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Category Archives: announcements
Book Announcement: Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics
Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics Edited ByBarbara Holthus, Isaac Gagné, Wolfram Manzenreiter, Franz Waldenberger This book situates the 2020 Tokyo Olympics within the social, economic, and political challenges facing contemporary Japan. Using the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary, contemporary Japan, Japan, modern Japan, Olympics, sports
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Book Announcement: Masculinity and Body Weight in Japan
Masculinity and Body Weight in Japan: Grappling with Metabolic Syndrome By Genaro Castro-Vázquez Drawing on the concept of the somatic self, Castro-Vázquez explores how Japanese men think about, express and interpret their experiences concerning bodyweight control. Based on an extensive … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, culture, gender, gender studies, health, Japan, Japanese culture, japanese studies, medicine, modern Japan
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Call for Applications: Reischauer Policy Research Fellows Program
Reischauer Policy Research Fellows Program Program Overview: Inaugurated in May 2013, the Reischauer Policy Research Fellows Program is a critical element of the Reischauer Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. It is … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Ghastly Tales from the Yotsuya kaidan
Ghastly Tales from the Yotsuya kaidan, ed. with an Introduction by Takashi Saitō Perhaps the most famous and oft told tales of horror in Japan, the Yotsuya kaidan tells of a young woman named Iwa and the curse she carried … Continue reading
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Funding: JUSFC-NEH Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is accepting applications for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program. The program aims to promote Japan studies in the United States, to encourage U.S.-Japanese scholarly exchange, and to support … Continue reading
Book Announcement: A Kamigata Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Metropolitan Centers, 1600-1750
A KAMIGATA ANTHOLOGY: LITERATURE FROM JAPAN’S METROPOLITAN CENTERS, 1600–1750 Edited by Sumie Jones and Adam L. Kern with Kenji Watanabe This is the first of a three-volume anthology of Edo- and Meiji-era urban literature that includes An Edo Anthology: Literature from … Continue reading
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Tagged Edo, Edo literature, Edo period, Japan, Japanese literature, literature
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Funding: Ishibashi Foundation Summer Fellowship 2020
The Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia invites applications to join our intensive three-week advanced undergraduate level fellowship in Japanese Arts and Cultural Heritage (25 July – 15 August 2020). Application Deadline is 31 March 2020. With the support of the Ishibashi … Continue reading
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Tagged japanese studies, UK, university of east anglia
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