Singapore: Positions at The Asia Research Institute

Applications are invited for a 3 month (Senior)Visiting Fellowships at the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National Universityof Singapore to commence in April, July or October 2006. The positionsare intended for outstanding active researchers on Asian topics, with a balanceanticipated between senior and junior, the Asian region and the world. At leastone published outcome is expected, and applicants who do not normally publishin English will be encouraged and assisted to do so. Interdisciplinaryinterests are encouraged. "Asia" as a researchfield is defined loosely in terms of the region in which Singapore is positioned. Thepositions will be allocated to one of the ARI clusters, sketched below. Most ofthese represent the Institute's current areas of research focus, while the"open cluster" ensures openness to any innovative and promisingproject in the social sciences and humanities. Applicants should mention whichcategory they are applying in, and which term. Terms and conditions(Senior)Visiting Fellowships: This 3 month fellowship comes with a competitiveremuneration and benefits package, depending on seniority, in the rangeSing$3,000 - $10,000 a month. Areas of research focus:

1) Thechanging family (Prof Gavin Jones) focuses onchanging family forms, roles andstructures in Asian societies, as other institutions take over some familyfunctions, low fertility, delayed marriage and longevity transform familycomposition, and labour market realities and changing gender relations affect internalfamily dynamics.

2)Migration (Prof Brenda Yeoh) explores the issues arising from increased levelsof human mobility in the region, both within and across national borders.Mobility of high-level professional and managerial personnel, labour migration,both documented and undocumented, and human trafficking all raise theoreticaland methodological questions and major policy issues, as does the role ofmigration in urban change.

3)Religion and Globalisation (Prof Bryan Turner) explores the changing patternsof religious practice, belief and identity in recent times, particularly in Southeast Asia, China and South Asia. The title implies a particularinterest in transnational and diasporic interactions, the engagement withmodern technologies and values, and new global or Ã¢â‚¬Ëœglocal' forms of identity.

4)Cultural Studies in Asia (Prof Chua Beng Huat) consciously challenges disciplinaryboundaries to address new topics, issues and concerns thrown up by the rapidglobalization of contemporary cultures. ARI is interested in new understandingsof the everyday life cultural practices of contemporary Asia, as in adaptations of olderpatterns in literature, and the performing and graphic arts, in rapidlychanging contemporary conditions.

5)SoutheastAsia China interactions (Prof Anthony Reid) explores both historical andcontemporary themes that are bringing East and Southeast Asia closer together,and is interested in any mix of the political, economic, cultural or social.This includes a particular project on Southeast Asian Archeology (A/Prof JohnMiksic) focussing on early historic sites of Southeast Asia–early trade; urbanization;maritime archaeology; intercommunication between sites; and ceramics.

The AsiaResearch Institute (ARI) is a university-level institute formed in July 2001 asone of the strategic initiatives of the National University of Singapore (NUS).The mission of the Institute is to provide a world-class focus and resource forresearch on the Asian region, located at one of its communication hubs. ARI engages the social sciences broadly defined, and especiallyinterdisciplinary frontiers between and beyond disciplines. Throughfrequent provision of short-term research appointments it seeks to be a placeof encounters between the region and the world. Within NUS it worksparticularly with the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Law andDesign, to support research, conferences, lectures, and graduate study at thehighest level.

Interestedapplicants are invited to email/mail their curriculum vitae (including detailsof referees and email), a synopsis of the research project, at least one sampleof their published work, and ensure that 2 or 3 referees submit directly to usa report on their academic standing and comment on their research project by 31 October 2005. It is anticipated that these fellowshipswill be selected twice-yearly thereafter.

Addressfor applications and references:

TheInstitute Manager
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
AS7, Level 4, 5 Arts Link, Singapore 117570
Fax: (65) 6779 1428
Email: joinari@nus.edu.sg

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