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Category Archives: announcements
Book Announcement: Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan
Via University of Washington Press. Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan PHILIP HU, RHIANNON PAGET, SEBASTIAN DOBSON, MAKI KANEKO, SONJA HOTWAGNER, AND ANDREAS MARKS paperback not available $49.95 HARDCOVER (9780295999814) TO BE PUBLISHED: November 2016 SUBJECT LISTING: Art … Continue reading
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Tagged art history, book announcement, books, international relations, political science
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Call for Papers: Animals and Human Society in Asia
The Asian Sphere: Trans-Cultural Flows An Inter-University Graduate Program of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Haifa Call for Papers for an International Conference on Animals and Human Society in Asia The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, asia, Asian Studies, call for papers, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, humans, Israel, society
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Book Announcement: Radicalism in the Wilderness: International Contemporaneity and 1960s Art in Japan
Reiko Tomii, Radicalism in the Wilderness: International Contemporaneity and 1960s Art in Japan, MIT Press, 2016. Description from the publisher: 1960s Japan was one of the world’s major frontiers of vanguard art. As Japanese artists developed diverse practices parallel to, … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, contemporary art, mit press, postwar art, reiko tomii
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Call for Papers: Women in East Asian Religions
CALL FOR AUTHORS: Scholars are needed for articles on women in Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto, to cover a range of topics, including: women’s religious art, women’s worship, women’s rituals, women’s leadership and organization in religion, women’s social and environmental issues in religion, the feminine divine, … Continue reading
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Tagged call for papers, east asia, East Asian Studies, religion, women, womens studies
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Call for Papers: Japan in the World and the World in Japan: A Methodological Approach
Call for Papers: “Japan in the World and the World in Japan: A Methodological Approach” International Symposium We are pleased to announce that the second annual symposium, “Japan in the World and the World in Japan: A Methodological Approach” will … Continue reading
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Tagged conferences, global studies, Japan, methodology, methods, Otemae University
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Call for Papers: Evolving through Context: The Transformation of Buddhism(s) and their Legitimation(s)
The Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies at Munich University is pleased to announce a call for papers for the international workshop “Evolving through Context: The Transformation of Buddhism(s) and their Legitimation(s),” to be held on March 24-25, 2017 in Munich, Germany with … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, call for papers, Germany, Japanese religion, Munich University, religion
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Job Opening: Postdoc, modern Japanese history, University of Zurich
Institution: University of Zurich, Department of History Location: Switzerland Position: 3-year Postdoc (80% position) in Modern Japanese History Starting Date: 1 September 2016 Applicants are invited to join an international team in the Humanities in … Continue reading
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Tagged history, Japanese history, job opening, jobs, post-doctoral fellow, postdoc, University of Zurich, Zurich
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Book Announcement: Science, Technology and Medicine in the Modern Japanese Empire
David G. Wittner and Philip C. Brown, eds., Science, Technology, and Medicine in the Modern Japanese Empire (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia) has just been released by Routledge Press. Science, technology, and medicine all contributed to the emerging modern … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Japan, medicine, modern history, modern Japan, science, technology
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Job Opening: Program Assistant, Japan Center for International Exchange, Inc. (JCIE/USA)
Employer: Japan Center for International Exchange, Inc. (JCIE/USA) Location: New York City Education: 4-year degree Posted May 26, 2016 The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) is a leading nonprofit organization in the field of US-Japan relations that conducts international … Continue reading
Postdoc position: Center for Global Asia, NYU Shanghai
Institution: Center for Global Asia, NYU Shanghai Location: Shanghai, China Position: one-year postdoctoral fellowship Two postdoctoral positions for the study of intra-Asian interactions are available at the Center for Global Asia at NYU Shanghai. These fellowships are for a period … Continue reading
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Tagged nyu, nyu shanghai, postdocs, shanghai
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 