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2014-15 HARVARD FELLOWSHIP IN JAPANESE DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University announces a
special fellowship for the 2014-2015 academic year (with the potential to be renewed for one
additional year), for a person in any field of East Asian studies, with extensive expertise in the
digital humanities or qualitative digital data management in the social sciences. The fellow will
be expected to assist faculty, students, and research affiliates, as described below, and assist
specific digital projectssuch as the Constitutional Revision in Japan Research Project and
Eligibility:
Applicants must have at least a bachelor’s degree, in East Asian (preferably Japanese)studies, in
any area of the humanities or social sciences. This will be a 12-month fellowship, commencing
on August 1, 2014, and the annual fellowship stipend will be $50,000. The application deadline
is June 15, 2014.
Responsibilities specific to the Digital Archive of the 2011 disasters will include working with
programmers to refine and maintain the archive’s user interface, working with existing and
potential new content partners to connect their resources to the archive, and helping to build a
global user community. In addition, the fellow will provide assistance to affiliates of the
Reischauer Institute in the following sorts of activities:
- Defining appropriate research questions and terminology, where relevant
- Selecting appropriate print and electronic information sources and tools
- Designing search strategiesto ensure retrieval of potentially relevant information
- Developing rigorous methods of information extraction and analysis
- Identifying background information to place the findings in context
A strong working knowledge of Japanese and English languages is required. While the position
will not require any direct coding, candidates for the position must be able to work closely with
programmers and designers employing a variety of web technologies and programming
languages, be able to understand and evaluate their work, and have the ability to effectively
communicate between technical and non-technical project collaborators. An ideal candidate will
have had experience designing and hosting websites (including a familiarity with HTML, CSS,
and Javascript), maintaining online databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL), coding for the web (PHP
or other web coding language), writing simple scripts for data scraping and management (Python
or other scripting language), and working with Git code repositories or other version control
systems, as well as an understanding of the principles behind the functioning of web APIs.
Application Process:
Applicants should send their applications (via email as a PDF document) to
tgilman @ fas.harvard.edu. Each application should consist of the following items in the order
listed below:
Cover sheet: Please provide the following information, in numbered order, starting each
item on a new line.
1. Name (first, LAST & email address)
2. University & dept. (of highest degree)
3. Field of Study
4. Date degree received (or, if pending, give specific timeline)
5. Summary of experience relevant to working with digital media, up to 500 words.
• Curriculum vitae: please include citizenship, Social Security number, current and
permanent addresses, telephone number(s), email address; academic degrees with dates
of conferral, discipline and institution.
• Official transcript of grades
• Two letters of recommendation (One letter must be from someone who can comment on
your experience relevant to working with digital media. These letters may be submitted
separately (via email) by the recommender
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