The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor who is a specialist in modern or contemporary Japanese media, film, literature, and culture. Priority will be given to completed applications received by November 15, 2024. The Department welcomes applicants whose research in modern Japanese media, popular culture, literature, and/or critical theory demonstrates expertise in one or more of the following fields: media theory, literary studies, critical theory in a global context, comparative East Asian popular culture, the environmental humanities including study of the nonhuman world, diaspora and migration studies, disability st