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

Job Opening: Modern East Asian history, Mercy College

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Paula

Institution:           Mercy College, Humanities Location:              New York, United States Position:              Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Faculty Mercy College seeks a tenure-track assistant professor of Modern East Asian history starting September 2016. Preference will be given to candidates who specialize in … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Buddhism in the Global Eye, August 10-12, 2016, UBC

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Paula

“Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West” http://buddhism.arts.ubc.ca/2015/09/06/call-for-papers-buddhism-in-the-global-eye/ The 6th Annual Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Conference, hosted by the University of British Columbia’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society (Jessica L. Main, director) and … Continue reading →

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Wolfsonian Fellowship program

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Paula

Wolfsonian-FIU Fellowship Program The Wolfsonian-Florida International University is a museum and research center that promotes the examination of modern visual and material culture. The focus of the Wolfsonian collection is on North American and European decorative arts, propaganda, architecture, and … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Kiriyama Professor for Asia Pacific Studies, visiting position, University of San Francisco

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Paula

Institution:       University of San Francisco Location:          California, United States Position:           Kiriyama Professor for Asia Pacific Studies, Center for Asia Pacific Studies Job Summary: The Center for Asia Pacific Studies at the University of San Francisco invites applications … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Yale InterAsia Connections Conference 2016

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Paula

Call For Papers: YALE INTERASIA CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE 2016 Friday February 26, 2016 Application:link.  Deadline: December 15, 2015 at 11:59 pm EST. Theme: Alternative Asias: Currents, Crossings, Connections The Yale InterAsia Initiative cordially invites graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty from all disciplines and … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian history, Winona State University

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Paula

Institution:  Winona State University, History Location:     Minnesota, United States Position:     Assistant Professor We welcome applications from candidates focusing on any period in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and East Asian History. Teaching is at the heart of what we do … Continue reading →

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Sorry about the premature submission, folks. Those of you on email subscription got a bit of a preview of a soon to air main post! 😉 Stay tuned!

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Fun Link Friday: Rare photo of Hachikō found

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Paula

People the world around know the story of Hachikō, the faithful Akita dog taken in by Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo, in 1925. Hachikō greeted his owner at the end of each day at Shibuya … Continue reading →

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Resource: Yamasa Japanese Language School

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Paula

Doing my New Year’s cleaning, I discovered this link buried in my ‘look into later’ pile, and remembered that it had once been my intention to make a more comprehensive list of language schools for Japanese study in Japan that … Continue reading →

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Funding: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Paula

Support for dissertation and postdoctoral research in Japan in the humanities and social sciences Open for applications, next deadline is December 1st 2015. The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Program provides recent PhD recipients and ABDs … Continue reading →

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