Category Archives: culture

Internship: Japan Information & Culture Center (JICC), Embassy of Japan

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Paula

Internship Opportunity The Japan Information & Culture Center (JICC), Embassy of Japan is seeking unpaid, part to full-time interns (12-35hrs/week) for Summer 2013. Internship start/end dates and hours are customized with the academic schedule of the chosen candidate.   The JICC … Continue reading →

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UNO-Japan: Study at Doshisha University Program

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Paula

May 26-June 29, 2013 Undergraduate students: spend 5 weeks in the heart of Kyoto this summer and earn 6 college credits! The 2013 UNO-Japan: Study at Doshisha University Program is a 5-week summer program designed for participants to learn Japanese … Continue reading →

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Event: Watching a Geisha Dance: Choreography as Historical Source, University of Michigan

Posted on February 12, 2013 by LM

Via the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies Alumni mailing list: Friday, March 29 ~ 7:00 to 8:30PM @ North Quad, Space 2435, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. A Show-and-Tell Event with MARIKO … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Religions

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Paula

We are happy to announce the publication of the Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Religions (Brill, http://www.brill.com/handbook-contemporary-japanese-religions). This reference volume is co-edited by Inken Prohl (Heidelberg) and John Nelson (Univ. of San Francisco) and is a true trans-Atlantic as well as a … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Reading Kuzushiji

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Paula

The University of Chicago’s Committee on Japanese Studies invites applications to its 2013 Early Modern Japan Summer Workshop:  Reading Kuzushiji.  Led by Professor Suzuki Jun of the National Institute of Japanese Literature (Kokubungaku Kenkyuu Shiryoukan), the workshop will be devoted … Continue reading →

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Film Screening: Kataoka Ichiro’s Sayonara Performance at the University of Michigan

Posted on February 5, 2013 by LM

Via the Center for Japanese Studies mailing list: Kataoka Ichiro’s Sayonara Performance Saturday, February 23, 2013 7:00PM @ Natural Sciences Auditorium 830 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Benshi Kataoka Ichiro will perform the … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: An Imperial Concubine’s Tale: Scandal, Shipwreck, and Salvation in Seventeenth-Century Japan

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Paula

Japan in the early seventeenth century was a wild place. Serial killers stalked the streets of Kyoto at night, while noblemen and women mingled freely at the imperial palace, drinking saké and watching kabuki dancing in the presence of the … Continue reading →

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Kodo Performance: One Earth Tour 2013: Legend [US] [Japan]

Posted on February 2, 2013 by LM

Via the Pacific Northwest JET Alumni Association: US Tour: February – March 2013 Japan Tour: May – June 2013 The world is a kaleidoscope of people and cultures. In this age of exploding populations and lightening-fast communication, it is more … Continue reading →

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Day of Remembrance Taiko Festival 2013 at Seattle University

Posted on February 2, 2013 by LM

Via the Pacific Northwest JET Alumni Association: http://www.minidokapilgrimage.org/ Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:00 PM Seattle University, Pigott Auditorium 1016 E. Marion Street Seattle, WA 98122 $20.00 General Admission In honor of Japanese American Day of Remembrance, the Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: deep kyoto & Kyoto Baths

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Travis

It can be really easy to get templed-out in Kyoto, or to otherwise get overwhelmed or tired out by the big-name tourist sites and the feeling of a need to hit them all. As I found a few summers ago, … Continue reading →

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