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Fellowship: DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion Graphic Culture Research Grant

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Travis

DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion invites researchers to apply to the 2016 Graphic Culture Research Grant Program beginning May 1st. The grants are awarded to support research related to graphic design and graphic arts from diverse disciplines, regardless of humanities … Continue reading →

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Resource: Hachiman digital handscrolls

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Paula

Today we introduce a recently launched online resource, the Hachiman Digital Handscrolls site produced by scholars of Heidelberg University. This is a wonderful research tool for art historians, historians, literature specialists, and any other number of scholars. As stated on … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Curatorial Fellow, Harvard Art Museums

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Travis

via Japan Art History Forum: Institution: Harvard Art Museums, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art Location: Cambridge, MA Position: Henderson Curatorial Fellow in East Asian Art Stipend: $50,000.00 per year Start date: September 1, 2016 This is a term position. … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Art Lover’s Guide to Japanese Museums

Posted on March 6, 2016 by LM

Via University of Washington Press. The Art Lover’s Guide to Japanese Museums SOPHIE RICHARD $30.00S PAPERBACK (9780955997716) hardcover not available PUBLISHED: December 2015 SUBJECT LISTING: Travel; Art History / Asian Art BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 176 pp., 6 x 8 in. TERRITORIAL … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Global Asia: Critical Aesthetics and Alternative Globalities

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Travis

Date: June 27-28, 2016 Location: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore In the inaugural issue of Verge: Studies in Global Asias, Tina Chen and Eric Hayot posit that “‘Asia’ has been ‘global’ since long before the diasporas of the nineteenth century; the … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Seven Masters: 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Wells Collection

Posted on November 15, 2015 by LM

Via the University of Washington Press. Seven Masters: 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Wells Collection ANDREAS MARKS $40.00 PAPERBACK (ISBN 9780989371872) hardcover not available PUBLISHED: July 2015 SUBJECT LISTING: Asian Art BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 208 pp., 310 illus., 9.5 … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability

Posted on October 18, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. 256pp. December 2015 Cloth – Price: $49.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-5157-6 In Spectacular Accumulation, Morgan Pitelka investigates the significance of material culture and sociability in late sixteenth-century Japan, focusing in particular on the career and afterlife of … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Princeton Graduate Student Symposium in East Asian Art

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Travis

*Where: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ *When: Feb 27, 2016 *What: a graduate symposium in East Asian Art, on the subject of Images and Codes: The Problem of Reading Art As the official call tells us: Both text and image can … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Hokusai’s Great Wave: Biography of a Global Icon

Posted on July 19, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. Author: Guth, Christine 272pp. January 2015 Paper – Regular Price: $20.00 On Sale For: $15.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3960-4 Cloth – Regular Price: $57.00 On Sale For: $42.75 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3959-8 Categories: art, art & visual culture, Japan … Continue reading →

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Resource: Burke Collection Online Catalog

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Travis

Thanks to the Japan Art History Forum (JAHF) for publicizing the launch of a beautiful online catalog of the Mary Griggs Burke Collection. The Burke collection is one of the most prominent collections of Japanese art outside of Japan, and … Continue reading →

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