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Category Archives: main posts
Resource: Finding Study or Grant Programs through IIE
This week we have a quickie resource page that might be of interest to some readers. Those looking outside of typical study abroad databases may find it useful to explore the Institute for International Education (IIE) website’s program search page. … Continue reading
Major Japanese/Asian Studies Conferences
Most advisors tell graduate students early on that in order to develop a more complete and well-rounded CV they should start thinking about submitting papers to graduate student conferences or major disciplinary conferences. If your advisor is a bit hands … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, conferences, graduate student conferences, Japan Studies, japanese studies
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Middlebury Summer School of Japanese: Experiences, Challenges, and Alternatives
Today we are featuring a guest post by Elena Kirillova, currently a Master’s student in Japanese Language and Literature. She provides a detailed overview of the Middlebury Summer School of Japanese, including both the program’s contents and her personal experiences/challenges … Continue reading
Resource: The Meiji at 150 Project
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
Resource: Hiragana no hiragana megane
A quick resource post for you all this week! For those who are just starting out on their Japanese language journey and are looking to improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary, one neat online tool is Hiragana no hiragana megane. … Continue reading
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Tagged hiragana, Japanese, Japanese language, resources, webpages
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Resource: Japanese Censorship Collection
Modern Japan enthusiasts will be excited by this relatively recent addition to the digitized collections of the Library of Congress. In collaboration with Japan’s National Diet Library, the Library of Congress has made available a digitized collection of Japanese censored … Continue reading
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Tagged archive, censorship, database, history, Japan, Japanese history, modern, modern history
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Resource: Okinawa Collection at GWU
The George Washington University in Washington DC recently became (as far as I know) the second major university in the United States, and the first on the US mainland, to establish a separate Okinawa Collection within the university libraries. Since … Continue reading
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Tagged George Washington University, gwu, libraries, Okinawa
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