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Book Announcement: The Aesthetics of Strangeness: Eccentricity and Madness in Early Modern Japan

Posted on August 25, 2013 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. Author: Brecher, W. Puck 272pp. July 2013 Cloth – Price: $42.00ISBN: 978-0-8248-3666-5 Eccentric artists are “the vagaries of humanity” that inhabit the deviant underside of Japanese society: This was the conclusion drawn by pre–World War II … Continue reading →

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Conference: Performance and Japanese Literature

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Paula

  Registration is now available for PERFORMANCE AND JAPANESE LITERATURE the 22nd annual Association for Japanese Literary Studies conference hosted by the Japan Studies Committee of the University of Chicago October 18-19, 2013 at International House (1414 E. 59th St. Chicago, … Continue reading →

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Exhibition: Fresh Impressions: Early Modern Japanese Prints

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Paula

The Toledo Museum of Art has a free upcoming exhibition on Japanese art. From October 4 to January 1, 2014, the TMA is proud to offer Fresh Impressions: Early Modern Japanese Prints, which will feature an exquisite collection of 343 woodblock prints in pristine … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese Art, A. W. Mellon Fellow for Japanese Art

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Paula

Institution:   Saint Louis Art Museum, Curatorial Affairs Location:   Missouri, United States Position:   A. W. Mellon Fellow for Japanese Art This is a 3-year benefited fellowship with the Saint Louis Art Museum. The main purpose of this Fellowship … Continue reading →

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Call for Submissions: Japan Media Arts Festival 2014

Posted on August 1, 2013 by LM

Via Art Radar. Deadline: Sept. 12, 2013 The Japan Media Arts Festival is a comprehensive festival of MediaArts (=Media Geijutsu) that honors outstanding works in the four divisions of Art, Entertainment,Animation, and Manga, as well as providing a platform for … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: East Asian Journal of Popular Culture

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Paula

We are delighted to announce the development of the new Intellect Journal of East Asian Popular Culture and to issue a general call for papers. In the last few decades there has been a huge rise in the interest in … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Annual Conference of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Paula

The Board of the EAAA is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 1st EAAA conference to be held at Palack University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, between 25th and 27th September 2014. The conference will be jointly organized by … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Laughing like in the “good old days”? The Boom of Rakugo and Yose Engei in the 21st Century

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Paula

Symposium at the University of Vienna October 11th  to 12th 2013 (Rakugo-kai with Shunpuutei Ichinosuke on October 12th 2013) The submission deadline for papers is August 5th 2013. More than 40 years after the famous rakugo-ka Tatekawa Danshi predicted the death of … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Modern Art Asia Online Conference

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Travis

From: H-Japan Announcements Call for Expressions of Interest: the Modern Art Asia Conference Conference Date: November 2013 Conference Location: Online Submission Deadline: Sept 1, 2013 At its foundation, Modern Art Asia was envisaged as a forum for early career researchers … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: 400th Anniversary of Japan-British Relations

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Paula

Although 2013 is already half over, the history nerd in me still feels the need to promote this fabulous factoid and fun link, which came to me earlier this year as a website announcement: 2013 marks the 400th anniversary of … Continue reading →

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