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Author Archives: Paula
#Program: KCJS Deadline extended
Dear Colleagues, The deadline for KCJS Summer Programs in Advanced & Classical Japanese has been extended to March 13, 2015. Please share this information with your colleagues and students, and forward to appropriate email lists. The KCJS intensive summer programs, … Continue reading
Program: Summer Intensive Kanbun at IUC
Summer Intensive Kanbun Program at IUC Yokohama Applications due March 13, 2015 Program Dates: Friday, June 19, 2015 – Thursday, July 9, 2015 The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama (administered by Stanford University), will offer a three-week intensive course in … Continue reading
Call for Applications: MA and PhD program – Asian Studies
Asia on Its Own Terms: Towards New Terminology and Narratives for Research in Asian Studies Tel-Aviv University’s Asia on Its Own Terms Program invites students at MA and PhD levels, who are intrigued by the unique opportunity to be part of an exclusive … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Asian Studies, China, graduate program, graduate school, Japan, Korea, Tel Aviv University
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Call for Papers: British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS)
Call for Papers: British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) Annual Conference 2015 Hosted by the Japan Research Centre (JRC), SOAS, University of London Thursday 10 and Friday 11 September 2015 The British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) and the Japan Research … Continue reading
Fellowships: Center for French-Japanese Advanced Studies in Paris
The Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS is presently recruiting Senior and Junior levels researchers in the framework of its newly established Centre for French-Japanese Advanced Studies in Paris (Centre d’Etudes Avancées Franco-Japonais de Paris, CEAFJP (http://ffj.ehess.fr/ceafjp.html). The CEAFJP is a research … Continue reading
Job Openings: Postdoctoral Positions: Weatherhead East Asian Institute
WEAI Postdoctoral Fellowships Annoucement The Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University is pleased to announce four postdoctoral positions for the academic year 2015-16. Three of these positions are part of the Borg Research Program, a three-year initiative to support … Continue reading
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Tagged Columbia University, job opening, New York, postdoc, postdoctoral fellow
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Book Announcement: Kōmeitō: Politics and Religion in Japan
Kōmeitō: Politics and Religion in Japan Ehrhardt, George, Axel Klein, Levi McLaughlin, and Steven R. Reed, editors Japan Research Monograph 18 2014. 298 pp. ISBN-13 978-1-55729-111-0 ISBN-10 1-55729-111-X $25.00 http://ieas.berkeley.edu/publications/jrm18.html The book covers Kōmeitō’s founding in Nichiren Buddhist doctrinal mandates and its … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Buddhism, Japanese religion, Komeito, Nichiren, politics, religion
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Updates
Hello all! Hope everyone is staying warm in this chilly weather. Just a notification that posts and email responses may slow down over the next three weeks, as I am participating in a three-week study program in Ise, Mie prefecture. … Continue reading
Workshop: 2015 JSA Freeman Foundation Summer Institute
The Japan Studies Association, with a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation, will conduct a three-week intensive workshop on Japan for faculty and administrators from U.S. two- and four-year colleges and universities. The workshop is for individuals who have little … Continue reading
Job Opening: Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese History
Institution: Oberlin College Location: Ohio, United States Position: Visiting Assistant Professor The East Asian Studies Program and the Department of History at Oberlin College invite applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Appointment to … Continue reading
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