Call for Papers: Seminar – Women, Gender, and Efforts for Equality: Comparative Asian-Western Perspectives

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Paula

call for papers [150-2]Women, Gender, and Efforts for Equality: Comparative Asian-Western Perspectives

Women, Gender, and Efforts for Equality: Comparative Asian-Western Perspectives

(Alternative unofficial title: Women on the Warpath)

In April 2014 Germaine Greer, author of The Female Eunuch and other pathbreaking books, spoke at the University of Hong Kong.  To mark the anniversary of this event, in April 2015 a seminar focusing on women will take place in the University of Hong Kong.

Anna Wu Hung-Yuk, unofficial member of Exco, founding chairman of the Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission, and a HKU alumna and University Fellow, has agreed to deliver a keynote address at this event.  A round-table session drawing in academics and others with a wide variety of international experience will discuss efforts to encourage gender equality in different settings around the world.

This event is also intended to highlight and celebrate the richness and diversity of past and present research on women and gender undertaken by academics and postgraduates (male and female) at the University of Hong Kong and other Hong Kong academic institutions.  All interested in taking part in this event are invited to submit proposals for papers or panels to Priscilla Roberts, Department of History, HKU, e-mail proberts@hku.hk.

Please copy all proposals to Ms. Zardas Lee, e-mail czardaslee@gmail.com.

Deadline for Submissions: February 20, 2015.

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Job Opening: Administrative Assistant of Public Affairs, Embassy of Japan

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Paula

We have been asked to let people know of a job opening with a rapidly approaching deadline at the Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C! Please see below.

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Embassy of Japan in the United States of America //

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Job Opening: Assistant Director – International Recruitment & Admissions, Tacoma Community College

Posted on February 5, 2015 by LM

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Institution: Tacoma Community College
Location: Tacoma, WA
Posted: 01/28/2015
Type: Full Time
Priority Consideration Date: February 25, 2015
Education: BA required, MA preferred

Basic Function
The position is responsible for international student marketing and recruitment. This position reports directly to the Director of International Programs.

  • Recruit, unconditionally, students from all backgrounds, regardless of ethnicity, socio-economic status, or gender, as well as through respectful interactions with other TCC representatives in compliance with TCC’s Non-Discrimination Policy.
  • Respond to inquiries from students, staff and the public regarding international student services programs.
  • Develop annual marketing plan and establish yearly travel proposal.
  • Communicate with the campus community regarding events and new developments in the International office.
  • Coordinate overseas student recruitment advertisements.
  • Select overseas publications; work with the TCC Marketing department or contracted designer to develop overseas publicity for both electronic and hard copy; manage budget and billing for promotions.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with prospective students and TCC alumni; attend fairs to promote TCC; follow up on all visits with appropriate correspondence to prospective students and agencies.
  • Establish travel itineraries and complete necessary travel documents within Washington State purchasing and travel guidelines.
  • Develop relationships with overseas agents and various agencies (consulate offices) as appropriate; provide information about TCC as requested.
  • Develop relationships with local high schools and recruit international transfer students.
  • Create and maintain all necessary contracts, records, and department related databases.
  • Work with the Information Systems department to update information on the TCC website and lead the international database projects.
  • Work directly with the Admissions Specialist to help problem solve admission issues.
  • Coordinate commission payment structure and timeline with the Admissions Specialist.
  • Have basic knowledge of F-1 visa process and I-20 rules and regulations in accordance with SEVIS Immigration policies.
  • Perform related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Business, Marketing, International Relations, Student Affairs, Education, Human Development, Student Personnel Administration, or related field from and accredited college or university.
  • Two (2) years of experience in international business, Higher Education, student development, recruiting, or related field.
  • Fluency in a foreign language.
  • Computer literacy and experience with business management software.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Masters degree in Business, Marketing, International Relations, Student Affairs, Education, Human Development, Student Personnel Administration, or related field from and accredited college or university.
  • Fluency in Japanese, Korean, or Vietnamese.
  • Experience in strategic planning and marketing development.
    Supervisory experience.

