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Call for Papers: Association for Asian Studies (AAS) 2013 Conference

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Paula

San Diego, March 21-24, 2013 DEADLINE Aug. 2, 2012 The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is pleased to invite colleagues to submit proposals for the 2013 Annual Conference. The Annual Conference will be held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Japan Studies Graduate Conference – UCLA

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Paula

October 26th, 2012 Critical Frameworks of Transmission in Japan and East Asia Transmission: a) the mechanism by which power is constituted and mobilized; b) the movement of concepts, materials, and bodies; c) that which constitutes the most basic interactivity between … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Sex, Gender, and Society: Rethinking Modern Japanese Feminisms

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Paula

April 19-20, 2013 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA The Japanese program of the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures (REALC), Emory University, invites paper proposals for a two-day conference on Sex, Gender, and Society: Rethinking Modern Japanese … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Image of Women in Buddhist History

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Paula

Call for papers: “The Image of Women in Buddhist History” ICBS Fall 2012 Young Scholar Seminar, Institute of Chinese Buddhist Studies, University of the West, Rosemead, CA, November 9-10, 2012 Theme: The Image of Women in Buddhist History Location: University … Continue reading →

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The Job Hunt: Resources

Posted on June 20, 2012 by LM

A B.A. in Japanese Studies can be the basis for a career in a number of fields. Here are some resources for job hunting that I’ve collected during over the years. Non-Profit and Academic HigherEdJobs.com Higher Ed Jobs isn’t just … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Rewriting History in Manga: A New Medium for Debate? International Workshop

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Paula

Sponsored by: Sir Zelman Cowen Universities Fund School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sydney Organized by: Dr Nissim Otmazgin Department of East Asian Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Dr Rebecca Suter, Dr Lionel Babicz Department of Japanese … Continue reading →

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Conference: Reassessing the Shoen System: Society and Economy in Medieval Japan

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Paula

June 4-6, 2012, 10 AM-5:30 PM University of Southern California (building and room to be announced) Shoen, agricultural estates with a complex hierarchy of rights to income from the land and cultivators, represented a major landholding structure in classical and … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers – Embodying Urban Asia

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Paula

http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/printfriendly_event.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=1276 Workshop at the National University of Singapore, 29 to 30 November 2012 Deadline for submissions 23 July 2012 Further information http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=1276 Asian cities have attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. Existing academic literature includes examination of the spatial … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The Annual Conference of the Association for Japanese Literary Studies

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Paula

Columbus, OH, October 12-14, 2012 Rhetoric and Region: The Local Determinants of Literary Expression is the theme of the 2012 Association of Japanese Literary Studies to be held Oct. 12-14, 2012 at The Ohio State University. The theme of the … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: 3rd Mechademia Conference on Anime, Manga and Media Theory from Japan

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Paula

“World Renewal – Counterfactual Histories, Parallel Universes, and Possible Worlds” November 29 – December 2, 2012 Dongguk University, Seoul Deadline for submissions: May 15 In the wake of the disasters and tragedies of 3.11, the cry “Another world is possible” … Continue reading →

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