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Category Archives: announcements
Job Opening: Postdoc – Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies
Apply at: https://columbia.studioabroad.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=10932 The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow (discipline open) for the academic year 2019-20. Based at Doshisha University, KCJS is an undergraduate study abroad program governed by a consortium of thirteen American universities and administered … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Empire of Hope: The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline
Empire of Hope: The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline David Leheny Empire of Hope asks how emotions become meaningful in political life. In a diverse array of cases from recent Japanese history, David Leheny shows how sentimental portrayals of the nation … Continue reading
Funding: SSRC/JSPS Fellowships for recent PhDs and ABDs
SSRC/JSPS FELLOWSHIPS FOR RECENT PHDS AND ABDS *Deadline January 15, 2019* The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for ABDs and recent PhDs provides promising and highly qualified researchers in the humanities and social sciences with the opportunity to conduct extended research … Continue reading
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Job Opening: Japanese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Applications are invited for: Department of Japanese Studies Senior Lecturer / Lecturer (Ref. 180002GY)(Closing date: January 8, 2019) Applicants should (i) have a Master’s degree, preferably a higher degree in a relevant discipline; (ii) … Continue reading
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Call for Applicants: Funded MA Research, University of Alberta
The University of Alberta would like to announce opportunities for students to pursue a funded MA degree in East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta (in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada): http://www.eastasianstudies.ualberta.ca/ Students can specialize in diverse areas of Japan Studies … Continue reading
Job Opening: Instructor in Japanese, Temple University
The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Studies at Temple University has a one-year non-renewable opening for a Japanese-language instructor for the academic year 2019-2020. Temple University is a state-related Carnegie Research University (highest research activity) located in Philadelphia. … Continue reading
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Tagged instructor, Japanese, Japanese language, job opening, language, Temple University
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Job Opening: Assistant Teaching Professor, Japanese Language, University of Victoria
The Department of Pacific and Asian Studies in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Victoria is seeking applications for a continuing faculty position at the Assistant Teaching Professor level, with an expected starting date of July 1, 2019.The … Continue reading
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Job Opening: World/Asian history, Idaho State University
The Department of History at Idaho State University seeks applicants for a tenure-track, assistant professor position who can teach courses in world and Asian history, with research emphasis in either field. The position is based at ISU’s Idaho Falls campus, … Continue reading
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Tagged asian history, assistant professor, history, Idaho University, job opening, tenure track, world history
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Job Opening: Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Associate in Japanese Studies, University of Cambridge
The Department of East Asian Studies, within the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge, is seeking to appoint to a 3-year, fixed-term postdoctoral research associate post in Japanese Studies. The post will start in … Continue reading
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Tagged east asia, global history, Japan, Japanese history, japanese studies, job opening
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Funding: Tanaka Fund Grant to Support Promising Junior Japanese Studies Scholars
Historical Background The Tanaka Fund was established in 1974 as the result of an exchange of gifts between the governments of Canada and Japan. Canada offered $1,000,000 to Japan to promote Canadian studies in Japanese universities, while Japan provided 300 … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, funding, graduate school, graduate students, Japan, japanese studies, research, Tanaka Grant Fund
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 