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Symposium: Visual Underground: Theatre Scorpio & Japanese Experimental Cinema of the Sixties
Location: Quebec, Canada Symposium Date: September 16, 2011 Over the past few years the legacy of the Japanese cinematic and artistic experiments of the 1960s has received renewed international attention in academia in Japan, Europe and North America. Visual Underground: … Continue reading
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At the request of a commenter, we’ve added a few bits of information at the bottom of our “How can I fund my stay at the IUC?” article, showing how some students who were not affiliated with a … Continue reading
Travel grants and study opportunities through The Triangle Center for Japanese Studies
The Triangle Center for Japanese Studies, newly established with assistance from the Japan Foundation, has grants available for scholars who wish to visit the Japanese studies collection in the Duke University library, the Japanese materials in the Ackland Museum of … Continue reading
Job Opening: Modern Japanese History, Assistant Professor or Associate Professor
Institution: University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign Location: Illinois, United States Position: Department of History and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (Tenure-track assistant professor or tenure-eligible associate professor in Modern Japanese History) The Department of History and the … Continue reading
Job Opening: Bo Jung and Soon Young Kim Professorship in East Asian Science and Technology
Institution: Johns Hopkins University, History of Science and Technology Location: Maryland, United States Position: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor, East Asian History of Science or Technology The History of Science and Technology Department at Johns Hopkins University … Continue reading
Oops! Some of our subscribers via email or Google reader may have gotten a little mistaken preview of this week’s feature article on applying to the JET CIR position. Enjoy it! 😉 It’ll be back on Wednesday.
How to Do Research on Japanese Literature (via Contemporary Japanese Literature)
This introductory guide to doing research on Japanese Literature, provided by Kathryn over at the Contemporary Japanese Literature blog, is a fantastic collection and evaluation of a variety of resources in Asian Studies. Even if your specialty isn’t literature, this … Continue reading
Call for Proposals/Papers: SEC/AAS Conference Furman University
Jan. 13-15, 2012 The 51st annual meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS) will be hosted by Furman University, to be held in Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Greenville, South Carolina. This year’s conference will … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Placing East Asia: A Graduate Student Conference on Urbanism and the Production of Space
DATE: March 2-3, 2012 PLACE: Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley CALL FOR PAPERS In recent years, a growing number of scholars have turned their attention to cities and urban space as a means to understand historical and social … Continue reading
IUC series (final!): Former students – Where are they now?
Thus far we’ve talked quite a bit about attending the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies—whether or not it’s the right time for you, how to fund your stay, what sort of housing to get (homestay, IUC sponsored housing like … Continue reading
What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 