Full details on HigherEdJobs.com.

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Resource: Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Travis

The Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia entry for Tomari Jochiku, a 16th-17th century Confucian scholar from Yakushima, who served as an official tutor to both King Shô Hô and daimyô Shimazu Mitsuhisa.

For those of us studying, or just interested in, Okinawan history and culture, a lot of the standard resources can prove pretty hit or miss. Kotobank.jp, one of my favorite go-to online encyclopedia sites, for example, which will simultaneously search the Daijirin, Daijisen, Sekai Daihyakka jiten, Nihon jinmei daijiten, and a whole bunch of other Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Asahi Shinbunsha encyclopedias for you, gives quite a few hits for Gosamaru, but none for Nakagusuku udun.

Thus, for Okinawa topics, the Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, published & provided online by the Ryukyu Shimpo (one of Okinawa’s oldest and top newspapers), has become my go-to source for basic information on major topics in Okinawan history and culture. I should point out that the whole site, and all the encyclopedia entries, are in Japanese, so your reading skills have to be up to snuff to make use of this.

With more than 3400 entries, it won’t cover absolutely anything you ever need to look up – I certainly myself have come up blank on a number of occasions – but, for many of the most prominent or significant topics, from the Heshikiya-Tomoyose Incident of 1734 to different types of tribute ships to songs like Aha Bushi to American military equipment, the Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia will provide you a nice brief but dense explanation, including pronunciation (reading) of the kanji, and in the case of biographies, birth and death dates, alternate names, and so forth. Terms included in the encyclopedia range from myth & legend to the premodern history of the Ryukyu Kingdom, to wartime & post-war topics, e.g. relating to the US military bases.

And it’s perfectly free to use. On the website, all the entries are listed on a single page in gojûon order (that is, あいうえお、かきくけこ). I often just use the search function in my browser to search by kanji, or by reading in kana.

If there is one thing I find just a little disappointing about the site, it is that it uses mostly standard Japanese readings, with only a smattering of Okinawan readings, rarely if ever providing the Okinawan reading for something more standardly known by its Japanese reading. For example, the encyclopedia lists 風水 (C: feng shui) with the Okinawan reading funshii (ふんしー, as opposed to the Japanese fuusui ふうすい), but gives Shuri castle as Shuri-jô, with no mention of it being Shuri gusuku or Shuri gushiku, let alone the more fully traditional Okinawan pronunciation of Shuri as Sui. And if you’re wondering whether the Okinawan for Nakagusuku should be Naakaa- or Naaka- or Nakaa-, you’re out of luck, and have to go rely on another site entirely, like Ryûdai’s Ryûkyû-go onsei database 琉球語音声データベース (turns out it’s just Nakagushiku, no long vowels).

Still, it’s a great resource. If your standard Japan encyclopedias are getting you down, take a look at the Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia. A great basic starting place for looking up Okinawa-related names, placenames, and terms.

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Call for Papers: Intersection of Modern Japanese Literature

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Paula

call-for-papers-150-21International Research Conference: Intersection of Modern Japanese Literature
http://amjls.web.fc2.com/oshirase20140901.html
This conference aims to encourage links and connections between the research emerging around the world on modern Japanese literature and research activities within Japan. We hope to offer the opportunity for researchers in other countries who are working on modern literature to
present their work in Japan, while also offering a space for researchers in Japan who would like to make links and connections with research trends abroad.

