Category Archives: announcements

Call for Papers: International Journal of Tantric Studies (IJTS)

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Paula

We are seeking academics and bona fide scholars to write and submit finished papers and review papers to our scholarly online publication (established 1995), the *International Journal of Tantric Studies* http://asiatica.org/ijts/. The IJTS is open to all bona fide scholars … Continue reading →

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Announcement: Summer Institute for Teachers of Japanese Language in U.S.

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Paula

The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, in collaboration with DePaul University will conduct a four-day Summer Institute in Arlington Heights, Illinois, during summer 2011. Goals and Objectives: Workshop participants will review and improve their teaching practices by revisiting basic knowledge and … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Inter-Asian Connections III Workshop: Asian Crossings, 1789-1914

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Paula

http://www.ssrc.org/programs/pages/interasia-program/inter-asian-connections-iii-workshop-asian-crossings-1789-1914/ WORKSHOP DIRECTORS: Ross Forman National University of Singapore ellrgf@nus.edu.sg Julia Kuehn  The University of Hong Kong jkuehn@hku.hk Call for Workshop Papers  DEADLINE: June 24, 2011 The long nineteenth century was a period of major social, economic, and cultural shifts … Continue reading →

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Theatre Nohgaku Press Release

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Paula

Theatre Nohgaku is pleased to announce its upcoming June-July tour of the highly acclaimed English Noh play Pagoda in Tokyo, Kyoto, Beijing and Hong Kong. Pagoda was premiered jointly by Theatre Nohgaku and Oshima Noh Theatre in 2009 to packed … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: NAKAGAMI, JAPAN: Buraku and the Writing of Ethnicity

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Paula

Our book announcements tend to get buried in the files for some reason, so here’s another belated one: — How Japan’s most canonical postwar writer brought that country’s largest social minority into the mainstream NAKAGAMI, JAPAN: Buraku and the Writing … Continue reading →

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Job opening: Senior Program Officer, Fulbright

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Paula

World Learning, a global non-profit organization, (www.worldlearning.org ) is responding to a State Department solicitation for the Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchanges and the Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching.  World Learning is seeking to recruit a Senior Program Officer, Fulbright. Employment … Continue reading →

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Call for Workshop Papers: Anatomies of Knowledge: Medicine, Science, and Health in Asia

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Paula

http://www.ssrc.org/programs/pages/interasia-program/inter-asian-connections-iii-workshop-anatomies-of-knowledge-medicine-science-and-health-in-asia/ Anatomies of Knowledge: Medicine, Science, and Health in Asia at the Conference on Inter-Asian Connections III Hong Kong (June 6-8, 2012)  DEADLINE: Friday, June 24, 2011 Co-organized and co-sponsored by The Hong Kong Institute for Humanities and the Social … Continue reading →

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FYI: searchina.ne.jp posted an article on the volunteer information we posted via David Slater’s wonderful efforts to make sure everyone knows how they can help. Check it out! http://news.searchina.ne.jp/disp.cgi?y=2011&d=0603&f=national_0603_088.shtml

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Paula | Leave a comment

Call for Applications: Translating Asia: Studying China in Imperial Japan, 1895-1936

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Paula

The Department of History at the Free University of Berlin (Prof. Sebastian Conrad) is inviting applications for a graduate student with the aim of pursuing a Ph.D. in the project Translating Asia: Studying China in Imperial Japan, 1895-1936. Positions will … Continue reading →

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Japanese Studies Fellowship: Japan Foundation

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Paula

Another great funding opportunity for scholars, researchers and professionals! Only select sections of the fellowship information are provided here. For a full list of requirements and benefits, see the original page at: http://www.jfny.org/japanese_studies/fellowship.html — 1. Purpose In order to promote … Continue reading →

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