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Program: Hokkaido International Foundation Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Paula

The Hokkaido International Foundation (HIF) offers the 31st Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program in Summer 2016. It is an eight-week summer intensive program targeted for those who have studied at least the first half of the elementary level of … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian History, University of Minnesota, Morris

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Paula

Institution:       University of Minnesota – Morris, History Location:          Minnesota, United States Position:           Assistant or Associate Professor in East Asian History (Tenure Track) The University of Minnesota, Morris has an opening for a Tenure-Track position in East Asian … Continue reading →

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Funding: KCC-JEE Fellowship for Research in Japan

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Paula

Fellowship for Research in Japan $30,000 KCC Japan Education Exchange will award a Graduate Fellowship to a Ph.D. level student in Asian Studies for the purposes of doing research in Japan for one year. There are no restrictions as to … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability

Posted on October 18, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. 256pp. December 2015 Cloth – Price: $49.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-5157-6 In Spectacular Accumulation, Morgan Pitelka investigates the significance of material culture and sociability in late sixteenth-century Japan, focusing in particular on the career and afterlife of … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Journal of the Japanese Association for Digital Humanities (JJADH)

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Paula

We are now looking for submissions for Volume 2 of the English version of the Journal of the Japanese Association for Digital Humanities. We would therefore like to invite you to submit your DH-related paper to the journal for publication, … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Japanese History, University of Washington

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Paula

Institution:        University of Washington – Seattle, Jackson School of International Studies Location:         Washington, United States Position:          Modern Japanese History, Open Rank, Assistant, Associate or Full Professor The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Department … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Okinawa Collection and Japan Resource Center Librarian, George Washington University [part time]

Posted on October 13, 2015 by LM

Institution: George Washington University Location: Washington, DC Type: Part-Time Education: MA required, MLS preferred Deadline: Oct. 23, 2015 Posting Number: F000794 Contract Type: Time-Limited Appointment (provide appt period) – 11/01/15 – 10/31/16, Renewable Appointment (initial appt period) – Annually Proposed … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Program Coordinator (Cultural Diplomacy), Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles

Posted on October 13, 2015 by LM

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20th Century Japan Research Award for 2015-2016

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Paula

The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for two $1,500 grants to support research in the library’s Gordon W. Prange Collection and East Asia Collection on topics related to the period of the Allied … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Lovable Losers: The Heike in Action and Memory

Posted on October 11, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. Lovable Losers: The Heike in Action and Memory Editor: Adolphson, Mikael S.; Commons, Anne; 344pp. October 2015 Cloth – Price: $55.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-4675-6 Lovable Losers is the first substantial piece of English-language scholarship to examine … Continue reading →

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