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Author Archives: Paula
Funding: American Association of University Women [general] [women]
Graduate, post-graduate, and professional ladies will be interested in the various large and small fellowship and grant opportunities offered by the American Association of University Women, which aims to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and … Continue reading
Funding: Blakemore Foundation deadline approaching
2013 Blakemore Freeman Fellowships & Refresher Grants for Advanced Study of Asian Languages Blakemore language grants are awarded to individuals pursuing professional careers in fields such as business, academia, journalism, law, science, medicine, architecture, engineering, the fine arts, public service, … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian languages, Blakemore, Blakemore Freeman, fellowship, funding, grants, Japanese
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Book Announcement: Japan’s Great Stagnation: Forging Ahead, Falling Behind
W.R.Garside Waseda University, Japan and University of Durham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012 ISBN- 978-0-85793-821-3 This timely book presents a critical examination of the developmental premises of Japan’s high-growth success and its subsequent drift into recession, stagnation and piecemeal reform. … Continue reading
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Tagged books, history, Japan, Japanese history, modern Japan
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Job Opening: East Asian Visual Culture, Lecturer (part-time), Smith College
Institution: Smith College, Program in East Asian Studies and Department of Art Location: Massachusetts, United States Position: Lecturer in East Asian Visual Culture The Program in East Asian Studies and Department of Art at Smith College invite applications … Continue reading
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Tagged art, east asia, East Asian Art, job opening, lecturer, Massachusetts, Smith College, visual culture
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Call for Papers: Media Histories/Media Theories and East Asia
UC Berkeley Conference * Symposium date: February 7-8, 2013* This symposium brings together prominent and emerging scholars to discuss Japanese and East Asian cross-cultural developments in media theory and culture from the early twentieth century to the present. The symposium … Continue reading
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Tagged call for papers, culture, east asia, history, media, symposium, University of California: Berkeley
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Job Opening: Southeast/East Asian History, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in Qatar
Institution Type: Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in Qatar Location: Qatar Position: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor; Southeast or East Asian History or African History (Open Ranks) Georgetown University invites applications for the … Continue reading
Job Opening: East Asian History, Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Institution: Worcester State University, History Location: Massachusetts, United States Position: Assistant Professor East Asian History (Tenure Track) The Department of History and Political Science at Worcester State University seeks candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in East Asian … Continue reading
Funding: United States-Japan Foundation Grants
http://www.us-jf.org/grants_programs.html The United States Japan Foundation offers a number of grants to educators and organizations seeking to promote pre-college education, communication & public opinion, and US-Japan policy studies. Their grants include:
Conference: Ocha Zanmai: 2012 San Francisco International Conference on Chanoyu and Tea Cultures
San Francisco State University, November 10, 2012 http://japanese.sfsu.edu/current-event Ocha Zanmai: San Francisco International Conference on Chanoyu and Tea Cultures (SFICCTC) is an interdisciplinary conference that presents the latest research findings and significant work in the study of chanoyu (Japanese tea … Continue reading
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Tagged California, chanoyu, conference, culture, Japan, Japanese culture, ocha, tea, tea culture
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 