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Category Archives: graduate school
Call for Papers: Utopias on Display: Visions of Past and Future in Modern Japan
Utopias on Display: Visions of Past and Future in Modern Japan (A Global Asias Workshop) Date: April 9, 2016 Venue: Department of Asian Studies, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA. The trite description of Japan as a modern paradox, simultaneously a … Continue reading
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Tagged call for papers, image, modern, modern Japan, national identity, research
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Program/Funding: The Asian Sphere: Call for applicants
The Asian Sphere offers a unique opportunity for outstanding candidates, at the MA and PhD level, to enroll in a multidisciplinary and inter-university graduate program that deals with the Asian continent. The Asian Sphere is a joint Israeli program between the University of Haifa … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Symposium on Traffic, Territory, and Citizenship between Asia & the Americas
Call for Papers: Traffic, Territory, Citizenship: Framing the Circulation of People and Goods between Asia and the Americas in the Long 19th Century We invite proposals for a two-day symposium on new approaches to the circulation and interchange of people … Continue reading
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Tagged Americas, asia, call for papers, labor, migration, research, trade, trans-Pacific trade
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Resource: The Great Kantō Earthquake Archive
This week’s resource is a digital archive, the University of Hawai’i at Manoa’s collection on the Great Kantō Earthquake 関東大震災写真集 of 1923. One of the most destructive natural disasters in Japan’s recorded history, the Kantō earthquake caused devastating damage throughout … Continue reading
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Tagged earthquake, Great Kanto Earthquake, history, Japan, Kanto, modern history, modern Japan, photography
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Program: “Tokyo: High City and Low City” – NEH Summer 2016 Institute for College and University Teachers
The NEH Summer Institute titled “Tokyo: High City and Low City” is a four-week workshop designed to lead participants in an in-depth humanistic exploration of the literary, religious, and philosophical movements that have visibly—and invisibly—contributed to the construction of modern Japan. By providing a … Continue reading
Workshop: Graduate Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography
The third Graduate Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography will run from 1 August to 13 August 2016 at Emmanuel College (Cambridge, UK). We are now accepting applications. The deadline for submitting an application is 31 March 2016. The theme for 2016 is ‘Education and Learning in Early-modern … Continue reading
Funding: Nanzan Post-Doc Research Fellowship 2016
The Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture is happy to announce a new fellowship for one post-doctoral student who has received a PhD from a university outside of Japan in the field of religious studies with a focus on some … Continue reading
What can you do with a BA in Japanese? Welcome to the Wonderful World of Patent Law
[Today’s post is by a graduate of Gettysburg College who spent several years working in the patent field. Here she introduces the various opportunities that graduates with skills in Japanese and a variety of other fields can take advantage of to … Continue reading
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Tagged employment, Japanese, jobs, language, paralegal, patent law, patents, secretary, translation
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Program: Kyoto Study Program – Anime to Zen
https://studyinkyoto.jp/ The program offers participants an excellent introduction to Japanese society and culture. The curriculum is well balanced, and participants will investigate diverse aspects of Japanese society and culture while staying in Kyoto, a cultural centre rich in history. All classes will … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Buddhism in the Global Eye, August 10-12, 2016, UBC
“Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West” http://buddhism.arts.ubc.ca/2015/09/06/call-for-papers-buddhism-in-the-global-eye/ The 6th Annual Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Conference, hosted by the University of British Columbia’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society (Jessica L. Main, director) and … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, call for papers, religion, research, University of British Columbia
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 