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Research Assistant Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880, The British Museum

  •  London
  •  Â£30k-40k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes February 24, 2025
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Job Summary

Research Assistant Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880 Asia Full-time , 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break) Fixed term (1 April 2025 until 31 October 2025) £35,165 per annum Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 24 February 2025

Job Description

About the role:
As a member of the research team of the project 'Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880', funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the jobholder is to engage with various aspects of the project, including intensive data input into the project's database, to assist the Principal Investigators (PI) and Co-Investigators (CoI) in the UK and Japan to deliver the project's expected outcomes, and to develop original research in line with the project's themes.

Job Requirements

About you:
PhD degree or near completion of PhD in Japanese studies
Fluent in English and Japanese languages of the modern period
Ability to read pre-modern Japanese language
Ability to catalogue artworks efficiently in both English and Japanese
Ability to maintain close and clear communication with internal and external colleagues
Academic publications (journal articles) in the field of early-modern Japanese studies

Job Responsibilities

Key areas of responsibility:
To input data into the project's database from relevant biographical resources, i.e. published books from the late Edo period (1603-1868)
To assist the PIs to publish the project's research volume
To assist the PIs and CoIs to complete the project by publishing the research volume and making public the database
To communicate in English and Japanese with associate project members in the UK, Japan and elsewhere on the project's development and events
To conduct original research in line with the research project's themes based on the evidence found through the project's activities, and to contribute to the project's presentations
Other duties as assigned

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