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Tag Archives: China
Book Announcement: Translating the Occupation: The Japanese Invasion of China, 1931–45
Translating the Occupation: The Japanese Invasion of China, 1931–45 Edited by Jonathan Henshaw, Craig A. Smith, and Norman Smith UBC Press From 1931 to 1945, as Japanese imperialism developed and spread throughout China, three regions experienced life under occupation: the … Continue reading
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Book Announcement: Marriage and Marriageability: The Practices of Matchmaking between Men from Japan and Women from Northeast China
Marriage and Marriageability: The Practices of Matchmaking between Men from Japan and Women from Northeast China BY CHIGUSA YAMAURA How do the Japanese men and Chinese women who participate in cross-border matchmaking—individuals whose only interaction is often just one brief … Continue reading
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Tagged China, early modern art, gender studies, Japan, marriage, modern China, relationships
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Book Announcement: That Distant Country Next Door: Popular Japanese Perceptions of Mao’s China
THAT DISTANT COUNTRY NEXT DOOR: POPULAR JAPANESE PERCEPTIONS OF MAO’S CHINA Erik Esselstrom Japan’s road to war in China in the 1930s–1940s is well known, as are the legacies of that conflict in the diplomatic disputes, territorial rows, and educational … Continue reading
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Tagged China, colonialism, diplomacy, empire, Japanese history, modern, modern Japan, modern Japanese history, politics, World War II, WWII
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Book Announcement: Embracing Asia in China and Japan
Torsten Weber, Embracing ‘Asia’ in China and Japan. Asianism Discourse and the Contest for Hegemony, 1912-1933. (Palgrave Macmillan 2018, 407 pages, 8 illustrations). https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319651538 This book examines how Asianism became a key concept in mainstream political discourse between China and Japan … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Asian Studies, book announcement, books, China, Japan, society
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Workshop: 2018 Jangseogak Hanmun (Classical Chinese) Summer Workshop
Call for Applications: 2018 Jangseogak Hanmun Summer Workshop (Intensive Literary/Classical Chinese Training Course for Students and Junior Scholars) The Jangseogak Archives at the Academy of Korean Studies is accepting applications for 2018 Jangseogak Hanmun (Classical Chinese) Summer Workshop, a three-week … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Asian Studies, China, Chinese, classical Chinese, East Asian Studies, Japan, Korea, Korean
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Funding: Summer Luce Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship applications
CALL FOR 2018 SUMMER LUCE POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History University of San Francisco (USF) The USF Ricci Institute is a premier global resource for the study of Chinese-Western cultural exchange with a core … Continue reading
Job Opening: Assistant Professor, Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Institution: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Location: Hong Kong Position: Assistant Professor Applications are invited for:- Department of Japanese Studies Assistant Professor (Ref. 170001WP) (Closing date: January 15, 2018) The Master of Arts Programme in Japanese Studies, under the Department of … Continue reading
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Tagged assistant professor, China, Chinese University of Hong Kong, japanese studies
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Book Announcement: Down with Traitors: Justice and Nationalism in Wartime China
Via University of Washington Press Down with Traitors: Justice and Nationalism in Wartime China YUN XIA CONTENTS Throughout the War of Resistance against Japan (1931-1945), the Chinese Nationalist government punished collaborators with harsh measures, labeling the enemies from within hanjian … Continue reading
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Tagged China, East Asian History, war, War of Resistance, World War II
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Book Announcement: FROM CHINESE CHAN TO JAPANESE ZEN: A Remarkable Century of Transmission and Transformation
FROM CHINESE CHAN TO JAPANESE ZEN: A Remarkable Century of Transmission and Transformation, Steven Heine (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017), 304 Pages | 27 illus., ISBN: 9780190637507 Examines the transformation of Chan Buddhism into Zen Buddhism from … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, Chan Buddhism, China, east asia, East Asian Religions, Japan, religion, religious studies, Zen Buddhism
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Book Announcement: Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan: Poetics and Practice
Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan: Poetics and Practice Brian Steininger Written Chinese served as a prestigious, cosmopolitan script across medieval East Asia, from as far west as the Tarim Basin to the eastern kingdom of Heian period Japan (794–1185). … Continue reading
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