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Job Opening: Japanese/Asian studies, Earlham College
Institution: Earlham College, Japanese Studies Location: Indiana, United States Position: Non-Tenure Track Faculty, Visiting Assistant Professor Position Announcement: Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese and East Asian Studies Earlham College invites applications for a full-time one-year visiting assistant professor position in … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan
Jacqueline I. Stone University of Hawai`i Press 616pp. November 2016 Cloth – Price: $68.00ISBN: 978-0-8248-5643-4 http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-9704-9780824856434.aspx Description Buddhists across Asia have often aspired to die with a clear and focused mind, as the historical Buddha himself is said to have done. This book … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Asian Studies, Buddhism, death, Japanese religion, japanese studies, religion
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Fun Link Friday: Matcha… beer?
Like it or not, if you spend enough time in Japan, you’ll probably develop a taste for matcha/maccha 抹茶 (green tea). I know I didn’t like tea at all (still don’t like coffee!) but somewhere along the lines it grew … Continue reading
Call for Papers: “Constructing Masculinities” Issue of Asia Pacific Perspectives
The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce a call for papers for the fall 2017 issue of Asia Pacific Perspectives. The issue will explore the varied interpretations of masculine identity across Asia. We are seeking … Continue reading
Workshop: Kambun Workshop at USC, July 10-Aug. 4, 2017
The University of Southern California Project for Premodern Japan Studies is pleased to announce that there will be a Kambun Workshop at USC this summer. We will focus on Kamakura materials—Professor Takahashi Shinichirô will join us from the University of Tokyo … Continue reading
Call for Applicants: Saitama University’s MA program in Japanese & Asian Culture
Saitama University’s Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for admission to our MA program in Japanese & Asian Culture, for the Fall 2017 semester. The deadline for receipt of … Continue reading
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Tagged history, Japan, japanese studies, literature, MA program, Saitama University
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Funding: AFRASO Fellowship
Announcement of a Fellowship of the project “Africa’s Asian Options – AFRASO” at Goethe University Frankfurt Since 2013 AFRASO has been an interdisciplinary and transregional research project at Goethe University Frankfurt funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) … Continue reading
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Tagged African Studies, East Asian Studies, fellowship, Germany, Goethe University, research
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Workshop: Noh Training Project 2017 (Tokyo)
The Kita School of Noh and Theatre Nohgaku are pleased to announce the Noh Training Project Tokyo 2017–an intensive three-week workshop focusing on the performance elements of Japanese classical noh theatre. The workshop will include five hours daily of instruction … Continue reading
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Tagged dance, Japan, noh, Noh theater, theater, theatre, Tokyo, traditional arts, training, workshop
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Book Announcement: Honored and Dishonored Guests: Westerners in Wartime Japan
Honored and Dishonored Guests: Westerners in Wartime Japan W. Puck Brecher About the book: The brutality and racial hatred exhibited by Japan’s military during the Pacific War piqued outrage in the West and fanned resentments throughout Asia. Public understanding of … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, modern, modern Japan, war
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Funding: Fellowships at Center for French-Japanese Advanced Studies in Paris
The Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS is presently recruiting Senior and Junior levels researchers in the framework of the Centre for French-Japanese Advanced Studies in Paris (Centre d’Etudes Avancées Franco-Japonais de Paris, CEAFJP; http://ffj.ehess.fr/ceafjp.html). The CEAFJP is a research and exchange platform coordinated … Continue reading
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Tagged Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS, France, funding, japanese studies, Paris, research
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 