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

Call for Applicants: International Noh Institute Summer Program 2017

The INI – International Noh Institute is now accepting applications for its 2017 Summer Intensive Program (September 4 – 14 2017). Participants will take part in an intensive training period, during which they will study Noh chant and dance at the INI headquarters in Kyoto with … Continue reading

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Job Opening: Japanese art and material culture, Leiden University

Institution: Leiden University, Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) Location: Netherlands Position: Assistant Professor, University Lectureship in Japanese Art and Material Culture Leiden University invites applications for a University Lectureship in Japanese Art and Material Culture. Applicants have must … Continue reading

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Book Announcement: The Stakes of Exposure: Anxious Bodies in Postwar Japanese Art

The Stakes of Exposure Anxious Bodies in Postwar Japanese Art Author: Namiko Kunimoto How would artistic practice contribute to political change in post–World War II Japan? How could artists negotiate the imbalanced global dynamics of the art world and also … Continue reading

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Internship/Fellowship: Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies

Internship/Fellowship for Undergraduate and Graduate Students Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies Temple University, Japan Campus The Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) at Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) is currently accepting applications for its summer internship/fellowship program. Temple University is … Continue reading

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Call for Applications: 13th EAJS Workshop for Doctoral Students 2017 in Portugal

Call for Applications: 13th EAJS Workshop for Doctoral Students Venue: near Lisbon, Portugal (requested venue TBC) Date: 27–30 August 2017 Project director: Dr Rein Raud Language for applications and during the workshop: English Application deadline: 31 March 2017 To apply please use … Continue reading

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Fun Link Friday: Sushi donuts?

Now that you’ve endured or enjoyed some matcha beer, here comes another innovation on the traditional… sushi donuts? The internet is having a time with this new interpretation of a traditional favorite, and frankly, I’m just as unsure how I … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Queering the Transpacific: Asian American, American and Asian Queer Studies

In an era of neo-nationalism and the waning of Pax Americana, Asia ascends and transpacific tensions rise,evident in both Obama’s Pivot to Asia and Trump’s America First policies.  A post-national Asian/American studies is thinking more robustly about transpacific relations that pay more … Continue reading

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Workshop: Reading Kuzushiji, University of Chicago

The Japan Committee of the University of Chicago is pleased to announce the 2017 Early Modern Japan Summer Workshop: Reading Kuzushiji. The workshop will meet from June 12th to June 17th.   This year’s workshop will feature two tracks. Professor Ken’ichiro Aratake … Continue reading

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Workshop: PENDULUM 3 (Japanese music)

KYOTO CITY UNIVERSITY OF ARTS RESEARCH CENTRE FOR TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MUSIC PENDULUM 3 邦楽 HŌGAKU @ KYOTO GEIDAI 京都芸大 AN INTENSIVE THREE-DAY COURSE IN JAPANESE MUSIC AUGUST 15-17, 2017 This three-day intensive course in Japanese music PENDULUM 3 is being offered for the third … Continue reading

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Job Opening: Summer course lecturers, UC Santa Barbara (incl. East Asian civilizations)

Institution:  UC Santa Barbara Location:  California Position:  Lecturer The Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites applications for temporary, part-time lecturer positions for Summer 2017. Courses needed may include: • World History Survey, (pre-history to 1000 … Continue reading

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