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Author Archives: Paula
Fun Link Friday: Breakdancing Monks
How do you bring your hobbies and skills into your everyday life? This past week Tricycle reported on some fun news in the world of Buddhism: two monks from different Buddhist practices who have formed a breakdancing duo. Hoping to … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Newspaper Sculptures by Atsushi Adachi
The holidays are upon us, so it’s a quick Fun Link Friday this week! This article by Spoon & Tamago caught my eye a couple weeks ago– a report about an upcoming exhibit by artist Atsushi Adachi, who plays with the theme … Continue reading
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Tagged art, fun link friday, Japanese art, media, newspaper, visual arts
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Resource: North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC)
Today we are introducing a site and organization that offers a variety of resources useful to academics, writers, researchers, and various other professionals: the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC). From their website: Founded in 1991, NCC … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Move over, gingerbread house, here’s a sweets sailboat
While many of us may be honing our skills for seasonal gingerbread house competitions, none of us can hold a candle to the students of the recently opened Noda Kamada Gakuen vocational high school in Yokohama, who created a MASSIVE … Continue reading
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Tagged cookies, culinary school, food, food culture, Japan, sweets
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Funding: Library Travel Grant, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Japan Collection
The Japan Collection of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Library is pleased to announce its first Library Travel Grant Program. Please visit the website for further information: https://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/japan/travelgrant ============================================ The UHM Japan Collection travel grant is made possible by … Continue reading
Call for Applicants: Funded MA research, University of Alberta
Dear Colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to opportunities for students to pursue a funded MA degree in East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta (in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada): http://www.eastasianstudies.ualberta.ca/ In particular for H-Japan members, students can … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian Studies, japanese studies, MA, MA degree, University of Alberta
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Call for Applicants: Summer Luce Postdoc Research Fellowship
CALL FOR 2020 SUMMER LUCE POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History University of San Francisco (USF) The USF Ricci Institute is a premier global resource for the study of Chinese-Western cultural exchange with a core … Continue reading
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