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

Job Opening: East Asian History, Lawrence University

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Paula

Institution:       Lawrence University, History Location:          Wisconsin, United States Position:          Assistant Professor, East Asian History The Department of History at Lawrence University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor position in East Asian history to begin in the fall … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian History, University of New Mexico

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Paula

Institution:       University of New Mexico – Albuquerque, History Location:          New Mexico, United States Position:          Assistant Professor in the History of East Asia THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO seeks applications for an Assistant Professorship in the History of East Asia … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Postdoctoral Scholar in Humanities, USC

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Paula

Institution:         University of Southern California, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs Location:          California, United States Position:           Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities The University of Southern California (USC) Provosts Postdoctoral Scholars Program in the Humanities is a key element in USC’s distinctive … Continue reading →

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Funding: 20th Century Japan Research Award 2014-2015

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Paula

20th Century Japan Research Award for 2014-2015 The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for two $1,500 grants to support research in the library’s Gordon W. Prange Collection and East Asia Collection on topics … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Paula

The SOAS Japan Research Centre, in association with Bloomsbury, is pleased to announce the publication of the first book in its new SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan series. Jan Bardsley’s Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan reveals the diverse possibilities of … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Memory, Moment, and Mobility in East Asia

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Paula

Call for papers: Memory, Moment, and Mobility in East Asia East Asian Languages and Cultures Graduate Student Conference University of Southern California April 11-12, 2015 Proposal Submission Deadline: November 30, 2014 The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Contemporary Japan

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Paula

Contemporary Japan (CJ) is the biannual journal of the German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo (DIJ) published by de Gruyter, Berlin, New York. We are currently calling for papers for the autumn 2015 issue. Articles should be submitted by 31 … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Amusement Parks in Japan

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Paula

Haunted houses are definitely my favorite part of amusement parks, and I recently had the terrifying pleasure of experiencing a haunted house in Japan for the first time on a visit to Tokyo Dome City. Although it mostly made me … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian History, Drake University

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Paula

Institution:       Drake University, Department of History Location:          Iowa, United States Position:          Assistant Professor in East Asian History Modern East Asia. The History department at Drake University invites applications for an Assistant Professor in East Asian history. The department seeks … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Asian History, University of West Georgia

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Paula

Institution:       University of West Georgia, History Location:          Georgia, United States Position:          Tenure-track Assistant Professor – Asian History The History Department of the University of West Georgia invites applications for a full-time tenure-track assistant professor in Asian History, all fields, … Continue reading →

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