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Category Archives: social networking
Call for link exchange!
Have you put up a link to Shinpai Deshou on your blog or website? Let us know! We’re forming a link exchange page to recognize those who kindly contribute to our readership. 🙂 We know about a handful of the … Continue reading
We’re now on Facebook!
It slipped my mind to post on the actual blog that now we have a Facebook page. 🙂 Please add us and feel free to share our articles around the web! We’d also love to hear suggestions or questions from you … Continue reading
The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship 2011
Librasia 2011 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship May 27 – 30, 2011 Location: Osaka, Japan As the country that gave the world the novel one thousand years ago, and subsequently haiku and manga, Japan’s long and rich … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, libraries, library, literary history, proposals
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Workshop: Being Japanese: Histories, Identities and Modernities
Location: Washington, United States This faculty development workshop will explore how the meaning of being Japanese has changed over time, with a particular emphasis on the uses of history, literature and visual culture in shaping and representing a distinctively Japanese … Continue reading
Call For Papers: Inaugural East Asian Popular Culture Association Conference
Location: Taiwan Call for Papers Date: 2011-05-31 The EAPCA (East Asian Popular Culture Association), the newest branch of the PCA / ACA, will hold its inaugural conference in September 1 to 3, 2011 at National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Urban Culture: Literature and the City in Early Modern Asia
Venue: Modern Language Association: Seattle, Jan 5-8, 2012 Panel Title: Urban Culture: Literature and the City in Early Modern Asia Now inviting proposals for papers exploring new forms of urban cultural expression in literature and popular media in premodern East … Continue reading
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Lecture: Japanese Technical Translation: Freelancing as a Career
Information from jetwit.com via PNW JETAA. Japanese Technical Translation: Freelancing as a Career When: Tuesday, Feb. 1 from 3:30-5:00pm Where: UW Campus, Denny Hall 216 Learn about technical translation as a career. Mr. Barrett will help us understand what technical … Continue reading
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DISCO International Boston Career Forum for Law Students
For those looking into doing law using their Japanese language skills, JETs with J.D.s has posted a great introduction to the DISCO International Boston Career Forum. See the following link for more details: http://jetswithjds.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/discos-career-forum-for-jets-with-j-d-s/
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Princeton Graduate Workshop on Edo Calendars
On April 8-9, 2011, the Princeton University East Asian Program and Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies will be holding a graduate student workshop focusing on Edo period calendars and related calculations. The goal of the workshop is to … Continue reading
Spring 2011 Jefferson Fellowships
Much thanks to Playing with Hire for the link! — Jefferson Fellowship Now Accepting Applications for the Spring 2011 Program Deadline is January 26, 2011 The Jefferson Fellowships program was launched in 1967 to enhance public understanding through the news media … Continue reading
What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 