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Category Archives: culture
Event: Glaze – The Baum Cake Shoppe Private JASC Reception, Denver
Via the Japan America Society of Colorado mailing list: February 12, 2013 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Where: Glaze The Baum Cake Shoppe 1160 Madison Street Denver, CO 80206 Cost: $10 / JASC members; $15 / Non-members Contact: Japan … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, Baum Kuchen, cake, Colorado, Denver, Glaze, Japan, Japan America Society of Colorado, Japanese food
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Call for papers: Researching Japan in Social Sciences & Humanities
Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures (Polish Academy of Sciences) in conjunction with the Interdepartmental Unit for Migration Research (University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski in Warsaw) Institute of Sociology (Warsaw University) and Kozminski University, is pleased to announce the call … Continue reading
Funding: Doctoral Scholarships in Transcultural Studies
The Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies of the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” at Heidelberg University welcomes applications for eight doctoral scholarships beginning in the winter semester 2013/14. The programme offers a monthly scholarship of … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, doctoral scholarship, Europe, funding, global, Heidelberg University, transcultural studies
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Job Opening: East Asian Religions, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis, East Asian Languages and Cultures Location: Missouri, United States Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, East Asian Religions The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Washington University in St. Louis and the Program … Continue reading
Book Announcement: The Bunraku Puppet Theatre of Japan: Honor, Vengeance, and Love in Four Plays of the 18th and 19th Centuries
http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8747-9780824836801.aspx Translator: Jones, Stanleigh H.; 320pp. December 2012 Paper – Price: $29.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3680-1 Cloth – Price: $65.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3562-0 The plays presented here were first performed between 1769 and 1832, a time when the Japanese puppet theatre known as … Continue reading
Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) open for applications
International Student Conferences would like to invite students to one of the oldest student-run cultural exchange program in the United States: the Japan-America Student Conference (JASC). Full-time students pursuing any undergraduate, graduate, PhD, or professional degree can participate in this … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Kokugaku in Meiji-period Japan: The Modern Transformation of ‘National Learning’ and the Formation of Scholarly Societies
Leiden, Boston: Global Oriental, 2012 (313 p.) Kokugaku in Meiji-period Japan offers a new perspective on scholarly networks and the foundations of modern Japan. Utilizing never-explored original sources and with a unique focus on the persons involved, Michael Wachutka elucidates how kokugaku … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, history, intellectual thought, Japan, Japanese history, kokugaku, meiji, Meiji period, modern Japan
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Fun Link Friday: “The Wonderful Worlds of 100 Waka”
For some interesting insights into the politics of translating poetry, check out Stuart Varnam-Atkin’s special to The Japan Times, “The Wonderful Worlds of 100 Waka.” In this article, Varnam-Atkin discusses the history of waka and the Ogura Hyakunin Issin, a poetry collection used in a parlor game played at … Continue reading
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Tagged art, fun link friday, hanga, history, New Year, Ogura Hyakunin Isshin, poetry, Stuart Varnam-Atkin, The Japan Times, translation, ukiyo-e, waka, woodblock prints
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Taiko Classes in Ann Arbor and Novi, MI
From the Center for Japanese Studies Alumni Mailing List: Learn Authentic Taiko Drumming on Real Japanese Taiko Drums The Great Lakes Taiko Center will continue to offer Japanese Taiko Drumming classes on Wednesday afternoons and evenings at the Rudolf Steiner … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Arbor, class, classes, drumming, Great Lakes Taiko Center, Michigan, Novi, taiko
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Book Announcement: Enacting Culture: Japanese Theater in Historical and Modern
Geilhorn, Barbara / Grossmann, Eike / Miura, Hiroko / Eckersall, Peter (eds) Enacting Culture: Japanese Theater in Historical and Modern Contexts 2012 · ISBN 978-3-86205-039-0 · 313 Seiten, geb. · EUR 56,— Monographien, herausgegeben vom Deutschen Institut für Japanstudien (Bd. 51) The … Continue reading
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Tagged art, history, Japan, Japanese art, Japanese theater, modern, modern theatre, theatre
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 