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Workshop: Reading Kuzushiji and Hentaigana

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Paula

University of Pennsylvania The Penn Faculty Working Group for Reading Asian Manuscripts will hold a three-day workshop on reading Edo-period hentaigana and kuzushiji August 17-19, 2016, and invites applications from faculty and graduate students from all fields of Japanese studies to … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies, Nagoya University

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Paula

Institution: Nagoya University, Graduate School of Letters Location: Japan Position: Associate Professor or Full Professor, Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies Faculty Position Announcement The Graduate School of Letters of Nagoya University in Japan is inviting applications for a position in … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Faculty Fellow in Japanese Religions

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Paula

Institution: University of California – Santa Barbara Location: California, United States Position: Faculty Fellow in Japanese Religions The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies and the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa … Continue reading →

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Call of Paper: East Asia as Method: Culture, Knowledge, Space

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Paula

Call for Papers EAST ASIA AS METHOD: CULTURE, KNOWLEDGE, SPACE An Interdisciplinary Conference for Junior Scholars October 7 & 8, 2016 Keynote Speakers: Jini Kim Watson, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, New York University (Discussant: Dan O’Neill, Associate Professor, … Continue reading →

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Funding: JSPS Fellowship

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Paula

The JSPS Washington Office is pleased to announce the second open application period for the FY2016 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Short-term) for Researchers in the U.S. Please see below. This fellowship enables young post-doc researchers or PhD students in the … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Japanese Prostitutes in the North American West, 1887-1920

Posted on March 13, 2016 by LM

Via University of Washington Press. Japanese Prostitutes in the North American West, 1887-1920 KAZUHIRO OHARAZEKI paperback not available $40.00S HARDCOVER (9780295998336) PUBLISHED: May 2016 SUBJECT LISTING: Asian American Studies; History / American History; Asian Studies / Japan BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 312 … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Japanese Studies Conference in Bucharest

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Paula

Call for papers— “Japan: Premodern, Modern, and Contemporary” Bucharest, 1-3 September 2016 The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Japanese Department) at the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University (Bucharest, Romania), with the support of its collaborators from Kobe University, Kyoto University … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Curatorial Fellow, Harvard Art Museums

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Travis

via Japan Art History Forum: Institution: Harvard Art Museums, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art Location: Cambridge, MA Position: Henderson Curatorial Fellow in East Asian Art Stipend: $50,000.00 per year Start date: September 1, 2016 This is a term position. … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Development Database Manager, San Francisco Zen Centerb Opportunity: Development Database Manager, San Francisco Zen Center

Posted on March 12, 2016 by LM

Employer: San Francisco Zen Center Location: San Francisco Start date: March 7, 2016 Education requirements: BA preferred Employment type: Part time Position Overview: San Francisco Zen Center is looking for someone with Salesforce Database Management experience to oversee and manage … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Traditional Theater Training 2016, Kyoto

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Paula

Spring has sprung! The Kyoto Art Center has at last begun accepting applications for the 32nd annual Traditional Theater Training (T.T.T.), 2016. You can find more information and downloadable application forms at the following links: http://www.kac.or.jp/eng/news/18211/(English) http://www.kac.or.jp/18211/(Japanese) T.T.T. is a three-week … Continue reading →

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