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Symposium: Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan: History, Culture, and Foreign Relations

An exciting joint international symposium, ” Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan: History, Culture, and Foreign Relations,” will be held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 11, 2013. The online registration is now open. … Continue reading

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Funding: Travel Grant – Harvard-Yenching Library

The Harvard-Yenching Library is pleased to announce its Travel Grant Program for the 2012-2013 academic year.  The purpose of the grant is to assist scholars from outside the metropolitan Boston area in their use of the Harvard-Yenching Library’s collections for … Continue reading

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Postdoctoral Fellowships (Research Associate): modern Japanese/East Asian History “The Dissolution of the Japanese Empire and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Postwar East Asia, 1945-1965”

Institution: University of Cambridge, Department of East Asian Studies/Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Location:   United Kingdom Position:   Two Postdoctoral Fellowships (Research Associate) in modern Japanese/East Asian History for three year contract Two Postdoctoral Fellowships (Research Associate) … Continue reading

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Managing your Digital Reputation

For better or for worse, the days are gone where we were judged purely by our CVs, job interviews, and the like – today, despite laws prohibiting them from doing so, potential employers look at our Facebook profiles, and Google … Continue reading

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Program: Japanese Language Program for Specialists (in Cultural and Academic Field)

Japanese Language Program for Specialists (in Cultural and Academic Field) Location: Japan Japanese Language Program for Specialists(in Cultural and Academic Field) This is an intensive language training program for researchers and postgraduate students in the field of Japan-related social sciences … Continue reading

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Fellowship: Japanese Arts & Culture, 2013 Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships

Location: United Kingdom 2013-14 ROBERT AND LISA SAINSBURY FELLOWSHIPS The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures offers one Fellowship for a maximum period of one year and two or three short-term Fellowships of three months to … Continue reading

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Funding: Friends of the Princeton University Library Research Grant Program

Location: United States; Princeton University Each year, the Friends of the Princeton University Library offer short-term Library Research Grants to promote scholarly use of the librarys research collections. Up to $3,500 is available per award. Applications will be considered for scholarly … Continue reading

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Fellowship: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Program provides recent PhD recipients and ABDs (please see program eligibility requirements) with opportunities to conduct research in Japan under the leadership of a host researcher. Fellows are encouraged to … Continue reading

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Call for papers: Modern Art Asia, March 2013 issue

Modern Art Asia March 2013 Call for Papers Modern Art Asia is dedicated to the arts of Asia from the eighteenth century to today, presenting graduate research from historical perspectives and international news on Asian art. Combining peer-reviewed articles with … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Contested Spaces: 13th Annual EAS Graduate Conference

Contested Spaces – 13th Annual East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Toronto, March 2, 2013 Keynote Address by Prof.  Lisa Kim Davis (UCLA) Using East Asia as a point of departure, Contested Spaces challenges speakers to interrogate our … Continue reading

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