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Category Archives: graduate school
Call for Papers: “Constructing Masculinities” Issue of Asia Pacific Perspectives
The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce a call for papers for the fall 2017 issue of Asia Pacific Perspectives. The issue will explore the varied interpretations of masculine identity across Asia. We are seeking … Continue reading
Workshop: Kambun Workshop at USC, July 10-Aug. 4, 2017
The University of Southern California Project for Premodern Japan Studies is pleased to announce that there will be a Kambun Workshop at USC this summer. We will focus on Kamakura materials—Professor Takahashi Shinichirô will join us from the University of Tokyo … Continue reading
Call for Applicants: Saitama University’s MA program in Japanese & Asian Culture
Saitama University’s Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for admission to our MA program in Japanese & Asian Culture, for the Fall 2017 semester. The deadline for receipt of … Continue reading
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Tagged history, Japan, japanese studies, literature, MA program, Saitama University
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Funding: AFRASO Fellowship
Announcement of a Fellowship of the project “Africa’s Asian Options – AFRASO” at Goethe University Frankfurt Since 2013 AFRASO has been an interdisciplinary and transregional research project at Goethe University Frankfurt funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) … Continue reading
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Tagged African Studies, East Asian Studies, fellowship, Germany, Goethe University, research
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Workshop: Noh Training Project 2017 (Tokyo)
The Kita School of Noh and Theatre Nohgaku are pleased to announce the Noh Training Project Tokyo 2017–an intensive three-week workshop focusing on the performance elements of Japanese classical noh theatre. The workshop will include five hours daily of instruction … Continue reading
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Tagged dance, Japan, noh, Noh theater, theater, theatre, Tokyo, traditional arts, training, workshop
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Funding: Fellowships at Center for French-Japanese Advanced Studies in Paris
The Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS is presently recruiting Senior and Junior levels researchers in the framework of the Centre for French-Japanese Advanced Studies in Paris (Centre d’Etudes Avancées Franco-Japonais de Paris, CEAFJP; http://ffj.ehess.fr/ceafjp.html). The CEAFJP is a research and exchange platform coordinated … Continue reading
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Tagged Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS, France, funding, japanese studies, Paris, research
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3 Best Chat Apps for Practicing Japanese
When studying Japanese or any foreign language, everyone knows that practice makes perfect! But it can be hard to stay motivated to practice everyday, especially if you don’t have any Japanese speaking friends available to talk with. Luckily there’s an … Continue reading
Posted in graduate school, social networking, study tools, undergraduate, useful links
Tagged apps, education, Japanese, Japanese language, language learning, social media
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Call for Papers: Zapruder World, “Performing Race”
Zapruder World is an online, open-access and peer-reviewed History journal coordinated by an international network of activists and scholars, both academic and independent. The journal’s parent organization, Storie in movimento (SIM), has been active since 2002 and continues to publish … Continue reading
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Tagged call for papers, cfp, race, zapruder world
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Workshop: Japanese Language Text Mining: Digital Methods for Japanese Studies
Emory University is pleased to accept applications, beginning January 20, 2017, for participation in an interdisciplinary workshop — Japanese Language Text Mining: Digital Humanities Methods for Japanese Studies. The workshop will bring together researchers working across the fields of computational text … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Post-WWII Reeducation in Germany, Japan, and Beyond
REEDUCATION REVISITED: STRATEGIES, ACTORS, INSTITUTIONS IN TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Conference at the German Historical Institute at Washington, D.C., September 28-30, 2017 Proposals accepted till March 15, 2017 Organized by Katharina Gerund, Heike Paul (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), and Tomoyuki Sasaki (College of William … Continue reading
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Tagged call for papers, gender, Germany, Japan, modern, modern history, reeducation, research, Washington DC, WWII, youth
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 