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

Conference: New England Association for Asian Studies Conference

Bridgewater State University, a suburban campus south of Boston, is pleased to host the annual meeting of the New England Association for Asian Studies on October 11-12, 2013. The NEAAS Program Committee welcomes proposals for panels, roundtables or individual presentations … Continue reading

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Fellowships: Postdocs at Oriental Institute in Prague

Oriental Institute is offering one-year fellowships to outstanding scholars (with a preference on non-Czech residents) of history and cultures of the countries of Asia (with a preference on Middle East and North Africa, South  Asia, East Asia) for the 2013-2014 … Continue reading

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Book Announcement: Beyond the Western Liberal Order: Yanaihara Tadao and Empire as Society

Beyond the Western Liberal Order: Yanaihara Tadao and Empire as Society The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought Ryoko Nakano ISBN: 978-1-137-29050-2, ISBN10: 1-137-29050-1, 5.500 x 8.500 inches, 216 pages Beyond the Western Liberal Order explores the international thought of Yanaihara … Continue reading

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Announcement: NCC’s Team-Building Workshop in Japanese Studies

Do you: ·     Want to offer more undergraduate Japanese studies courses? ·     Need more Japanese digital resources? ·     Want to use interlibrary loan or document delivery from Japan? ·     Want to infuse … Continue reading

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Fellowship: Fulbright Scholarship Opportunities East Asia and Pacific, South and Central Asia Studies

The 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program core competition is now open. The Fulbright Scholar Program offers teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries for the 2014-2015 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and … Continue reading

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Fellowship: Louis Frieberg Post-doctoral Fellowships

East Asian Studies ,2013-14, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies offers post-doctoral fellowships for the year 2013-2014. The post-docs are open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences specializing in East Asia, … Continue reading

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Book Announcement: Images, Relics and Legends: the Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites

Images, Relics and Legends: the Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites. Essays in Honour of Professor Koichi Shinohara Edited by James A. Benn, Jinhua Chen, and James Robson Mosaic Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780889629097 A major collection of important essays … Continue reading

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Symposium: The Imperial Court in China, Japan, and Korea: Women, Servants, and the Emperor’s Household (1600-early 1900s)

Location: California, United States Symposium Date: 2013-04-18 The University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim is pleased to announce its April 18-19, 2013 symposium, “The Imperial Court in China, Japan, and Korea: Women, Servants, and the Emperor’s Household … Continue reading

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Call for papers ACSET 2013: Asian Conference on Society, Education and Technology, Osaka, October 23-27, 2013

CFP for Asian Conference on Society, Education and Technology 2013 Location: Japan Call for Papers Deadline: 2013-07-01 The International Academic Forum in partnership with Waseda University (Japan), Birkbeck University of London (UK), The National Institute of Education (Singapore), The National … Continue reading

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Reblog: How to Organize a Panel for a Conference

We’ve been woefully short on articles related to professional networking within academia, so today we’re reblogging an article written by Dr. Karen Kelsky, who runs the blog The Professor Is In, a site and business where she helps people from all … Continue reading

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