mitarbeiter/in ) for three years, beginning in Summer Semester 2012.

Duties include teaching and advising B.A. students in Anthropology, pursuing one's own research and helping with administration, in particular with the creation of sustainable programs within the B.A. The successful candidate should be working towards a Habilitation or comparable qualification.

Candidates should have a PhD in Anthropology. One or more of the following regional and substantive areas of focus is desirable:

• Asia
• Oceania
• Human-Environment interactions, Ecology
• Heritage, Performance, Media Anthropology and Anthropology of Art (especially practical aspects)
• Islam

The salary will be based upon the TV-L Entgeltgruppe 13.

The university seeks to increase the number of women in teaching and research, and requests qualified females in particular to apply. Both women and physically challenged applicants will, all other things being equal, be preferred over others.

Applications with the usual information (application letter, CV, academic degrees, publication list, teaching experience, list of current and past research projects, a list of three referees who may be independently contacted) should be sent to: Ethnologie@urz.uni-heidelberg.de, by February 10th, 2012. For further correspondence please contact Mrs. Gabriele Schenk: Institut für Ethnologie der Universität Heidelberg, Sandgasse 7, 69117 Heidelberg. Tel.: 06221 – 542236. We regret that application materials cannot be returned.

The Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) is seeking to fill a fulltime faculty position starting Aug. 1, 2012. Rank is open and equal consideration will be given to all qualified applications. Specifically, the Institute seeks a cultural anthropologist with research and teaching expertise in Austronesia studies and/or public anthropology.

NTHU is located in Hsinchu City, Taiwan and is one of the most outstanding universities in East Asia. The university offers competitive salary and benefits as well as research subsidies to outstanding faculty members. For further information on the Institute and the university in general, please visit the following websites
Websites: http://www.anth.nthu.edu.tw/bin/home.php and http://www.nthu.edu.twor contact Ms. Su-yu Lu at the address listed below.

Application materials are due no later than Feb. 15, 2012 and should be sent to:

Prof. Shu-Jung Lin, Director
Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University
101, Section 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsin Chu, Taiwan 30013

Application materials should include:
1. A signed letter of application specifying the rank applied for as well as summarizing teaching experience and research interests.
2. Photocopy of a doctoral diploma and university certified doctoral transcripts. (the latter is only required of those who are applying for an assistant professorship)
3. Curriculum Vitae.
4. Three recommendation letters to be sent directly by the letter writers to the above address.
5. Ph.D. dissertation and other publications. If the dissertation and publications are in a language other than Chinese or English, an English summary of appropriate length is required.
6. Syllabi for four courses that the applicant is prepared to teach.

Applicants who are not native-speakers of Mandarin and accept appointment must assume responsibility for acquiring a working-level proficiency in Mandarin.

The Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) seeks well-qualified individuals to fill the position of Anthropologist who will be
assisting FSM in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).

The FSM Staff Cultural Anthropologist will serve as the nation's technical expert on oral histories, ethnography, and cultural resources. Also provides guidance and professional recommendations at both the state and national levels. This is
a national level position funded by a Historic Preservation Fund Grant administered by the National Park Service, Department of Interior.

The FSM Staff Cultural Anthropologist will assist and guide the following actives of the Historic Preservation Office:

1. Meeting the requirements of U.S National Park Service Program Assessments
2. Training Historic Preservation office staffs in ethnography and cultural resources management.
3. Reviewing extant collections of oral history.
4. Performing fieldwork and collections of oral history.
5. Design plans on conducting research of local traditional practices and customs such as dances, tattooing, weaving, canoe building, traditional house building, grass skirt making, navigation, etc.
6. Ensuring compliance with Section 106 of
   the U.A National Historic Preservation Act and implementing regulations 36 CFR
   800 with regard to U.S Federal undertakings in the FSM.
7. Develop, coordinate and carry out plans for ethnographic surveys.
8. Establishing and maintaining centralized cultural resources inventories of tape recordings, video recordings and photographs filling according numbering system, corresponding with that used in the oral history report.
9. Cultural resources management planning in coordination with State and National Government Agencies and the U.S National Park Service.
10. Designing and maintaining cultural
    resources museum and laboratory facilities.
11. Designing and maintaining electronic cultural resources database.
12. Composing context to be used for reports and brochures for site restoration projects.
13. Produce a survey form/written questionnaire for collection of oral history and other ethnographic information
14. Collect oral history on intangible cultural subjects such as birth, marriage, traditional laws, and traditional and customary practices.
15. Establishing a living national treasure of oral history programs.
16. Producing final products of oral histories and contexts related to traditional sites, as well as report on traditional and customary practices.
17. Establishing and maintaining centralized cultural resources inventories and site registration

All work that is conducted or supervised by the FSM Cultural Anthropologist shall fully meet the U.S Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Cultural Anthropology and Historic Preservation.

The FSM Cultural Anthropologist is required to write a report for each survey carried out in each respective FSM State. The FSM Cultural Anthropologist must write report(s) on the anthropological program for each FSM State at the end of the period for each island, where the Anthropologist worked. A copy of all reports must be provided to the Pohnpei State Government, the contracting State, for evaluation and monitoring of work performance.

The acknowledgment of NPS support, the required disclaimer statement, and the required nondiscrimination statement are required in all reports, publications, public information materials, including audio and visual, and in workshop materials.

The FSM Cultural Anthropologist shall include in all publications, journal articles, or other publicity while in the employment of the FSM Historic Preservation Office and in any subsequent publications, a statement acknowledging the support and role of the Historic Preservation Office and the National Park Service.

The FSM Cultural Anthropologist shall submit a copy of all publications, journal articles, press releases or other publicity and/or a copy of the acknowledgement statement planned for a subsequent publication to the HPO for approval prior to issuance of the publication, journal article, press release or other publicity of any subsequent publication.

Benefits:
A salary range from $35,000.00 per annum but not to exceed $38,000.00 per annum depending upon the qualification of the applicant. Housing, Life and Health Insurance, Travel and Relocation will be provided if
applicable.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

Graduated from College or University with a Master Degree in Anthropology plus 2 years of professional experience. Must demonstrate competency in operation of computers and software related to word processing, database and Geographic Information System.

Questions may be directed to Adam Thompson, the FSM archaeologist, by emailing rusticpurveyor@yahoo.com

To apply: Send application with resume by mail or fax or email (pdf) to the
following addresses:

Department of Treasury and Administration,
Division of Personnel, Labor & Manpower
P.O Box 1567
Kolonia, Pohnpei FM 96941
Phone: (691) 320-2631
Fax: (691) 320-5505