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Book Announcement: Japanese Modern Architecture 1920-2015
Japanese Modern Architecture 1920-2015: Developments and Dialogues Ari Seligmann Japanese Modern Architecture 1920-2015 uses a series of thematic lenses to explain the rich history of Japanese architectural developments from the 1920s foundation of modern architecture to contemporary permutations of modern … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, book announcement, books, Japan, Japanese architecture, modern, modern Japan
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Workshop: Japanese Language Text Mining: Digital Methods for Japanese Studies
Emory University is pleased to accept applications, beginning January 20, 2017, for participation in an interdisciplinary workshop — Japanese Language Text Mining: Digital Humanities Methods for Japanese Studies. The workshop will bring together researchers working across the fields of computational text … Continue reading
Call for Papers: International Association of Japanese Philosophy 2017
International Association of Japanese Philosophy 2017 International Conference Date: 28-29 July 2017 (Friday to Saturday)Venue: National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan Organizer: International Association of Japanese Philosophy (IAJP) Co-organizer: Research Center for East Asian Culture and Sinology, National Taiwan Normal … Continue reading
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Tagged call for papers, conference, Japan, Japanese philosophy, philosophy, research
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Call for Papers: Post-WWII Reeducation in Germany, Japan, and Beyond
REEDUCATION REVISITED: STRATEGIES, ACTORS, INSTITUTIONS IN TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Conference at the German Historical Institute at Washington, D.C., September 28-30, 2017 Proposals accepted till March 15, 2017 Organized by Katharina Gerund, Heike Paul (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), and Tomoyuki Sasaki (College of William … Continue reading
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Tagged call for papers, gender, Germany, Japan, modern, modern history, reeducation, research, Washington DC, WWII, youth
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Fun Link Friday: Japanese idioms and proverbs
One of the most fascinating parts of foreign languages is learning the intricacies of local sayings, since they help us really dig into the cultural context specific to that language, but also see the universal themes many places and peoples … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, fun link friday, idioms, Japanese, Japanese culture, Japanese language
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Call for Papers: The Tsarist/Soviet empires and the history of modernity in Asia
Call for Papers September 12, 2017 to September 14, 2017 Location: Germany The conference seeks to examine entanglements between Tsarist/Soviet and Asian modernities since the late 19th century. In Eurasia, Russia’s rise to great power status anticipated Japan’s (or later, … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Asian Studies, call for papers, conference, Germany, modern, modern history, modernity, Russia, Soviet
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Resource: Translation Workshops
Translation is, without a doubt, one of the most popular ways to use your Japanese in the professional world. But there are so many types of translation work out there that many people embark on that journey with a trial-and-error … Continue reading
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Tagged Japanese, Japanese language, language, language training, translation
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Job Opening: Research Analyst
The Camstoll Group is a tight-knit, fast growing sanctions and illicit finance research and advisory firm with decades of combined government and private sector experience combating the world’s most complex national security and financial crime challenges. Utilizing proprietary open-source research … Continue reading
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Tagged finance, job opening, Los Angeles, research, Research Analyst, Washington DC
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Funding: MA and PhD Funding at the University of Leeds
MA and PhD Funding at the University of Leeds (Chinese, Japanese, Southeast Asian and Asia-Pacific Studies) East Asian Studies, a constituent unit within the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, at the University of Leeds, UK, would like to draw … Continue reading
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Tagged funding, graduate school, Master's, PhD, research, University of Leeds
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 