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Job Opening: Curatorial Assistant in Asian Art

Posted on March 1, 2011 by LM

Information from HigherEd Jobs, which is a great resource for finding faculty and staff positions in higher education. Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center For Visual Arts at Stanford University Curatorial Assistant, Asian Art, 75% to FTE The curatorial assistant … Continue reading →

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Specialty Dictionaries Online: Art History and History

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Paula

There’s an enormous amount of online J/E and E/J dictionaries, add-ons, and web readers out there, some aimed at the casual learner and others for more advanced students. But let’s face it- when you’re in the Japanese field as a … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Periscope Studio’s Miyazaki Tribute

Posted on February 11, 2011 by LM

Based in Portland, Periscope Studio is the largest studio of freelance comic artists in the US. Periscope hosts a sketch blog on Tumblr, and the weeklong sketch-blog challenge for Jan. 24-30 was the work of legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki of … Continue reading →

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Job opening: Lecturer, Art & Visual Culture of Japan, Leiden University

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Paula

Institution: Leiden University Location:   Netherlands Position:   Assistant Professor The Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University invites applications for a fulltime lectureship in the Art & Visual Culture of Japan. Initial appointment will be fixed-term from September 2011 or as soon … Continue reading →

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Website announcement: Visualizing Cultures – Image-Driven Scholarship

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Paula

A new spectacular resource for historical and artistic scholarship, MIT’s Visualizing Cultures presents a multimedia approach to looking at Asian history and international social and cultural relations. We have a lengthy description here, but you can also check out the … Continue reading →

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Exhibition: Imaging Others: Cultural Intersections in the Colonial Period

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Paula

If you’re anywhere near Iowa, this sounds like a fascinating exhibit featuring Japanese, Chinese, and African art of the 19th and 20th centuries! — Imaging Others: Cultural Intersections in the Colonial Period An Exhibition Examining Cultural Representation in Japanese, Chinese … Continue reading →

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Event: Hakuin Symposium

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Paula

If you’re in the New York area this week, you may be interested in the Hakuin Symposium, presented by the Japan Society of New York. For those of you not aware, Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769) was an extremely influential figure in … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Rice Field Art

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Paula

The harvest season is long gone, but the fun still remains! All across Japan, farmers have been engaging in a form of agricultural art: rice field art. The first to pioneer this scene is the village of Inakadate, which has … Continue reading →

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Museums Outside of Japan with Japanese Art Collections

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Paula

One of the best ways to become acquainted with Japanese history and culture is through its art. I’m not just saying this because I’m taking an Arts of Japan course right now, but because some of my most exhilarating experiences … Continue reading →

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