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Category Archives: announcements
Book Announcement: The Stakes of Exposure: Anxious Bodies in Postwar Japanese Art
The Stakes of Exposure Anxious Bodies in Postwar Japanese Art Author: Namiko Kunimoto How would artistic practice contribute to political change in post–World War II Japan? How could artists negotiate the imbalanced global dynamics of the art world and also … Continue reading
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Tagged art, book announcement, books, contemporary art, Japanese art, modern art, postwar
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Internship/Fellowship: Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
Internship/Fellowship for Undergraduate and Graduate Students Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies Temple University, Japan Campus The Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) at Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) is currently accepting applications for its summer internship/fellowship program. Temple University is … Continue reading
Call for Applications: 13th EAJS Workshop for Doctoral Students 2017 in Portugal
Call for Applications: 13th EAJS Workshop for Doctoral Students Venue: near Lisbon, Portugal (requested venue TBC) Date: 27–30 August 2017 Project director: Dr Rein Raud Language for applications and during the workshop: English Application deadline: 31 March 2017 To apply please use … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Queering the Transpacific: Asian American, American and Asian Queer Studies
In an era of neo-nationalism and the waning of Pax Americana, Asia ascends and transpacific tensions rise,evident in both Obama’s Pivot to Asia and Trump’s America First policies. A post-national Asian/American studies is thinking more robustly about transpacific relations that pay more … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Asian Studies, Pacific, queer, queer studies, transnational studies
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Workshop: Reading Kuzushiji, University of Chicago
The Japan Committee of the University of Chicago is pleased to announce the 2017 Early Modern Japan Summer Workshop: Reading Kuzushiji. The workshop will meet from June 12th to June 17th. This year’s workshop will feature two tracks. Professor Ken’ichiro Aratake … Continue reading
Workshop: PENDULUM 3 (Japanese music)
KYOTO CITY UNIVERSITY OF ARTS RESEARCH CENTRE FOR TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MUSIC PENDULUM 3 邦楽 HŌGAKU @ KYOTO GEIDAI 京都芸大 AN INTENSIVE THREE-DAY COURSE IN JAPANESE MUSIC AUGUST 15-17, 2017 This three-day intensive course in Japanese music PENDULUM 3 is being offered for the third … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japanese music, Kyoto, Kyoto City University of Arts, music, Music Studies
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Job Opening: Japanese/Asian studies, Earlham College
Institution: Earlham College, Japanese Studies Location: Indiana, United States Position: Non-Tenure Track Faculty, Visiting Assistant Professor Position Announcement: Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese and East Asian Studies Earlham College invites applications for a full-time one-year visiting assistant professor position in … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan
Jacqueline I. Stone University of Hawai`i Press 616pp. November 2016 Cloth – Price: $68.00ISBN: 978-0-8248-5643-4 http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-9704-9780824856434.aspx Description Buddhists across Asia have often aspired to die with a clear and focused mind, as the historical Buddha himself is said to have done. This book … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Asian Studies, Buddhism, death, Japanese religion, japanese studies, religion
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Call for Papers: “Constructing Masculinities” Issue of Asia Pacific Perspectives
The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce a call for papers for the fall 2017 issue of Asia Pacific Perspectives. The issue will explore the varied interpretations of masculine identity across Asia. We are seeking … Continue reading
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