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Opportunities for Scholars, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies
Location: New Jersey, United States The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. Scholars from around the world come to the … Continue reading
Book announcement: On the Front Lines of Forging a Global Society: Japanese and American Coworkers in Japan
by Adam Komisarof As globalization advances and national borders become increasingly porous, Japan is now facing the human reality of these rapid changes: greater cultural diversity in the work force,which brings the concomitant challenge of how to integrate multicultural workers … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, employment, globalization, Japan, labor, society, US, working conditions, workplace
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Job opening: Japanese theater and performance search at Yale U.
The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and the Program in Theater Studies at Yale University announce a search to make a tenure-track appointment as assistant professor in the field of Japanese theater and performance, to begin July 1 … Continue reading
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Tagged art, assistant professor, bunraku, Japanese art, japanese theatre, job opening, kabuki, noh, performance, performing arts, tenure track, theatre, Yale University
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Job Opening: Film Studies – Open Rank Professor
Institution: University of Western Ontario, Film Studies Location: Ontario, Canada Position: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor The Department of Film Studies, The University of Western Ontario invites applications for one tenure-track or tenured position in Transnational/World Cinema or American … Continue reading
Call for Papers and Extended Deadline: Science, Technology, and Medicine in East Asia
Science, Technology, and Medicine in East Asia: Policy, Practice, and Implications in a Global Context October 7-9, 2011 The Ohio State University Mershon Center for International Security Studies 1501 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH 43201 http://history.osu.edu/east-asian-conference Since the end of World … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, call for papers, east asia, medicine, Ohio State University, science, technology
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IUC Series: The IUC Summer Program
The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies has two programs, the intensive summer program and the intensive 10-month program (I use this word for both because there’s really no denying that the 10-month program is just as serious business as … Continue reading
CIES Fulbright Scholar Program Webinars for Applicants
Helpful resources are available at http://www.cies.org/ for those interested in submitting a Fulbright Scholar Application. DEADLINE: August 1, 2011 Participate in one of several webinars organized to provide valuable information regarding the application process: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 2:00 PM … Continue reading
Summer Program: HIF Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program
Already thinking about a summer language program for next year? Check out HIF, which has a February application deadline! — http://www.hif.or.jp/en/program/ Program Objectives The HIF Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program is a university level intensive summer course that focuses … Continue reading
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Tagged HIF Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program, Hokkaido, Hokkaido International Foundation, Japan, Japanese, language study, study abroad, summer, summer program
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Book announcement: Sex in Japan’s Globalization, 1870–1930: Prostitutes, Emigration and Nation-Building
Bill Mihalopoulos London: Pickering & Chatto, 2011 ISBN-10: 1848932014 ISBN-13: 978-1848932012 http://www.pickeringchatto.com/nationbuilding Based on archival research undertaken in Japan and Britain, Mihalopoulos offers a new perspective on the relations between gender hierarchies and the political economy in a newly modernized … Continue reading
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Tagged books, economy, gender, gender studies, globalization, history, Japan, Japanese history, prostitution, sex
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Call for Papers/Panels: Cool New Asia (Auckland NZ)
Cool New Asia: Asian Popular Culture in a Local Context Date: 25th and 26th November, 2011 Location: Unitec Institute of Technology: Auckland, New Zealand. Abstract Submission Due Date: August 31st, 2011. Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Professor Koichi Iwabuchi (Waseda University, Tokyo) … Continue reading
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Tagged agency, asia, call for panels, call for papers, identity, ideology, nationalism, pop culture, popular culture, power struggle, subaltern cultures
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 