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Category Archives: graduate school
Funding: Anne van Biema Fellowship in Japanese Visual Arts, Freerand Sackler Galleries
Now taking for applications: The 2012 competition for the Anne van Biema Fellowship to support excellence in research and publication in the Japanese visual arts, at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution … Continue reading
International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program 2012 Competition is now open
The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program supports the next generation of scholars in the humanities and social sciences pursuing research that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies. IDRF accepts applications for research that is situated in a specific … Continue reading
An introduction to the MEXT scholarship
Today’s feature article is a written by Chris Kern, a Ph.D. student of The Ohio State University who will be traveling to Japan this month as a MEXT (or Monbukagakusho 文部科学省) award recipient. He introduces what the MEXT scholarship is … Continue reading
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Tagged funding, Japan, MEXT, MEXT scholarship, monbukagakusho, monbusho, research, scholarship, 文部科学省
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Travel grants and study opportunities through The Triangle Center for Japanese Studies
The Triangle Center for Japanese Studies, newly established with assistance from the Japan Foundation, has grants available for scholars who wish to visit the Japanese studies collection in the Duke University library, the Japanese materials in the Ackland Museum of … Continue reading
How to Do Research on Japanese Literature (via Contemporary Japanese Literature)
This introductory guide to doing research on Japanese Literature, provided by Kathryn over at the Contemporary Japanese Literature blog, is a fantastic collection and evaluation of a variety of resources in Asian Studies. Even if your specialty isn’t literature, this … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Placing East Asia: A Graduate Student Conference on Urbanism and the Production of Space
DATE: March 2-3, 2012 PLACE: Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley CALL FOR PAPERS In recent years, a growing number of scholars have turned their attention to cities and urban space as a means to understand historical and social … Continue reading
IUC series (final!): Former students – Where are they now?
Thus far we’ve talked quite a bit about attending the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies—whether or not it’s the right time for you, how to fund your stay, what sort of housing to get (homestay, IUC sponsored housing like … Continue reading
Postdoc Fellowships: Humanistic Studies, East Asian Studies
Institution: Princeton University, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts Location: New Jersey, United States Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Humanities and Social Sciences Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities and Social … Continue reading
IUC Series: How can I fund my stay at the IUC?
Today’s IUC series article, written by Karen, is complemented by a video I recorded about funding the IUC with a Foreign Language Area Studies fellowship. I recorded this video as a collaborative project with Jamie Cox (IUC ’09-’10), who maintains … Continue reading
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Tagged fellowships, FLAS, Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, funding, Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, IUC, Japan, Minato Mirai, money, scholarships, Yokohama
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Call for Papers: Asia-Pacific Worlds in Motion Graduate Conf on Asia-Pacific Migrations
Deadline: October 25, 2011 Asia-Pacific Worlds in Motion IV: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference on Asia-Pacific Migrations Organized by Migration Cluster & Division of Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, National University of Singapore St John’s College, Department … Continue reading
What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 