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Announcement: kanbun workshop

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Paula

An international workshop on kanbun and kanbun kundokufor scholars, postgraduate students, librarians and museum curators  The School of Modern Languages of Newcastle University (UK) is organising an international workshop on kanbun and kanbun kundoku targeted at scholars, postgraduate students, librarians and museum curators from Europe and America. … Continue reading →

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No FLF today

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Paula

Sorry to be making this a trend, but there’s no FLF because of the holiday. Hope everyone had delicious, delicious food yesterday! 🙂

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Conference: Piracy and Anti-Piracy Campaigns in Eurasia, c. 1600-1900

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Paula

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, “GLOBALIZING VIOLENCE, EMERGING MODERNITY: Piracy and Anti-Piracy Campaigns in Eurasia, c. 1600-1900” Date: 10-11 December 2011 Venue: Gakushuin Women’s College, Tokyo, Japan Organizer: JSPS grant-in-aid project (S) “Eurasia in the Modern Period: Towards a New World History” (Leader: … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Paula

Institution:   CW Post, Long Island University, History Location:   New York, United States Position:   Assistant Professor, East Asian History The Department of History at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University invites applications for a tenure-track … Continue reading →

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JETRO Special Seminar: “Japan’s Automotive Industry: Achieving Recovery and Growth Through Monozukuri”

Posted on November 23, 2011 by LM

Via the University of Michigan CJS mailing list. Dec. 8, 2011, 11:45 am Novi, MI Dear Colleagues: On Thursday, December 8th, JETRO invites you to a special seminar “Japan’s Automotive Industry: Achieving Recovery and Growth Through Monozukuri,” (ものづくり復興セミナー～ものづくりを通じた復興と成長-日英同時通訳付) taking place … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Drugs and Drink in Asia: New Perspectives from History

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Paula

Drugs and drink in Asia: New perspectives from History June 22-24, 2012, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China The centenary of the Hague Opium Convention in 1912 marks a hundred years of the development of international controls on commercial flows in psycho-active … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Operations Manager, Middlebury Language Schools at Mills

Posted on November 21, 2011 by LM

More information at HigherEdJobs.com. Institution: Middlebury College Location: Oakland, CA Application Due: Open Until Filled Type: Full Time Language Schools at Mills Oakland, CA Job Description This is a 2-year term position located in Oakland, CA. Mills College is hosting … Continue reading →

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Grant: Columbia University Libraries

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Paula

The Columbia University Libraries (CUL) invites applications from scholars and researchers to a new program designed to facilitate access to Columbia’s special and unique collections. CUL will award ten (10) grants of $2500 each on a competitive basis to researchers … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Voices of Early Modern Japan. Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Paula

Constantine Nomikos Vaporis. Greenwood Press,2012. 254 pages. ISBN 978-0-313-39200-9 eISBN 978-0-313-39201-6. Voices of Early Modern Japan: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns spans an extraordinary period of Japanese history, ranging from the unification of the … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Workshop – The American University Meets the Pacific Century

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Paula

Workshop: The American University Meets the Pacific Century (AUPC) Date: March 9-10, 2012 Location: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Deadline: December 1, 2011 Notification: December 15, 2011 Award: Limited funds to support room and board at Workshop and partial … Continue reading →

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