Category Archives: announcements

Book announcement: Avant-gardes in Japan

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Paula

Avant-gardes in Japan. Anniversary of Futurism and Butoh: Performing Arts and Cultural Practices between Contemporariness and Tradition edited by Katja Centonze (Cafoscarina, Venezia, 2010) ISBN: 978-88-7543-293-5 Please visit the webpage: http://www.cafoscarina.it/default2.asp?id=417 This collection of essays examines Japanese avant-garde expressions, the … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese Instructor(s), Japan America Society of Colorado

Posted on July 23, 2011 by LM

Via Japan America Society of Colorado. See original posting at JASC’s website. JASC is looking for a Japanese instructor or instructors to teach beginner and intermediate Japanese as part of its Japanese Language Classes. Start Date: End of September (Exact … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: International Graduate Conference: Nationizing the Dynasty – Dynastizing the Nation

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Paula

Organizers: Milinda Banerjee, Ulrike Buechsel, Verena Gander, Elise Wintz (Heidelberg University, Germany); Julia Schneider (Ghent University, Belgium) In cooperation with: Prof. Patrick Geary, UCLA Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies Date and place: April 12th-14th, 2012, University of California, Los … Continue reading →

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Conference: Fourth Courts and Capitals, 1815-1914: From Alexandria to Tokyo

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Paula

Location: London, United Kingdom Conference Date: October 8, 2011 The Fourth Courts and Capitals Conference Organised By The Society for Court Studies And The Victorian Society The programme starts at 10am. At the Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London … Continue reading →

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Call For Papers: Transnational Boys’ Love Fan Studies

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Paula

TWC (Transformative Works and Cultures) Special Issue CFP: Transnational Boys’ Love Fan Studies (March 2013) Edited by Kazumi Nagaike and Katsuhiko Suganuma, Oita University http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/announcement/view/19 “BL” (Boys’ Love), a genre of male homosexual narratives (consisting of manga, novels, animations, games, … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Paula

We are pleased to announce the publication of A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture, a collection of 26 original essays from a group of scholars across disciplines and representing a wide range of emerging research in this field. The … Continue reading →

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Announcement of Student Travel Award

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Paula

The Early Modern Medieval: Reconstructing Japanese Pasts October 7-8, 2011 University of Michigan The organizers of the conference, “The Early Modern Medieval: Reconstructing Japanese Pasts,” are pleased to announce that we have secured funding for graduate students and advanced undergraduate … Continue reading →

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Job opening: Transnational Asian History, Assistant Professor

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Paula

Institution Type: University of Wisconsin – Madison, History Location: Wisconsin, United States Position: Assistant Professor of Transnational Asian History (tenure-track) The Department of History at the UW-Madison invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position beginning August 2012 at the … Continue reading →

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Transcultural Asia: Pedagogies of Borrowing and Trading in Undergraduate Education

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Paula

Location: Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin,United States Symposium Date: September 23-24, 2011 Registration is now open for an Asian Studies Teaching Colloquium on Transcultural Asia: Pedagogies of Borrowing and Trading in Undergraduate Education. Both the colloquium schedule and the registration form … Continue reading →

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SECAAS prize competition announcement

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Paula

The Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SECAAS) announces two annual prizes for scholarly excellence in Asian Studies: the SECAAS book prize and the SECAAS article prize. For the 2011 competition, nominated works must bear a 2010 copyright … Continue reading →

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