Category Archives: graduate school

Postdoctoral positions opening

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Paula

The Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan http://www.sal.tohoku.ac.jp/gcoewiki/en/wiki.cgi The Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality (CSSI) invites applications from excellent scholars for a few … Continue reading →

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On Museum Volunteering / Internships

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Travis

Our main article kicking off the 2012 year is a guest piece by Travis, an MA student in art history who also runs the blog “茶有の者 – A Man with Tea.” We’re happy to have him and look forward to … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The Asian Conference on Asian Studies

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Paula

Location: Osaka, Japan Date: 1-3 Jun 2012 Call for Papers: Deadline March 1, 2012 The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its global partners is proud to announce the Second Asian Conference on Asian Studies to be held from June … Continue reading →

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Funding: Japan Student Service Organization: Student Exchange Support Program Scholarship

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Paula

JASSO Short-term study in Japan Program Outline This scholarship is available for qualified international students accepted by Japanese universities, graduate schools, or colleges of technology under the student exchange agreement on a short-term basis from about three months to one … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Edited Collection: Techno-Orientalism in Science Fiction Film, Media and, Literature

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Paula

Editors: David Roh, Greta Niu, and Betsy Huang Deadline: March 15, 2012 We seek submissions for an edited collection on techno-Orientalism, dubbed by David Morley and Kevin Robins and refined by Greta Niu as the practice of ascribing, erasing, and/or … Continue reading →

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Call for papers: Encountering the exotic: the collecting, trade and exchange of exotic goods between Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, from the 16th century to 21st century

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Paula

Encountering the exotic: the collecting, trade and exchange of exotic goods between Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, from the 16th century to 21st century XVIth World Economic History Congress, 9th-13th July 2012, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa … Continue reading →

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Resource: National Archives of Japan

Posted on December 21, 2011 by tnguyen3729

Interested in archives or history? Check out the digital collection available through the National Archives of Japan! About The National Archives of Japan (NAJ) Digital Archive provides access to digitized images of preserved historical records. Users can search for the descriptions … Continue reading →

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Announcement: Mellon Fellowship in Japanese Literature at Washington University in St. Louis

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Paula

Mellon Fellowship Students entering the Ph.D. program in Japanese Literature or the Joint Program in Japanese and Comparative Literature in Fall 2012 or Fall 2013 will be considered for a Mellon Fellowship.  This fellowship, offered by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, … Continue reading →

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Call for Abstracts: UBC-UW Graduate Student Conference on Asian Policy and Humanities

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Paula

First Annual UW-UBC Asia Pacific Graduate Student Conference The Inter-Asian Equation: Exploring Policy and Humanities University of British Columbia-Institute for Asian Research, Vancouver, BC, Canada April 21st and 22nd, 2012 The M.A. of Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAAPPS) Graduate Student … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Cultural Translation and East Asia: Film, Literature and Art Conference

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Paula

Location: United Kingdom, Bangor, Wales Date: September 7-8, 2012 The aim of this interdisciplinary conference is to focus on questions of cultural translation in all its forms and constructs. As global identity becomes increasingly defined by questions of communication across … Continue reading →

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