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Job Opening: Communications Coordinator (temp to perm), Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Institution: Columbia University Location: New York, NY Education: BA Posted Oct. 21, 2013 The Weatherhead East Asian Institute of Columbia University is in search of a creative, organized, and marketing-savvy professional to join our team and coordinate our overall communications. … Continue reading

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Job Opening: Curatorial Staff Assistant III for East Asian Art, Harvard University [part-time]

Institution: Harvard University Location: Somerville, MA Posted: 10/25/2013 School/Unit: Harvard Art Museums Education: BA Duties & Responsibilities: Summary: The Curatorial Staff Assistant provides organizational, administrative, and research support for the Alan J. Dworsky Associate Curator of Chinese Art, to assist … Continue reading

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Job Opening: Fellow in Japanese Art, Harvard University

Institution: Harvard University Location: Somerville, MA Posted: 10/25/2013 Type: Full Time School/Unit: Harvard Art Museums Department: Division of Asian & Mediterranean Art Education: MA required, PhD preferred Duties & Responsibilities: The Fellow participates in a wide range of specifically defined … Continue reading

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Job Opening: Curator, Gordon W. Prange Collection and Librarian for East Asian Studies

Institution:   Gordon W. Prange Collection and Librarian for East Asian Studies Location:   Maryland, United States Position:   Curator, Librarian Category:         Librarian (Open Rank) Department:    Special Collections Benefits:          22 Days … Continue reading

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Funding: Applications for 2014 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program

2014 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program  Deadline: November 15, 2013 The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce the scholarship competition for the 2014 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program in thirteen critical foreign languages. The CLS Program provides fully-funded group-based … Continue reading

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Book Announcement: Constructing East Asia: Technology, Ideology, and Empire in Japan’s Wartime Era, 1931-1945

Via Stanford University Press. Constructing East Asia: Technology, Ideology, and Empire in Japan’s Wartime Era, 1931-1945 Aaron Stephen Moore 2013, Available Now 328 pp. ISBN: 9780804785396 Cloth $55.00 ISBN: 9780804786690 E-book $55.00 The conventional understanding of Japanese wartime ideology has … Continue reading

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Announcement: 2014 OAH-JAAS Japan Residencies Program

In cooperation with and support from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, the OAH and the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS) plan to send two American scholars to Japanese universities for two-week residencies in the Spring of 2014. During their … Continue reading

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Job Opening: Asian-American History, Assistant professor

Institution: San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies Location:   California, United States Position:   Assistant Professor, Asian American History Qualifications *  PhD or equivalent terminal degree by August 1, 2014 *  required specialization in Asian American history *  preferred expertise … Continue reading

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Job Openings: (3) Japanese Studies, Full Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor

Institution:   University of Hong Kong Location:   Hong Kong Position:   Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor(3 posts) in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures Founded in 1911, The University of Hong Kong is committed to the highest … Continue reading

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Workshop: Edo-period written Japanese: an intensive course

江戸時代の書き言葉   集中セミナー Emmanuel College (The University of Cambridge – Dr Laura Moretti) and Nishōgakusha University (Tokyo – Prof Yamabe Susumu) will offer a two-week intense course that teaches comprehensively the written languages and the written styles used in early-modern … Continue reading

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