Theme: Intersection of Modern Japanese Literature Aims: Crossing the boundaries of “Japan” and “the Japanese language”, movements in search of networks within modern Japanese literature research are on the rise. Even if the objects of study are texts written in Japanese, the research itself is done in a variety of languages, and each research space also has its own unique character. Unfortunately, however, the regional and linguistic constraints on this research have also hindered the mutual exchange of ideas, leaving a situation in which research is stalled at the regionalist level.  For this purpose we organized the international conference, Interfaces of Modern Japanese Literature, in 2013 and it gathered many participants from various countries. We are going to hold another international conference, Intersection of Modern Japanese Literature, on November 22nd, 2015. At this conference, we aim to make use of the Nihon Kindai Bungakukai as a space that will function as an interface for a diverse range of research on “modern Japanese literature”. In so doing, the hierarchical structure of the Japan- and Japanese language-centrism inherent in the “Japan” vs “abroad” division may also be directly questioned. We are calling for active participation to create a space for open dialogue not constrained by the framework of traditional conferences.

•   The conference will be held on November 22, 2015 at Waseda University, Waseda Campus (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo).
•   Presenters are free to choose their own topics (provided they relate to modern Japanese literature or to literary studies).
•   Individual or panel presentations will be accepted.
•   Both members and non-members of Nihon Kindai Bungakukai may apply. The applications which suite the theme and aims of this conference will be given priority.
•   Both individual and panel presentations are to be given in Japanese (for panel presentations only, if presenters can provide their own Japanese interpreters, then any language will be accepted).
•   Individual presentations are to be 30 minutes (plus 15 minutes for Q&A); panel presentations are to be a total of 2-2.5 hours for the entire panel (there is no limitation on the number of presenters in a given panel; the number of participants and the structure of the panel is up to each panel to decide).
•   There is no fee for presenting. However, presenters (including interpreters) are responsible for any of their own travel, accommodation, printing, and miscellaneous costs.

We will be accepting applications for both individual and panel presentations between April 1 and  30, 2015 (applications must be received by this date). Please send your completed entry sheet (found on the Nihon Kindai Bungakukai website) and your abstract to the address given below either by e-mail or by post (to be received by the deadline). For individual papers, abstracts should be about 400 Japanese characters; for panels, please provide an abstract in Japanese for the panel as a whole in addition to the abstracts for each individual presenter, for a total of about 1500 characters.

Applicants will be contacted as soon as selections have been made.  The location and order of presentations will be decided by the organizing committee. Please address any questions you may have to the address below. We look forward to receiving many applications in the hopes that this opportunity may be of benefit to as many researchers as possible. Any details regarding locations and times will be updated on the Nihon Kindai Bungakukai homepage as they become available. Please distribute this information widely, as we hope to receive a broad and diverse selection of applicants.

Entry Sheet: Can be downloaded from the Nihon Kindai Bungakukai homepage.

Please send applications to:
Email: kindaiiin2014@gmail.com
Post: Wada Atsuhiko, Nihon Kindai Bungakukai Jimukyoku
Waseda University, Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences
1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8050 JAPAN

*Please note that the postal address is different from that used for the regular Nihon Kindai Bungakukai conference.

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Job Opening: Visiting Research Fellow (Penn State University, Global Japan Project)

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Paula

money [150-2]As part of our Global Japan Project funded by The Japan Foundation, the Department of Asian Studies at The Pennsylvania State University seeks a Visiting Research Fellow from Japan.   This position is intended to aid research, so no teaching is expected of the Fellow. Priority will be given to applicants who share research interests with some of our faculty in Japanese Studies.

The visiting research fellow will receive a salary of $20,188 plus $1500 towards airfare (and hotel and meal costs for up to two weeks of their visit, until they find more suitable accommodations).  Longer term apartment rental or sublet costs and meal costs will be borne by the Fellow. The position does not include benefits.  The Fellow will also be responsible for the costs of a J-1 short term scholar visa (though Penn State will help prepare the paperwork).

The research fellow is expected to be in primary residence at Penn State’s University Park campus May 1-July 30, 2015, though it is expected and encouraged that short research trips to archives and institutions around the U.S. will occur during that time. (Penn State is within four hours of archives in New York City, Washington DC, and Philadelphia).  Applicants must have a PhD in any field of the Humanities or Social Sciences. Screening of all applications will begin on February 9, 2015 and will continue until filled.  Successful candidates will be notified by March 1.

