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Book Announcement: Masculinity and Body Weight in Japan
Masculinity and Body Weight in Japan: Grappling with Metabolic Syndrome By Genaro Castro-Vázquez Drawing on the concept of the somatic self, Castro-Vázquez explores how Japanese men think about, express and interpret their experiences concerning bodyweight control. Based on an extensive … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, culture, gender, gender studies, health, Japan, Japanese culture, japanese studies, medicine, modern Japan
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Call for Applications: Reischauer Policy Research Fellows Program
Reischauer Policy Research Fellows Program Program Overview: Inaugurated in May 2013, the Reischauer Policy Research Fellows Program is a critical element of the Reischauer Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. It is … Continue reading
Writing into a Career: Learning How to Write and Adult in Japan and the United States
Today’s guest post is by Daniel Morales. Daniel Morales is a writer and translator based in Chicago. He studied Japanese literature at Harvard and writing at the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans. After graduate school, he … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japanese, journalism, language learning, professionalization, writing
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Book Announcement: Ghastly Tales from the Yotsuya kaidan
Ghastly Tales from the Yotsuya kaidan, ed. with an Introduction by Takashi Saitō Perhaps the most famous and oft told tales of horror in Japan, the Yotsuya kaidan tells of a young woman named Iwa and the curse she carried … Continue reading
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Funding: JUSFC-NEH Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is accepting applications for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program. The program aims to promote Japan studies in the United States, to encourage U.S.-Japanese scholarly exchange, and to support … Continue reading
Book Announcement: A Kamigata Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Metropolitan Centers, 1600-1750
A KAMIGATA ANTHOLOGY: LITERATURE FROM JAPAN’S METROPOLITAN CENTERS, 1600–1750 Edited by Sumie Jones and Adam L. Kern with Kenji Watanabe This is the first of a three-volume anthology of Edo- and Meiji-era urban literature that includes An Edo Anthology: Literature from … Continue reading
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Tagged Edo, Edo literature, Edo period, Japan, Japanese literature, literature
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Life after Japanese Studies (Part 2): Reconnecting with Professional Networks and Seeking Jobs after JET
This guest series features Danielle Reed, who launched her own consulting practice PinPath, LLC in November 2019. Previously she worked as the Senior Program Director of S&R Foundation, a private family foundation with the mission of supporting talented individuals with high … Continue reading
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Tagged bilingual jobs, Japan, japanese studies, job search, networking, US
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Funding: Ishibashi Foundation Summer Fellowship 2020
The Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia invites applications to join our intensive three-week advanced undergraduate level fellowship in Japanese Arts and Cultural Heritage (25 July – 15 August 2020). Application Deadline is 31 March 2020. With the support of the Ishibashi … Continue reading
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Tagged japanese studies, UK, university of east anglia
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Job Opening: JET Program Coordinator
About the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program The JET Program is the government of Japan’s most successful exchange program, sending over 70,000 participants to Japan since 1987 to serve as Assistant Language Teachers and Coordinators for International Relations. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, JET, JET Program, job opening, US-Japan relations
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Book Announcement: American Evangelists and Tuberculosis in Modern Japan
American Evangelists and Tuberculosis in Modern Japan Elisheva A. Perelman Tuberculosis ran rampant in Japan during the late Meiji and Taisho years (1880s–1920s). Many of the victims of the then incurable disease were young female workers from the rural areas, … Continue reading
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 