Category Archives: graduate school

Living in Japan Part 1: Preparations Before You Arrive

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Paula

As some of you following us on Facebook and Twitter probably know, I recently relocated to Japan for research, with the intention of sticking around for at least a year or two. Despite being several years into my doctoral work, … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: An International Forum on Asian History and Asian Studies

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Paula

Call for Papers:  An International Forum on Asian History and Asian Studies, 30 June- 2 July 2015, in Athens, Greece. Organized by ATINER (Athens Institute for Education and Research). For information on submitting an abstract, please go to: http://www.atiner.gr/histas.htm Deadline to submit … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Networks and Religious Difference in Asian Buddhist Traditions

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Paula

Call for Papers: “Networks and Religious Difference in Asian Buddhist Traditions,” Vanderbilt University,April 3-4, 2015 Buddhist traditions—in all their diversity—have been formed through processes of exchange, negotiation, and contestation in the face of perceived difference. These perceptions have existed both … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Kentucky Foreign Language Conference: East Asian Studies

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Paula

68th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference April 23-25, 2015 – University of Kentucky – Lexington, Kentucky CALL FOR PAPERS East Asian Studies Deadline for Abstract Submission: November 10, 2014 The KFLC is proud to open sessions devoted to the presentation of scholarly research in the area of East Asian Studies. Abstracts are invited … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Photographic Manipulation in Asia

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Paula

Composite Realities: the Art of Photographic Manipulation in Asia Special issue of the TAP Review, guest edited by Claire Roberts (University of Adelaide, Australia) and Yi Gu  (University of Toronto, Canada) Manipulation – of light, time and process – is … Continue reading →

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Resources: Japanese Literature in Translation

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Paula

In college, when I had a lot more time to read modern and premodern Japanese literature, I often found myself wondering whether certain authors had more works in translation that I could get my hands on, but didn’t know where … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Asian Studies Conference Japan, June 20-21, 2015

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Paula

Call for Papers: ASCJ 2015 The Executive Committee of the Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ) invites proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual papers to be presented at the Nineteenth Asian Studies Conference Japan. The conference will be held on the … Continue reading →

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Resources for Studying Buddhism

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Paula

Glancing through our resources page, I noticed our lack of sites on Buddhism. Sure enough, I had a few things on hand that anyone researching Buddhism in Japan or Buddhism in general will find quite useful. I’m not an expert … Continue reading →

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Funding Short-term Research Projects: Conducting an Oral History in Sendai

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Paula

As some of our Twitter and Facebook followers may know, back in February, my colleague Malina Suity and I ran a Kickstarter campaign to support an oral history project we conducted in Japan. The project was an epic foray into … Continue reading →

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Funding: Japan Studies Library Travel Grant

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Paula

The University of Chicago’s Center for East Asian Studies’ Japan Studies Library Travel Grants are designed to assist scholars from outside the Chicago metropolitan area in their use of University of Chicago’s East Asian collections for research in Japan Studies. … Continue reading →

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