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Category Archives: announcements
Book Announcement: American Evangelists and Tuberculosis in Modern Japan
American Evangelists and Tuberculosis in Modern Japan Elisheva A. Perelman Tuberculosis ran rampant in Japan during the late Meiji and Taisho years (1880s–1920s). Many of the victims of the then incurable disease were young female workers from the rural areas, … Continue reading
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Tagged disease, history, Japan, medicine, modern Japan, science
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Japan Studies Association 2020 summer workshop in Hokkaido
Event: Study tour Dates: June 1-12, 2020 Location: various locations in Hokkaido Application Deadline: March 1, 2020 From JSA mailing list: The Japan Studies Association announces a new summer workshop for faculty at American universities. In the past several years … Continue reading
Funding: Travel Grants from Asia Library, University of Michigan
Travel grants are available to visit the University of Michigan’s Asia Library, which holds more than one million volumes in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean and subscribes to a multitude of electronic resources. The grants, of up to $1,000 apiece, are to … Continue reading
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Tagged library, library grant, research, travel grant, University of Michigan
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Call for Applicants: 11th International Symposium for Young Researchers in Translation, Interpreting, Intercultural Studies and East Asian Studies
We are pleased to announce the forthcoming International Symposium for Young Researchers in Translation, Interpreting, Intercultural Studies and East Asian Studies, which will be held on July 3rd, 2020 at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Japan’s Imperial House in the Postwar Era, 1945-2019
Japan’s Imperial House in the Postwar Era, 1945–2019 Kenneth J. Ruoff With the ascension of a new emperor and the dawn of the Reiwa Era, Kenneth J. Ruoff has expanded upon and updated The People’s Emperor, his study of the monarchy’s role as … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, Japan, Japanese politics, modern, modern history, modern Japan
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Call for Applicants: Noh training in Kyoto August 2020
The INI – International Noh Institute（国際能楽研究会）has issued a Call for Participants to the 2020 Kyoto Summer Intensive program, running between August 10 and 22 in Kyoto. During this period participants will study noh dance and chant, as well as other aspects of performance, … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japanese theater, japanese theatre, noh, Noh theater, performance studies
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New Summer Program for Classical Japanese, Kanbun, and Classical Chinese in Venice
The Summer School in Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese/Kanbun is unique in its kind. Organised in collaboration with Princeton University, it offers two tracks of comprehensive, grammar-focused instruction taught by Faculty members from both Ca’ Foscari and Princeton. The programme is designed … Continue reading
CFP: Entangled Modernities: New Directions in Settler Colonial and Critical Indigenous Studies (Canterbury, 25-26 May 2020)
Reposting from H-Empire: Symposium on Entangled Modernities: New Directions in Settler Colonial and Critical Indigenous Studies Location: University of Kent, UK. Dates: 25th-26th May 2020. Abstract Submission Deadline: Feb 28, 2020. ‘There was never a single beginning point to for … Continue reading
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Tagged conferences, imperialism, indigenous studies, settler colonialism, university of kent
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Call for Applications: UChicago 2020 Kuzushiji Summer Workshop
The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago invites applicants to its annual Kuzushiji Summer Workshop, which offers advanced undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars intensive instruction in reading print and manuscript materials from the Tokugawa … Continue reading
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Tagged Japanese, kuzushiji, summer program
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Job Opening: Associate Program Officer, Arts & Cultural Exchange, Japan Foundation NY
Position: Associate Program Officer for Arts and Cultural Exchange Institution: Japan Foundation Location: New York, NY The Japan Foundation, New York seeks an Associate Program Officer for the Arts and Cultural Exchange program. This program promotes the introduction of Japanese … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural exchange, Japan Foundation, jfny, job openings, performing arts
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 