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Job Opening: Teaching Fellows (2) Japanese Studies (Haverford College), Korean Studies (Wittenburg University)
Institution: Haverford College; Wittenburg University; ASIANetwork, Japanese Studies and Korean Studies Position: Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Positions: Japan and Korea With the generous support of the Luce Foundation, ASIANetwork is providing financial support for the hiring of teaching fellow positions … Continue reading
Job Opening: ACLS Public Fellows Program: Various Nonprofit Staff Positions
Institution: American Council of Learned Societies Location: New York, United States Position: Other Professional, Post-Doctoral Fellow; ACLS Public Fellows Program: Various Nonproft Staff Positions ACLS invites applications for the second competition of the Public Fellows program. The … Continue reading
Call for Applications: SOAS Translation Workshop in Japanese Studies
Workshop Dates: 17 – 21 September 2012 Application Deadline: 15 March 2012 Location: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Eligibility: Fulltime post-graduate students working on a Japan-related degree. Advanced English and Japanese language skills required. Convenor: Dr. … Continue reading
Harvard Postdoctoral Fellowships in Japanese Studies
Link to the announcement: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs/fellowships/postdoctoral.html Link to the project: http://jdarchive.org A short description: 2012-13 HARVARD POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN JAPANESE STUDIES (Digital Humanities or Qualitative Digital Data Management in the Social Sciences) The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at … Continue reading
Conference Announcement: Japanese Cities in Global Context
Conference and Workshop at Bryn Mawr College Sponsored by: Mellon Tri-Co Seed Grant, Lee Frank Lecture Fund at Swarthmore, Center for Visual Culture at Bryn Mawr College, East Asian Studies Department at Haverford College, Growth and Structure and Cities Department … Continue reading
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East-West Center Fellowships on Asia and Japan
FELLOWSHIPS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 2012 http://EastWestCenter.org/dcfellowships The East-West Center is now accepting applications from scholars and analysts who wish to undertake policy-relevant research and writing in Washington, D.C., in two programs. *** JAPAN STUDIES FELLOWSHIP *** This fellowship, funded by … Continue reading
Job Opening: Asia-Pacific Studies, Chair and Director, University of Nottingham, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
Institution: University of Nottingham, School of Politics and International Relations Location: United Kingdom Position: Chair & Director of the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Applications are invited for the above post, based at Nottingham, in the School of Politics … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Occidentalism: Defining the Japanese Self
Rachael Hutchinson, Nagai Kafū’s Occidentalism: Defining the Japanese Self SUNY Press, November 2011 Hardcover 299 pages $80.00 Paperback and e-version forthcoming Describes how writer Nagai Kafū (1879–1959) used his experience of the West to reconcile modernization and Japanese identity. Nagai Kafū … Continue reading
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Tagged identity, Japan, modern, modern history, modernization, Nagai Kafu, occidentalism
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Call for papers: Modern Art Asia
Modern Art Asia is dedicated to the arts of Asia from the eighteenth century to today, presenting graduate research from historical perspectives and international news on Asian art. Combining peer-reviewed articles with insightful commentary and the latest exhibition reviews from … Continue reading
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Call for Applications: Summer School “Seeing Matter(s): Materiality and Visuality”
(Heidelberg, July 29-August 4, 2012) The Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” welcomes applications for its Summer School “Seeing Matter(s): Materiality and Visuality” to take place at the Karl Jaspers Centre from Sunday, July 29, to … Continue reading
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