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Category Archives: announcements
Book Announcement: Shakespeare and East Asia
Shakespeare and East Asia Alexa Alice Joubin Structured around modes in which one might encounter Asian-themed performances and adaptations, Shakespeare and East Asia identifies four themes that distinguish post-1950s East Asian cinemas and theatres from works in other parts of the world: … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian Studies, book, book announcement, books, East Asian Studies, literary adaptations, literature, Shakespeare, theatre, theatre studies
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Funding: KCC Japan Education Exchange Graduate Fellowships Program
Kobe College Corporation – Japan Education Exchange GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS FOR PHD RESEARCH IN JAPAN The KCC Japan Education Exchange Graduate Fellowships Program was established in 1996 to support qualified PhD graduate students for research or study in Japan. The … Continue reading
Book Announcement: A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in the Tale of Genji
A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in the Tale of Genji by Reginald Jackson (Author) Open Access: June 2021 How might queer theory transform our interpretations of medieval Japanese literature and how might this literature reorient the assumptions, priorities, … Continue reading
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Tagged classical Japan, Heian, Heian Japan, Japan, Japanese literature, premodern Japan, queer theory, Tale of Genji, theory
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Book Announcement: Exporting Japanese Aesthetics: Evolution from Tradition to Cool Japan
Exporting Japanese Aesthetics:Evolution from Tradition to Cool Japan EDITED BY TETS KIMURA & JENNIFER ANNE HARRIS Exporting Japanese Aesthetics brings together historical and contemporary case studies addressing the evolution of international impacts and influences of Japanese culture and aesthetics. The volume … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, book announcement, books, culture, Japan, Japanese aesthetics, Japanese culture, Japanese history
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Book Announcement: Licentious Fictions: Ninjō and the Nineteenth-Century Japanese Novel
Licentious Fictions:Ninjō and the Nineteenth-Century Japanese NovelDaniel Poch Nineteenth-century Japanese literary discourse and narrative developed a striking preoccupation with ninjō—literally “human emotion,” but often used in reference to amorous feeling and erotic desire. For many writers and critics, fiction’s capacity to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ansei Edo earthquake, Edo, Edo Japan, fiction, Japan, Japanese literature, meiji, Meiji Japan, novel, novels
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Book Announcement: A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness: Cultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in Japan
A Transnational Critique of JapanesenessCultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in JapanYUKO KAWAI In this book, Yuko Kawai departs from the common conception of Japan as an ethnically homogenous nation. A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness: Cultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, cultural nationalism, global, Japan, Japaneseness, modern Japan, multiculturalism, nationalism, transnational
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Call for Applicants: Sasakawa Studentships at the University of East Anglia, UK
The Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK, has once again been invited to submit applications for a number of Postgraduate Studentships from the Great British Sasakawa Foundation. These are available for students pursuing postgraduate (MA and PhD) … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Competing Visions of Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia, 1938-1960: Identity, Asianism, and the Search for a Regional Role
Competing Visions of Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia, 1938–1960:Identity, Asianism and the Search for a Regional RoleVon Dr. Heiko Lang In a detailed discourse analysis, it compares competing arguments offered by business circles, the military, the political and diplomatic elites, … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, diplomacy, international relations, Japan, modern, modern history, modern Japan, Southeast Asia
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Book Announcement: The Archaeology of Medieval Towns: Case Studies from Japan and Europe
The Archaeology of Medieval Towns: Case Studies from Japan and Europe Simon Kaner (Editor); Brian Ayers (Editor); Richard Pearson (Editor); Oscar Wrenn (Editor) In recent years, major new archaeological discoveries have redefined the development of towns and cities in the … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, book announcement, books, Japan, Japanese archaeology, medieval, medieval archaeology, medieval Europe, medieval Japan, towns
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Book Announcement: Women and Networks In Nineteenth-Century Japan
Women and Networks In Nineteenth-Century Japan Bettina GRAMLICH-OKA is Professor of Japanese History at Sophia University (Tokyo).MIYAZAKI Fumiko is Professor Emerita at Keisen University (Tokyo).SUGANO Noriko was Professor at Teikyo University (Tokyo).Anne WALTHALL is Professor Emerita at the University of … Continue reading
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