To apply, upload a CV (please include the names and email addresses of three references), a writing sample of 25-30 pages, and a letter of application stating your research interests, your current research project, the project’s possible connections to the research interests of our faculty, and the names of the archives you would like to visit while at Penn State at https://app2.ohr.psu.edu/Jobs/External/EVMS2_External/currentap1.cfm#55439

CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS: For more about safety at Penn State, and to review the Annual Security Report which contains information about crime statistics and other safety and security matters, please go to  http://www.police.psu.edu/clery/, which will also provide you with detail on how to request a hard copy of the Annual Security Report.

Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, women, veterans, disabled individuals, and other protected groups.

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Job Opening: Visiting Lecturer of Modern History of East Asia, Mt. Holyoke College

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Paula

job opening - 5Institution:   Mt. Holyoke College
Location:   Massachusetts, United States
Position:   Lecturer

Visiting Lecturer, Department of History

The History Department at Mount Holyoke College invites applications for a one-year Visiting Lecturer position in the modern history of East Asia (1600-2000), with specialization on China.  The successful candidate will bring a strong record of teaching and research in Chinese history and its East Asian context, including Korea and Japan.  The teaching load is 3-2, including a survey course, “Modern East Asia (1600-2000).”  Ph.D. should be completed by summer 2015.  Submit letter, CV., three references, and two syllabuses—the modern East Asia survey (1600-2000) and an upper level seminar of your choice, online athttps://jobs.mtholyoke.edu. Review of applications will begin on February 16, 2015.

Mount Holyoke is an undergraduate liberal arts college for women with 2,200 students and 230 faculty.  Over half the faculty are women; one-fourth are persons of color.  Mount Holyoke College is located about 80 miles west of Boston in the Connecticut River valley, and is a member of the Five College Consortium consisting of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts.  Mount Holyoke is committed to fostering multicultural diversity and awareness in its faculty, staff, and student body and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Women and persons of color are especially encouraged to apply.

Contact:

https://jobs.mtholyoke.edu

Website: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/history/

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International Master’s Program in Japanese Humanities at Kyushu University

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Travis

The International Master’s Program (IMAP) in Japanese Humanities in the Graduate School of Humanities at Kyushu University, now entering its fifth year, is sending around a call for applicants.

From their description:

The IMAP in Japanese Humanities is unique in that it offers numerous graduate-level courses, primarily seminars, in English within a graduate school with a full roster of courses taught in Japanese: in addition to core curriculum and elective courses offered by the IMAP program, students may register for Japanese- or English-taught courses across Kyushu University starting in their second semester. The IMAP program features the study of Japanese history, archaeology, art history and visual culture, religion, literature, kanbun, bungo, and other facets of the humanities, especially but not exclusively in the pre-modern periods. These are taught by core faculty Cynthea J. Bogel and Ellen Van Goethem and, during the 2015-16 academic year, by William Matsuda and Lindsey DeWitt. Courses by affiliate faculty in the Graduate School of Humanities and intensive courses by visiting faculty supplement the curriculum; current and past visiting faculty include Karl Friday, Takei Ryōsuke, Heather Blair, Thomas Rohlich, Matthew Stavros, and Yamamoto Satomi.

The program is further characterized by closely supervised instruction and small classes customized to meet the long-term academic goals of each student. There are also courses in field-specific methodologies and research methods. The first semester includes a mandatory intensive course that culminates in a week-long field trip to the Kansai area, and there are day trips to museums and historical sites in Kyushu throughout the year. All students write a thesis in English under the guidance of an academic advisor. The program features proximity to cultural and historical resources and full access to the educational benefits and facilities of a world-class Japanese university situated in the vibrant city of Fukuoka. Thus far all graduates have found employment or entered PhD programs.

