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Author Archives: Paula
Funding: Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant
TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAM HARVARD-YENCHING LIBRARY HARVARD UNIVERSITY The Harvard-Yenching Library is pleased to announce its Travel Grant Program for the 2019-2020 academic year. The purpose of the grant is to assist scholars from outside the Boston metropolitan area in their … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard University, Harvard-Yenching Library, research, travel grants
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Book Announcement: The Origins of the Modern Japanese Bureaucracy
The Origins of the Modern Japanese Bureaucracy By: Yuichiro Shimizu Translator: Amin Ghadimi What is a bureaucracy, from where does it come, and how does it develop? Japanese have long described their nation as a “kingdom of bureaucrats”, but until … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, bureaucracy, history, Japan, Japanese history, modern Japan, modern Japanese history
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Call for Papers: Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference at CU Boulder
Dear all, The CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association (CUBASGA) invites submissions for its annual graduate student conference, to be held at the University of Colorado, Boulder on Friday, February 14th, and Saturday, February 15th, 2020. Current graduate students from across … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian Studies, CU-Boulder, graduate conference
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Job Opening: Assistant Correspondent, The Mainichi Newspapers NY Bureau
The Mainichi Newspapers Career Opportunity Location: New York Position: Assistant Correspondent – Full-Time (Part-Time Negotiable) We are currently looking for an Assistant Correspondent in our New York Bureau to support our correspondents with research into topics involving American society and … Continue reading
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Tagged assistant correspondent, Japan, job opening, Mainichi Newspapers, New York
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Fun Link Friday: Is Japanese the most difficult language?
The Language Nerds blog recently posted an article summarizing reports from The Foreign Service Institute of the US Department of State, categorizing world languages and their difficulty (namely, the amount of time officials have to spend learning them). The categories … Continue reading
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Tagged foreign language, fun link friday, Japan, Japanese, language
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OUR Shurijo Shuri Castle Digital Reconstruction
As many know by now, Shuri Castle in Okinawa, an important piece of Ryukyu cultural heritage, suffered a devastating fire on October 31st 2019. As ongoing dialogues continue about how and when the reconstruction will take place, over two dozen … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, digital preservation, history, Okinawa, ryukyu, Shuri castle
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Job Opening: KCJS Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies is searching for a KCJS Postdoctoral Fellow for the academic year 2020-21, with the possibility of extension. Based at Doshisha University in Kyoto, KCJS is an undergraduate study abroad program governed by a consortium … Continue reading
