Tag Archives: art

Funding: Triangle Center travel grants

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Paula

The Triangle Center for Japanese Studies is pleased to offer travel grants to scholars outside the Durham/Raleigh/Chapel Hill/Greensboro area to conduct Japan-related research at Triangle institutions using Japanese materials in the Duke Library, UNC’s Ackland Art Museum or NCSU’s Gregg … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Toyo Ito Wins Pritzker Prize 2013

Posted on March 22, 2013 by LM

Japanese architect Toyo Ito has been named as the 2013 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Read the announcement and see a visual overview of his life’s work, including the Sendai Mediatheque library (which survived the 2011 earthquake), on Dezeen. … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Hokusai & Book Illustration

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Paula

Rare Book School offers five-day, intensive courses for students from all disciplines and levels to study the history of manuscript, printed, and born-digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field. This year, we are pleased to present more … Continue reading →

Posted in announcements, culture, graduate school, study tools, summer program | Tagged art, book, books, early modern, Edo period, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Hokusai, Japan, Japanese art, print culture, printing, Tokugawa period, Washington DC, workshop | Leave a comment

Fun Link Friday: deep kyoto & Kyoto Baths

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Travis

It can be really easy to get templed-out in Kyoto, or to otherwise get overwhelmed or tired out by the big-name tourist sites and the feeling of a need to hit them all. As I found a few summers ago, … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Curator of Education, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Posted on January 23, 2013 by LM

Via JETWit Jobs mailing list. Institution: Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens Location: Delray Beach, Florida Job posted Jan. 15, 2013 Education: BA required, MA preferred Language: JLPT 1 or 2 Application deadline: March 4, 2013 [updated 2/5/2013] Position Summary: The … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: “The Wonderful Worlds of 100 Waka”

Posted on January 18, 2013 by LM

For some interesting insights into the politics of translating poetry, check out Stuart Varnam-Atkin’s special to The Japan Times, “The Wonderful Worlds of 100 Waka.” In this article, Varnam-Atkin discusses the history of waka and the Ogura Hyakunin Issin, a poetry collection used in a parlor game played at … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Enacting Culture: Japanese Theater in Historical and Modern

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Paula

Geilhorn, Barbara / Grossmann, Eike / Miura, Hiroko / Eckersall, Peter (eds) Enacting Culture: Japanese Theater in Historical and Modern Contexts 2012 · ISBN 978-3-86205-039-0 · 313 Seiten, geb. · EUR 56,— Monographien, herausgegeben vom Deutschen Institut für Japanstudien (Bd. 51) The … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Buddhist Art and Its Conservation

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Paula

Institution: Courtauld Institute of Art, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Art and Conservation Location: United Kingdom Position: Lecturer in Buddhist Art and its Conservation The Courtauld Institute of Art is the UK’s leading … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Concept of Danzō ‘Sandalwood Images’ in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture of the 8th to 14th Centuries

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Paula

Christian Boehm The Concept of Danzō: ‘Sandalwood Images’ in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture of the 8th to 14th Centuries London: Saffron Books, 2012 264pp, hard cover, 287mm x 210mm, 165 colour and black and white illustrations Saffron Asian Art & Society … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Content Expert for History of Nonwestern Art [part-time]

Posted on November 29, 2012 by LM

Institution: Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design Location: Lakewood, CO Posted: 11/21/2012 Application Due: Open Until Filled Type: Part-Time/Adjunct Education: MA required, PhD preferred Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design seeks qualified applicants write and develop AH 3500 … Continue reading →

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