The new academic year begins in October 2015. Students generally complete the MA in two years. Applicant profiles and interests are diverse. Candidates with an undergraduate degree (BA) who seek a graduate degree (MA) in one or more subjects within the Japanese humanities, or candidates who already hold an MA but who desire further training to strengthen or broaden their profile are welcome to apply. Although there is no formal Japanese-language requirement, a minimum of two years of college-level Japanese is strongly recommended as Japanese-language materials are typically used in seminars.

We would be very grateful if you would distribute this email and encourage potential students to apply.

Please refer to the program brochure with application details available for download from the following website:

http://www2.lit.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/impjh/

Questions should be addressed to the faculty at kokusai@lit.kyushu-u.ac.jp. Former and current students are also happy to communicate with prospective students about their experiences.

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Book Announcement: East or West: A Walking Journey Along Shikoku’s 88 Temple Pilgrimage

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Paula

SPAlexandra Huddleston

East or West: A Walking Journey Along Shikoku’s 88 Temple Pilgrimage

The book is available through The Kyoudai Press and The Photo Eye Bookstore.

Description:

East or West: A Walking Journey Along Shikoku’s 88 Temple Pilgrimage is an abridged diary, an account of a mystical journey, and a photographic poem in the form of a book.  The images are studies in luminous detail, reflecting the loneliness, quiet intensity, and grace that all true spiritual seekers come to know.

In September 2010 (a few days before her thirty-third birthday), the photographer Alexandra Huddleston set out on an 800-mile walk around the island of Shikoku, Japan. To complete the Shikoku Ohenro trail pilgrims worship at 88 temples on the island, following a route that loosely traces the life and legends of the Buddhist saint Kōbō Daishi.  In the course of her journey, from time to time, the material world unexpectedly gave way to a voyage of mystical transformation.  This is the story of East or West.

ISBN: 978-0-9860437-1-0

Publisher: Blind Cat Valentine: The Kyoudai Press publication series

Photographs: 18

Text: 2 quotes, foreword, journal entries

Language: English

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Call for Papers: McGill East Asian Studies Graduate Symposium 2015

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Paula

call-for-papers-150-21McGill East Asian Studies Graduate Symposium 2015
17-18 April, 2015
Deadline for Submissions: February 13, 2015

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Peter Perdue (Department of History, Yale University)

For further information, please consult the conference website at: http://blogs.mcgill.ca/easpgsa/symposium-2015/

Or visit our Facebook page at:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1539794866296637/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Diversifying East Asia: Ideas, Objects, and Identities

East Asia is a geographically expansive and populous region characterized by fascinating social and cultural variation. China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan are the birthplaces of numerous ethnic groups featuring distinct languages, cultures, and identities. All of them bespeak their unique and remarkable cultural traditions and representations, but these distinct cultures are not isolated from each other. In East Asia we have seen multiple dramatic interactions taking place one after the other and overlapping in complicated ways. These interactions include trade, military invasions, waves of migration, transnational media circuits, global interaction through new media forms, and various other diasporic groups that foster the exchange and interaction of objects and ideas. These same forms and circuits have also been dominated and constrained in different ways over time and space. East Asia, in other words, is a region filled with diverse textures but entangled in a web of intricate dynamics. By studying the diversified nature and connectivity of all kinds – cultural, economic, political, historical, religious, ethnic, gendered, social, and intellectual – involving peoples, places, and process in East Asia, we will be able to develop a wider framework to study this region from an interdisciplinary and transcultural perspective.

The aim of the symposium is to bring together various junior scholars with diverse approaches to the theme Diversifying East Asia: Ideas, Objects, and Identities. We welcome applications from graduate students and postdoctoral researchers engaged in any field of East Asian Studies, including history, archaeology, literature, political science, art history, religious studies, media studies, gender studies, sociology, and anthropology. Please submit an abstract of no more than 350 words to mcgilleas@gmail.com by February 13, 2015. Papers in English or French are welcome. Any questions can be addressed to the organizing committee at mcgilleas@gmail.com .

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