Mar 17

Job: ICAS Summer Internship Program for College and Grad Students (Tokyo)

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Internship opportunity in Japan sent by Ariel Wyckoff, a JET alum. Posted by Mia Nakaji Monnier (Prospective JET, 2015-2016), freelance writer and Online Editor of The Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese American daily newspaper based in Los Angeles. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Position: Interns
Posted by: Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) at Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ)
Location: Tokyo

“Since 2007, ICAS at TUJ has hosted summer interns from many universities across the world. These unpaid summer internships for non-TUJ students (undergraduate and graduate) offer a unique opportunity to spend a productive summer in Tokyo.
Below is the summary of the program. You will find the details of the program here. We would appreciate if you could forward the information to the appropriate person who might be interested in and spread a word out. If you have any questions/suggestions, please let us know at icas@tuj.temple.edu  Thank you for your support to ICAS as always.

[Summary of the ICAS internship program]
The interns to work as research associates with faculty members, help organize conferences, or work on special projects with TUJ administrators. Interns have worked on organizing major academic symposia, assisted faculty in their research (in the fields of history, anthropology, sociology, international relations, communications and literature) and co-written articles.For students who have their own research project (such as writing a senior thesis), programs may be devised that suit their interests while contributing to the research activities of TUJ faculty.

Interns participate in seminars and discussion groups at TUJ, visits to museums, businesses, embassies, and interesting sights in and around Tokyo.

TUJ encourages interns to take advantage of their time in Tokyo by attending conferences and other cultural events. Interns will be provided with networking opportunities in the professional communities of Japanese academia and government, and can participate in tours and other activities both within Tokyo and across Japan, which TUJ sponsors for its own students during its session.”


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