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Job Opening: East Asian Art History

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Paula

Institution: Davidson College Location: North Carolina, United States Position:Tenure Track Faculty DAVIDSON COLLEGE invites applications for a PROFESSOR OF EAST ASIAN ART HISTORY in the departments of ART and CHINESE/EAST ASIAN STUDIES. An open-rank, tenure-track position in the Department of Art and the Department of … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor, Northeast Asian Critical Humanities, Asian Studies, Cornell University

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Paula

Institution: Cornell University Location: New York, United States Position: Assistant Professor The Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University welcomes applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Northeast Asian Critical Humanities. We seek teaching and research strengths in Japan and/or Korean … Continue reading →

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Symposium: Cinema and Social Change in Japan

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Paula

International Symposium October 20-22, 2017 Kyoto University, Japan This international symposium explores the impacts of cinema on social change, and vice versa. Taking Japan’s cinema-going culture as case study, we can trace how social change has been imagined, negotiated, or … Continue reading →

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Funding: Critical Language Scholarship Program

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Paula

We are pleased to welcome American students to apply for the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program to learn critical foreign languages next summer on a fully-funded study abroad program. The CLS Program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Down with Traitors: Justice and Nationalism in Wartime China

Posted on October 1, 2017 by LM

Via University of Washington Press Down with Traitors: Justice and Nationalism in Wartime China YUN XIA CONTENTS Throughout the War of Resistance against Japan (1931-1945), the Chinese Nationalist government punished collaborators with harsh measures, labeling the enemies from within hanjian … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Tenure-Track Faculty: Modern East Asian Historian, University of St. Thomas

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Paula

Institution: University of St. Thomas Location: Minnesota, United States Position: Tenure Track Faculty The History Department at the University of St. Thomas (MN) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Modern East Asian history (post-1500). Geographic and/or thematic specializations are open. Position … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese Studies, U of Arizona

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Travis

Institution: University of Arizona, Dept of East Asian Studies Location: Tucson, AZ Position: Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies (tenure-eligible) From the university’s official job listing: The Department of East Asian Studies in the School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures … Continue reading →

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Internship: Internship Program (unpaid) in Japan at Ibaraki Christian University (TEFL)

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Paula

Ibaraki Christian University offers opportunities for students at colleges and universities in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the US to explore teaching English at a university in Japan. You can find information on the entire program including Testimonials from previous … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The Pacific in the World (Harvard Grad Student Conference)

Posted on September 23, 2017 by Travis

Event: Graduate Student Conference on International History Location: Harvard University, Cambridge MA Date: March 22-23, 2018 Abstract Submission Deadline: Nov 15, 2017 This year’s Harvard Graduate Student Conference on International History has the theme “Global and International History: The Pacific … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese Language, Literature, and Culture

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Paula

The Asian Studies Program at Bates College, a private liberal arts college located in southern Maine with a rich history of diverse coeducation, invites applications for a tenure–track Assistant Professor position in Japanese language, literature, and culture to begin in … Continue reading →

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