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Book Announcement: Negotiating Censorship in Modern Japan

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Paula

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415520782/ ed. Rachael Hutchinson, Routledge Contemporary Japan Series no. 45 Censorship in Japan has seen many changes over the last 150 years, with each successive system of rule possessing its own censorship laws, regulations, and methods of enforcement. Yet what … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Digital Publishing Manager, University of Hawai’i

Posted on September 28, 2013 by LM

While this position isn’t Japan-specific, UH Press publishes a lot of texts on Asian studies and APIA subjects and may be of interest to those with experience or education in communications, information/library technology, etc. Title: Public Information, Public Events Planning … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian History, Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Paula

Institution: Earlham College, History Location: Indiana, United States Position: Assistant Professor – East Asian history Earlham College invites applications for a tenure track appointment in East Asian history at the assistant professor level beginning fall 2014. The department … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Asian Politics, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Paula

Institution: Berea College Location: Kentucky, United States Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Asian Politics The Asian Studies Program and the Political Science Program at Berea College, with the support of the ASIANetwork-Luce Teaching Fellow Program, invite applications for a … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian History

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Paula

Institution: College of New York, History Location: New York, United States Position: Assistant Professor, East Asian History Assistant Professor East Asian History The History Department at the City College of New York invites applications for a tenure-track … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: 20th Annual Japan Studies Association Conference

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Paula

Call for papers 20th Annual Japan Studies Association Conference 2-4 January 2014, Honolulu, Hawai’i Proposal deadline: 10 October 2013 At its annual conference in Honolulu, Hawai’i in 2014, the Japan Studies Association will mark its twentieth anniversary. Established in San Diego … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Paula

Technology, Ideology, and Empire in Japan’s Wartime Era, 1931-1945 (Stanford University Press, 2013) For more information: http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=22812 Table of contents: http://www.sup.org/pages.cgi?isbn=0804785392&item=Contents_pages&page=1 The conventional understanding of Japanese wartime ideology has for years been summed up by just a few words: anti-modern, … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Contemporary Japanese Literature and Culture

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Paula

Institution: Haverford College, East Asian Studies Location: Pennsylvania, United States Position: Assistant Professor, modern/contemporary Japanese literature and culture Haverford College Haverford College is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor in modern or contemporary Japanese literature and culture, to begin … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese History, University at Albany, Assistant Professor

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Paula

Institution : University at Albany Location: New York, United States Position: Assistant Professor in Japanese History (tenure track) The Department of East Asian Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York, seeks candidates for … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: PhD/PostDoc Fellows, Interdisciplinary East Asian Studies

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Paula

Institution: Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Interdisciplinary Centre of East Asian Studies Location: Germany Position: Doctoral Fellow, Post-Doctoral Fellow Beginning in January 2014, the Interdisciplinary Centre of East Asian Studies (IZO) at Goethe University Frankfurt/Main will launch … Continue reading →

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