RENKEI PAX SCHOOL 2016: Enslaving the Mind

2016 RENKEI Early Career Researcher Development Programme RENKEI PAX SCHOOL 2016: Enslaving the Mind (Wednesday 14th- Friday 23rd September 2016) Application form

 Before filling in the application form:  Please make sure that you meet the criteria, listed below, for participating in this programme.

 Please submit the application form (pages 2-3) to your institutional contact along with your CV by Friday 24 th June 2016. Please send the form to the International Affairs Division at [email protected]

 Criteria for participating in this programme

All applicants must meet the following criteria:

- Applicants must be a Master’s student or Ph.D. (doctoral) student, or post-doctoral fellow at one of the 12 participating universities. (We can accept up to 2 participants from each RENKEI member university) - Applicants must be enthusiastic about collaborative and interdisciplinary work. - Applicants must be able to commit fully to the programme in Kyoto and Nagasaki and must be able to travel to Japan. - Applicants are expected to participate in the preliminary discussion via Skype and read relevant materials prior to the programme. - As the programme will be conducted in English, applicants must be able to communicate in English, although competency in written English is less important. - Applicants must be able to contribute to disseminating the outcome of the workshop to wider audiences in cooperation with RENKEI member universities and the British Council which is the secretariat of the RENKEI initiative. - Applicants are expected to be able to participate in the programme in Liverpool, the UK in August 2017. That workshop, in collaboration with the International Slavery Museum, will be titled “The Politics of Memory, Commemoration and Memorialisation” aims at reminding us that dealing with the past is a deeply political endeavor and of the need to constantly recognize and revisit political and other struggles of the past. - Applicants must be able to bring their own laptop PC/Mac to work with in Japan. 2016 RENKEI Early Career Researcher Development Programme RENKEI PAX SCHOOL 2016: Enslaving the Mind

Application form

Name Given Family

Phone number University Current position Current research topic Degree/discipline(s)

Please note any special dietary requirements Language Proficiency Mother Tongue □ English □ Japanese □ Others ( )

If English is NOT your first language, please answer your English proficiency. Speaking □ Excellent □ Good □ Fair □ Poor Understanding □ Excellent □ Good □ Fair □ Poor Reading □ Excellent □ Good □ Fair □ Poor

Other Languages ( / □ Excellent □ Good □ Fair □ Poor)

Excellent: Refined fluency skills and topic-controlled discussions, debates & presentations. Formulates strategies to deal with various essay types, including narrative, comparison, cause-effect & argumentative essays. Good: Conversational accuracy & fluency in a wide range of situations: discussions, short presentations & interviews. Compound complex sentences. Extended essay formation. Fair: Broader range of language related to expressing opinions, giving advice, making suggestions. Limited compound and complex sentences & expanded paragraph formation. Poor: Simple conversation level, such as self-introduction, brief question & answer using the present and past tenses.

Emergency contact Name: details Email: (e.g. parents) Phone: Fax: Special access requirements (e.g. wheelchair access) Accommodation in Kyoto Ritsumeikan University will provide a shared room in International House near the campus. 2 participants of different nationalities are expected to share a room as part of the programme. The room rate is ¥1,800 a night (¥14,400 in total + ¥500 bed linen fee) If there is a reason why you are unable to share a room with another participant, please indicate it below or on an attached document.

※Please note that single rooms will be arranged in Nagasaki and that are by the programme. Please include a brief biography and attach your CV (300 words max)

Why are you interested in participating in this programme? (300 words max)

Please describe any past experience related to the theme of this programme (300 words max)

Please describe your IT and computer skills including Microsoft Office and graphics software. (300 words max) What software do you have in your laptop PC/Mac that is useful for processing image data and making a creative presentation? (300 words max)

Please describe your presentation ideas for this programme. (300 words max)

What benefit do you hope participation in this programme will bring to your research? (300 words max)