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Category Archives: announcements
Job Opening: Japanese Buddhism, UC Berkeley, Professor
Institution: University of California – Berkeley, East Asian Languages and Cultures Position: Tenured Professor, Japanese Buddhism Japanese Buddhism: The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a tenured position in Japanese … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkeley, Buddhism, California, Japanese Buddhism, job opening, professor, religion, tenure track, University of California
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Abe Fellowship is Accepting Applications
2011 Abe Fellowship Competition Deadline: September 1, 2011 http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/abe-fellowship/ The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announce the annual Abe Fellowship competition. The Abe Fellowship … Continue reading
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Tagged Abe Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies, culture, diplomacy, economy, fellowship, global studies, Japan, Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, regional issues, research, security, Social Science Research Council, social sciences
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Job Opening: Postdoc Research Modern Japan politics & science fiction
Institution: Leiden University, The Netherlands, Modern East Asia Research Centre Position: 2-year Post Doctoral Research position Call for Applications Postdoctoral research position (38hrs/week 2 years maximum) Within the research project Beyond Utopia: New Politics, the Politics of Knowledge, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged east asia, Japan, job opening, knowledge, Leiden University, modern, modern Japan, Netherlands, politics, postdoc, research, science fiction
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Summer and year program: CET intensive study abroad in Osaka
http://cetacademicprograms.com/programs/japanese-language-osaka-japan/ Application Deadlines: Spring – October 1 Summer – March 1 Fall – May 1 Osaka, Japan: Is this study abroad program for you? CET offers students in Osaka intensive language instruction, housing with Japanese roommates and a Japanese-only language … Continue reading
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Tagged CET, Japan, Japanese, language study, Osaka, summer program
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Book announcement: A Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard: A Novel in Three Parts
A translation of Levy Hideo’s A Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard (Seijoki no kikoenai heya, 1992) has recently been published by Columbia University Press. As the first work of fiction written in Japanese by a white American … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, book announcement, books, Japan, Japanese, Japanese society, society
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Happy birthday, Shinpai Deshou!
Today’s our one year anniversary here at What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies! Unfortunately we don’t have anything fun planned for it, but we hope that this past year of content has been a great help … Continue reading
Job Opening: Japanese Lit./Film/Cultural Studies
Institution: Princeton University, East Asian Studies Location: New Jersey, United States Position: Japanese Literature/Film/Cultural Studies Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor The Department of East Asian Studies invites applications for an assistant, associate, or full professor (open rank) in Japanese … Continue reading
Job Opening: World History (with East Asia possible)
Institution: Centre College Location: Kentucky, United States Position: Assistant Professor of World History Centre College invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor in World History with specialization in either East Asia or Latin America, to begin in the fall … Continue reading
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Tagged asian history, assistant professor, Centre College, east asia, history, job opening, Kentucky, world history
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Call For Papers: UC Berkeley graduate student conference in East Asian studies
Location: University of California at Berkeley “Parameters of Identity: practice, place, and tradition in East Asia” — a graduate student conference at the University of California at Berkeley, January 20-21, 2012 Graduate students in all fields of East Asian studies … Continue reading
Asiatic Research Institute Fellowship Program
Asiatic Research Institute Fellowship Program 2011, ARI Fellowship Program for Northeast Asian Studies The ARI Fellowship Program for Northeast Asian Studies is designed to provide scholars and doctoral candidates of foreign countries with an opportunity to carry out research on … Continue reading
What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 