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Summer Language/Homestay Program in Hakodate, Japan

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Paula

The Hakodate International Foundation offers “The Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program” every summer. It is an eight-week intensive language program accompanied with homestay for the full duration and “Independent Study (IS)”.  The program dates are June 13 – August 10, 2019 (8 … Continue reading →

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Workshop: The History of Science and Technology in Modern East Asia

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Paula

The D. Kim Foundation for the History of Science and Technology in East Asia, together with the Program in History and Philosophy of Science, Seoul National University, is pleased to announce a summer workshop for younger scholars to be held … Continue reading →

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Call for Applications: Ise and Japan Study Program 2019

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Paula

Kogakkan University (located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture) will be hosting a sixth year of the “Ise and Japan Study Program,” which is open to graduate (Master or PhD) or post-graduate researchers who are interested in learning more about Japanese … Continue reading →

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Resource: Japanese Censorship Collection

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Paula

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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Workshop: Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Paula

We are delighted to announce that the Sixth Graduate Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography will run from Monday 5 August to Saturday 17 August 2019 at the University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College (Cambridge, UK). We are now accepting applications. The deadline for submitting an … Continue reading →

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Resource: Late Hokusai: Thought, Technique, Society

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Paula

Those who are interested in art history or just a fan of early modern painting and prints can explore Late Hokusai: Thought, Technique, Society, an online bilingual research project centered on situating the artist Hokusai (1780-1849) in his social and … Continue reading →

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Resource: Japanese Children’s Literature: A History from the International Library of Children’s Literature Collections

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Paula

Japan’s National Diet Library (NDL) has a ton of digitized resources in both English and Japanese. So much so that sometimes it’s easy to forget how many of those resources have been curated into mini-exhibitions or databases geared toward specific … Continue reading →

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Call for Applications: Japanese translation workshop at Cardiff University (UK)

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Paula

JAPANESE TRANSLATION WORKSHOP 13-14 April, 2019, Cardiff University (UK) The School of Modern Languages, Cardiff University, in collaboration with Kurodahan Press, invites applications to participate in a Japanese to English literary translation workshop on 13-14 April, 2019. Translations produced during the … Continue reading →

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Resource: The Gail Project: An Okinawan-American Dialogue

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Paula

Today’s online resource is The Gail Project: An Okinawan-American Dialogue, a collaborative public history project and exhibition that addresses the fascinating history of Okinawan-American relations in the years following World War II. Based out of the University of California, Santa … Continue reading →

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Resource: Joseph Berry Keenan Digital Collection

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Paula

Those researching or just interested in modern Japanese history will find much to explore in Harvard University’s Joseph Berry Keenan Digital Collection. A compilation of manuscript materials and photographs related to the Japanese War Crimes Trial, these works originate from Joseph B. Keenan, … Continue reading →

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