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Paula lives in the vortex of academic life. She studies medieval Japanese history.

Book Announcement: Folk Legends from Tono: Japan’s Spirits, Deities, and Phantastic Creatures

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Paula

Legends Collected by Yanagita Kunio & Sasaki Kizen Translated and Edited by Ronald A. Morse Illustrated by Marjorie C. Leggitt Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 5, 2015) ISBN-10: 144224822X ISBN-13: 978-1442248229 BOOK BACKGROUND INFORMATION It is … Continue reading →

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Call For Papers: 21st New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Paula

21st New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference 29 Nov – 1 Dec 2015, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand  Deadline for Abstracts: 31 August 2015 Conference Theme – Asian Intersections: Identities and Linkages Asia has long been a crossroads, where … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Caring for Elderly in Asia: Long-Term Care in the Familial Context

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Paula

CFP | Caring for Elderly in Asia: Long-Term Care in the Familial Context CONVENORS Assoc Prof THANG Leng Leng Department of Japanese Studies, and Centre for Family and Population Research, National University of Singapore E | lengthang@nus.edu.sg Prof Wei-Jun Jean YEUNG … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Lecturer, Japanese Language, University of British Columbia

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Paula

Institution:   University of British Columbia, Asian Studies Location:     British Columbia, Canada Position:     Japanese Lecturer The University of British Columbia is accepting applications for one 12-month lecturer position in Japanese language, commencing September 1, 2015.  The position is intended to be for one year, … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Paula

A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism William E. Deal (Case Western U.) and Brian Ruppert (University of Illinois) From the Back Cover: A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism presents a vivid, nuanced, and chronological account of Buddhist religion in Japan, … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Ars Orientalis, dress in Asia and the Middle East

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Paula

Ars Orientalis, a peer-reviewed annual journal published jointly by the Freer and Sackler galleries of the Smithsonian and the History of Art department of the University of Michigan, is seeking article proposals for the 2017 volume to be devoted to … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Japan: Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary—A Return Trip from the East to the West. Learning in, about and from Japan

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Paula

CALL FOR PAPERS The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Japanese Department) at the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University (Bucharest, Romania), with the support of its collaborators from Kyoto University and Osaka University (Japan), is pleased to announce organizing the third edition of … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Yaskawa Bushido Project

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Paula

Samurai and robots, man versus machine. Some of popular culture’s favorite themes come together in this week’s fun link, featured on Spoon & Tamago. MOTOMAN-MH24, more of a giant robotic arm than a robotic man, was given the task of analyzing … Continue reading →

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Resource: Teach 3.11

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Paula

Those with an interest in how to share and teach information globally about the Tōhoku earthquake/tsunami and its aftermath will be interested in the website Teach 3.11, a non-profit educational project of the Forum for the History of Science in … Continue reading →

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Funding: Abe Fellowship

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Paula

Abe Fellowship International multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern Topics: Global Security; East Asia; International Development; Public Engagement; Environment Open for applications, next deadline is September 1st 2015. Apply Now The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the … Continue reading →

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