Category Archives: announcements

Book Announcement: Dealing With Disaster in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Paula

Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory. The 1985 crash involved the largest loss of life … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Kentucky Foreign Language Conference

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Paula

April 19-21, 2012 University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky CALL FOR PAPERS East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Studies Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 15 The 65th annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC) will feature sessions devoted to the presentations … Continue reading →

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Call for papers: 51st Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Paula

Call for Papers, SEC-AAS Location: Furman University, South Carolina, United States Deadline: October 31, 2011 SEC/AAS Conference Jan. 13-15, 2012 The 51st annual meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS) will be hosted by Furman … Continue reading →

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No Fun Link Friday today

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Paula

Sadly, there are no fun links today, as I’m currently occupied at the University of Michigan’s conference The Early Modern “Medieval”: Reconstructing Japanese Pasts (http://japanesepasts.lsa.umich.edu/). Regular posts will resume tomorrow, though! Have a great weekend!

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Job Opening: Japanese and East Asian History, Assistant Professor

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Paula

Institution: McGill University, History and Classical Studies Location:   Quebec, Canada Position:   Japanese and East Asian History, Assistant Professor,Tenure Track Faculty McGill University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Japanese History, a … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese Linguistics, Applied Linguistics or L2 Japanese Language Acquisition

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Paula

Institution: University of Iowa, Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures Location:   Iowa, United States Position:   Assistant Professor, Japanese Linguistics (tenure-track) The Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures in the Division of World Languages, Literatures … Continue reading →

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Funding: National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for US Graduate Students

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Paula

2012 APPLICATION NOW OPEN (Link: www.nsfsi.org ) The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a flagship international fellowship program for developing the next generation of globally  engaged U.S. scientists and engineers knowledgeable … Continue reading →

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Funding: Twentieth Century Japan Research Award for 2011-2012

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Paula

Twentieth Century Japan Research Award for 2011-2012 The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for one $1,500.00 grant to support research in the library’s Gordon W. Prange Collection and East … Continue reading →

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Internships at the Japan America Society of Washington, D.C. (Winter/Spring Semester)

Posted on October 3, 2011 by LM

Interning at a Japan America Society is a great way to prepare for a job in the field of cultural exchange. The Japan America Society of Washington, D.C., has five internships open for the winter/spring semester (minimum of 10 weeks). … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Japan’s Postwar

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Paula

Edited by Michael Lucken, Anne Bayard-Sakai, Emmanuel Lozerand Translated by J. A. A. Stockwin Historical surveys of postwar Japan are usually established on the grounds that the era is already over, interpreting “postwar” to be the years directly proceeding World … Continue reading →

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