Category Archives: graduate school

Job Opening: KCJS Postdoctoral Fellowship

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Paula

The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies is searching for a KCJS Postdoctoral Fellow for the academic year 2020-21, with the possibility of extension. Based at Doshisha University in Kyoto, KCJS is an undergraduate study abroad program governed by a consortium … Continue reading →

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Funding: Robert & Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Paula

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures Robert & Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships provide recipients with an opportunity to work in a scholarly environment conducive to completing a publication project. The Fellowships are … Continue reading →

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PhD positions in Munich, “Radical Utopian Communities”

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Travis

The research group “Radical Utopian Communities: Global Histories from the Margins, 1900-1950” invites applications for two (2) doctoral positions (TV-L E13, 65%) to join the team on 1 April 2020 or at an early date thereafter. The research project is … Continue reading →

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Funding: Tanaka Grant to Support Promising Junior Japanese Studies Scholars 2019 Competition

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Paula

The Japan Foundation and Universities Canada are pleased to announce the call for applications for the TANAKA FUND Grant to Support Promising Junior Japanese Studies Scholars 2019. The Tanaka Fund was established in 1974 as the result of an exchange of gifts between the … Continue reading →

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Call for Applicants: Funding for Japan Studies graduates at Cambridge

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Paula

MPhil in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (Japanese Studies) at the University of Cambridge: funding opportunities The Iain Drayton Studentship for Japanese Studies (tenable only at Trinity Hall College) This studentship is to support a student undertaking the MPhil in … Continue reading →

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Call for Applications: Kokugakuin University Visiting Fellows Program

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Paula

Kokugakuin University is pleased to announce a call for applications to The Kokugakuin University Visiting Fellows Program for the academic year 2020-2021. “Toward the promotion of international academic communication and cooperation, and in the interest of stimulating global research on Japanese society … Continue reading →

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Call for Applicants: Ise and Japan Study Program

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Paula

Kogakkan University (located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture) will be hosting a sixth year of the “Ise and Japan Study Program.” The program is open to graduate (Master or PhD) or post-graduate researchers (including faculty) who are interested in learning … Continue reading →

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MA in Japanese Studies, U of East Anglia

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Travis

The Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia (UEA), in Norwich, England, in conjunction with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) is now offering a new MA in Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies. … Continue reading →

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Call for Applications: 7th Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Paula

The Seventh Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography will run between Monday 10 August and Friday 21 August 2020. Core contents of the Summer School As always our Summer School focuses on Edo-period materials. Our sustained work in teaching … Continue reading →

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Funding: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Paula

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites applications in the 2019-20 competition year of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies. In cooperation with the … Continue reading →

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