Category Archives: culture

Book announcement: Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Paula

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History Bruce Baird Palgrave Macmillan, January 2012 ISBN: 978-0-230-12040-2, ISBN10: 0-230-12040-7, 6.000 x 9.250 inches, 310 pages, Includes 59 pgs illus, Hijikata Tatsumi’s explosive … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Occidentalism: Defining the Japanese Self

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Paula

Rachael Hutchinson, Nagai Kafū’s Occidentalism: Defining the Japanese Self SUNY Press, November 2011 Hardcover 299 pages $80.00 Paperback and e-version forthcoming Describes how writer Nagai Kafū (1879–1959) used his experience of the West to reconcile modernization and Japanese identity. Nagai Kafū … Continue reading →

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Call for papers: Modern Art Asia

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Paula

Modern Art Asia is dedicated to the arts of Asia from the eighteenth century to today, presenting graduate research from historical perspectives and international news on Asian art. Combining peer-reviewed articles with insightful commentary and the latest exhibition reviews from … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Gundam Galore!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by reedra01

I may be behind the times on this one but it was too amazing to pass up. If you are a Gundam geek like me, than I know you will appreciate the existence of this motorcycle as much as I … Continue reading →

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Resource: USCF Japanese Woodblock Prints

Posted on February 1, 2012 by tnguyen3729

Interested in Japanese medical history and art? Check out the University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) Digital Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints! About In 1963, an East Asian collection was started by UCSF Provost and university librarian, later Chancellor, John … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Social Media and Cross-border Cultural Transmissions: Technologies, Policies, Industries

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Paula

Social Media and Cross-border Cultural Transmissions: Technologies, Policies, Industries Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 21-22 June 2012 This interdisciplinary workshop takes a transcultural approach to exploring newly emerging online practices of cultural transmission. Culture industries across Asia have … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: A Sociology of Japanese Youth

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Paula

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sociology-Japanese-Youth-Returnees-Institute/dp/0415669278/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1301844680&sr=8-3 Over the past thirty years, whilst Japan has produced a diverse set of youth cultures which have had a major impact on popular culture across the globe, it has also developed a succession of youth problems which have led … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Korean Family in Comparative Perspective, Post-doctoral Fellowship

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Paula

ATTENTION: Koreanists AND East Asia Specialists with Comparative interests in the Koreas Institution: University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Location:   Illinois, United States Position:   Post-Doctoral Fellow The 5-year Korean Family in Comparative Perspective … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Rethinking Tatami

Posted on January 27, 2012 by LM

As someone who has lived in apartments with both old tatami and new tatami, my relationship with Japan’s traditional straw-mat flooring is complicated.  On one hand, tatami is softer under a futon than linoleum; it retains heat better than (faux-)wooden … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: The Ghibli Museum: The Most Magical Place on Earth

Posted on January 20, 2012 by reedra01

I was a Ghibli fan long before I heard of Hayao Miyazaki or even realized that Disney and Ghibli were two separate things. Back when Japan was just a funny word and my backyard was the most similar thing to a … Continue reading →

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