Author Archives: Paula

About Paula

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

Funding: The Nippon Foundation Fellows Program at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC)

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Paula

Scholarship Opportunity: advanced Japanese language training for graduate students with Japan-focused career goals in academia, business, diplomacy/government service, journalism, translation, and law The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC), administered by Stanford University, is pleased to announce a call for … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Paula

Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan Drott, Edward R. Scholars have long remarked on the frequency with which Japanese myths portrayed gods (kami) as old men or okina. Many of these “sacred elders” came to be … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese Applied Linguistics

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Paula

The Department of Asian Studies, at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus seeks to make a full-time appointment in the field of Japanese Applied Linguistics at the rank of Instructor, tenure-track, with responsibility for teaching as well as coordinating … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Amazon Priest Delivery?

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Paula

A quickie fun link this week! The modern world poses a lot of challenges for what many consider older, more traditional ways of life. A recent New York Times article talked about one of these questions of becoming obsolete or … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian art history, Wesleyan University

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Paula

Institution: Wesleyan University, Department of Art and Art History Location: Connecticut, United States Position: Assistant Professor of East Asian art history Wesleyan University’s Department of Art and Art History invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of East Asian art history … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia: Debating Democracy in Japan

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Paula

The Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia will be held at the University of Wollongong from 26 to 30 June 2017. The Call for Papers is now open. The conference takes place seventy years since the revised … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ)

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Paula

2017 Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ) Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan Dates: Late June/Early July (Tentative) Submission Deadline: October 20, 2016 The ASCJ Executive Committee is now accepting panel, individual paper, and roundtable proposals for its 2017 Conference in Tokyo, … Continue reading →

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Funding: 20th Century Japan Research Award for 2016-2017

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Paula

The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for two $1,500 grants to support research in the library’s Gordon W. Prange Collection and East Asia Collection on topics related to the period of the Allied … Continue reading →

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Call for Proposals: 2017 AATJ Annual Spring Conference

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Paula

The 2017 Annual Spring Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) will be held in Toronto, Ontario, on Thursday, March 16, 2017, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies. Proposals are invited for individual … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: History of modern science and technology in East Asia, Harvard University

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Paula

Institution: Harvard University, History of Science Location: Massachusetts, United States Position: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the History of Modern Science and Technology in East Asia The Department of the History of Science at Harvard University seeks to appoint a tenure-track … Continue reading →

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