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Job Opening: Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian History

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Paula

Institution: Sam Houston State University, History Department Location: Texas, United States Position: Non-Tenure Track Faculty, Visiting Assistant Professor – East Asian History The Department of History at Sam Houston State University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: History of East Asia

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Paula

The Department of History at Knox College invites applications for a one-year replacement appointment at the rank of visiting assistant professor / instructor effective September 1, 2015, with specialization in the field of East Asian history, with a preference for Japan. … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Mid-Atlantic Region of the Association of Asian Studies Conference

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Paula

Call for Papers “Asia: Conflict and Cooperation” 44th Annual Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference October 9-11, 2015 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS: MAY 1, 2015 The Asian Studies Center of the University of Pittsburgh and the … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The 2nd East Asian Translation Studies Conference

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Paula

The 2nd East Asian Translation Studies Conference (EATS 2) 9 and 10 July 2016 Tokyo, Japan Keynote Speakers: Prof Mona Baker (The University of Manchester, UK) http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Mona.baker/ Prof Keijiro Suga (Meiji University, Japan) http://www.meiji.ac.jp/cip/english/undergraduate/science/faculty.html Call for Papers Conference Theme: “Constructing/Deconstructing East Asia” This Conference … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Labour market deregulation in Japan and Italy

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Paula

Labour market deregulation in Japan and Italy: Worker protection under neoliberal globalisation By Hiroaki Richard Watanabe Description: Japan and Italy encountered severe economic problems in the early 1990s, and the governments had to deal with those issues effectively under the … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: College Fellow in Pre-modern Japanese Humanities

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Paula

Institution: Harvard University Location: Massachusetts, United States Position: Fellow Harvard’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations is seeking applications for a College Fellow in the study of pre-modern Japanese humanities. The College Fellows Program at the Faculty of Arts … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Language, Power and Identity in Asia

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Paula

Language, Power and Identity in Asia – Creating and Crossing Language Boundaries Organised by the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands, in collaboration with LeidenGlobal and the Language Museum (Leiden). Conference dates: 14-16 March 2016 Venue: National Museum of Antiquities, … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: From White to Yellow: The Japanese in European Racial Thought, 1300-1735

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Paula

From White to Yellow: The Japanese in European Racial Thought, 1300-1735 (McGill-Queen’s University Press, December 2014). “This magisterial work fills an important gap in contemporary scholarship about racial history and European perceptions of the Japanese during the age of maritime explorations, beginning with … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: 26th Annual EAJRS conference

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Paula

The 26th annual conference of the European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS) will be held this year at Leiden University, The Netherlands, 16-19 September 2015. This year the main theme is “Breaking barriers: unlocking Japanese resources to the world”. But, … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Memories on the Move: Asian Connections

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Paula

Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 42 No. 1 | March 2016 Call for Papers Memories on the Move: Asian Connections Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2015 In the last ten years memory studies has experienced a gradual shift towards comparative, … Continue reading →

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