Category Archives: graduate school

Call for Applicants: Kuzushiji Summer Workshop

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Paula

The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago invites applicants to its annual Kuzushiji Summer Workshop, which offers advanced undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and independent scholar intensive week-long instruction in reading print and manuscript materials from the … Continue reading →

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Call for Applicants: 2019 Kambun Workshop at USC

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Paula

2019 Kambun Workshop at USC: Fujiwara Yorinaga in His Own Words This summer’s Kambun Workshop at the University of Southern California will focus on reading selections from the late Heian Taiki courtier journal of Fujiwara Yorinaga (1120-56), son of the viceroy Tadazane.Yorinaga’s … Continue reading →

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Call for Applicants: Traditional Theater Training, Kyoto

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Paula

Come spend a few weeks in Kyoto this summer to train with masters of traditional theater and dance! This summer will be the 35th annual Traditional Theater Training (T.T.T.) 2019, held at the Kyoto Art Center. T.T.T. is a three-week summer intensive training … Continue reading →

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Call for Applicants: PhD Scholarship Japanese Studies, Ghent University (Edo culture/history)

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Paula

We are pleased to invite applications for a full-time, fully-funded 3-year PhD Fellowship at the University of Ghent. The successful candidate will work on the FWO-funded project The Ethical Body in Early Modern Japanese Health Cultivation, co-supervised by Prof. Andreas Niehaus and Dr. … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Postdoc – Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Paula

Apply at: https://columbia.studioabroad.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=10932 The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow (discipline open) for the academic year 2019-20. Based at Doshisha University, KCJS is an undergraduate study abroad program governed by a consortium of thirteen American universities and administered … Continue reading →

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Funding: SSRC/JSPS Fellowships for recent PhDs and ABDs

Posted on December 22, 2018 by Paula

SSRC/JSPS FELLOWSHIPS FOR RECENT PHDS AND ABDS *Deadline January 15, 2019* The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for ABDs and recent PhDs provides promising and highly qualified researchers in the humanities and social sciences with the opportunity to conduct extended research … Continue reading →

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Call for Applicants: Funded MA Research, University of Alberta

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Paula

The University of Alberta would like to announce opportunities for students to pursue a funded MA degree in East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta (in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada): http://www.eastasianstudies.ualberta.ca/ Students can specialize in diverse areas of Japan Studies … Continue reading →

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Funding: Tanaka Fund Grant to Support Promising Junior Japanese Studies Scholars

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Paula

Historical Background The Tanaka Fund was established in 1974 as the result of an exchange of gifts between the governments of Canada and Japan. Canada offered $1,000,000 to Japan to promote Canadian studies in Japanese universities, while Japan provided 300 … Continue reading →

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Resource: The Meiji at 150 Project

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Paula

Today we introduce a wonderful, multifaceted and multi-year project spearheaded by the University of British Columbia that has been bringing great content to the Japanese Studies community in a number of forms: The Meiji at 150 Project. In honor of … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Travel and Landscape in Japanese Literature, Art, and Culture

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Paula

Travel is Life, Travel is Home: Representing Travel and Landscape in Japanese Literature, Art, and Culture April 4-6, 2019 University of Iowa, Iowa City IA Deadline for proposals: December 10, 2018 Keynote: Meredith McKinney, visiting fellow at the Japan Center, Australian … Continue reading →

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