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Book Announcement: Going to Court to Change Japan: Social Movements and the Law in Contemporary Japan

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Paula

Going to Court to Change Japan: Social Movements and the Law in Contemporary Japan Edited by Patricia G. Steinhoff Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies No. 77 2014, viii + 187 pages, ISBN 978-1-929280-83-4. Paper only. $20.00 https://www.cjspubs.lsa.umich.edu/books/list/mono77.php Published by the … Continue reading →

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#Program: KCJS Deadline extended

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Paula

Dear Colleagues, The deadline for KCJS Summer Programs in Advanced & Classical Japanese has been extended to March 13, 2015. Please share this information with your colleagues and students, and forward to appropriate email lists. The KCJS intensive summer programs, … Continue reading →

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Program: Summer Intensive Kanbun at IUC

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Paula

Summer Intensive Kanbun Program at IUC Yokohama Applications due March 13, 2015 Program Dates: Friday, June 19, 2015 – Thursday, July 9, 2015 The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama (administered by Stanford University), will offer a three-week intensive course in … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese Cataloging Librarian, University of California Berkeley

Posted on February 28, 2015 by LM

Institution: C.V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley Location: Berkeley, CA Posted: 02/20/2015 Recruitment Period: Open Feb 19, 2015 through Apr 6, 2015 Start date: June 1, 2015 Education: MLS The Environment The UC Berkeley Library is an internationally … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Development and Program Specialist, Peace Winds America [part time]

Posted on February 25, 2015 by LM

Institution: Peace Winds America Location: Seattle, WA Start date: March 1, 2015 Application deadline: March 31, 2015 Education requirements: BA Employment type: Part time Peace Winds America is opening a part-time position that will focus on development and fundraising, supporting … Continue reading →

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Call for Applications: MA and PhD program – Asian Studies

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Paula

Asia on Its Own Terms: Towards New Terminology and Narratives for Research in Asian Studies   Tel-Aviv University’s Asia on Its Own Terms Program invites students at MA and PhD levels, who are intrigued by the unique opportunity to be part of an exclusive … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS)

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Paula

Call for Papers: British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) Annual Conference 2015 Hosted by the Japan Research Centre (JRC), SOAS, University of London Thursday 10 and Friday 11 September 2015 The British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) and the Japan Research … Continue reading →

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Fellowships: Center for French-Japanese Advanced Studies in Paris

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Paula

The Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS is presently recruiting Senior and Junior levels researchers in the framework of its newly established Centre for French-Japanese Advanced Studies in Paris (Centre d’Etudes Avancées Franco-Japonais de Paris, CEAFJP (http://ffj.ehess.fr/ceafjp.html).   The CEAFJP is a research … Continue reading →

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Job Openings: Postdoctoral Positions: Weatherhead East Asian Institute

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Paula

WEAI Postdoctoral Fellowships Annoucement The Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University is pleased to announce four postdoctoral positions for the academic year 2015-16. Three of these positions are part of the Borg Research Program, a three-year initiative to support … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Kōmeitō: Politics and Religion in Japan

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Paula

Kōmeitō: Politics and Religion in Japan Ehrhardt, George, Axel Klein, Levi McLaughlin, and Steven R. Reed, editors Japan Research Monograph 18 2014. 298 pp. ISBN-13 978-1-55729-111-0 ISBN-10 1-55729-111-X $25.00 http://ieas.berkeley.edu/publications/jrm18.html The book covers Kōmeitō’s founding in Nichiren Buddhist doctrinal mandates and its … Continue reading →

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