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Announcement: 2014 OAH-JAAS Japan Residencies Program
In cooperation with and support from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, the OAH and the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS) plan to send two American scholars to Japanese universities for two-week residencies in the Spring of 2014. During their … Continue reading
Job Opening: Asian-American History, Assistant professor
Institution: San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies Location: California, United States Position: Assistant Professor, Asian American History Qualifications * PhD or equivalent terminal degree by August 1, 2014 * required specialization in Asian American history * preferred expertise … Continue reading
Job Openings: (3) Japanese Studies, Full Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Hong Kong Location: Hong Kong Position: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor(3 posts) in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures Founded in 1911, The University of Hong Kong is committed to the highest … Continue reading
Workshop: Edo-period written Japanese: an intensive course
江戸時代の書き言葉 集中セミナー Emmanuel College (The University of Cambridge – Dr Laura Moretti) and Nishōgakusha University (Tokyo – Prof Yamabe Susumu) will offer a two-week intense course that teaches comprehensively the written languages and the written styles used in early-modern … Continue reading
Call for papers: Shifting Terrains of Struggle in Japan and Japanese Studies
Triangle Center for Japanese Studies Conference, April 11-13, 2014 The Triangle Center for Japanese Studies (a joint undertaking of Duke University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with support from the Japan Foundation) invites … Continue reading
Funding: Japan Research Award Grant, Univ of Maryland
20th Century Japan Research Award Grant for 2013-2014, The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries Gordon W. Prange Collection and East Asia Collection on topics related to the period of the Allied … Continue reading
Call for articles from readers! Japanese Studies: 5-10-20
Next year What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? is planning a series of periodic articles from guest writers entitled “Japanese Studies: 5-10-20.” Our aim to hear about the personal experiences of people at various stages of … Continue reading
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Job Opening: Japanese Language and Literature, Assistant Professor
Institution: Wellesley College, East Asian Languages and Culture Location: Massachusetts, United States Position: Assistant Professor in Japanese Language and Literature The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Wellesley College announces a search for a tenure-track … Continue reading
What can you do with a BA in Japanese? How one linguist carved out a niche using Japanese
Today we will be featuring a guest article by Joel Challender, a professional translator and interpreter who will discuss a bit about his career path and the process from the BA onward in the professional field. — Although Japanese language … Continue reading
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Call for Papers: 67th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
April 10-12, 2014 University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky CALL FOR PAPERS East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Studies Deadline for Abstract Submission: November 11, 2013 The Kentucky Foreign Language Conference is proud to open sessions devoted to the presentations of scholarly … Continue reading
What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 