Tag Archives: China

Summer Institute on “Infusing Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum: China and Japan”

Deadline: March 31, 2012 Summer Institute on Infusing Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum: China and Japan Location: East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii Dates: July 23-August 10, 2012 This multidisciplinary, three-week Institute fosters faculty and institutional development aimed at enhancing undergraduate … Continue reading

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Job Opening: Modern East Asian History, Helen Bruce Lectureship, University of Aberdeen

Institution:   University of Aberdeen, UK Location:   United Kingdom Position:   Helen Bruce Lectureship in Modern East Asian History UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN SCHOOL OF DIVINITY, HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY HELEN BRUCE LECTURESHIP IN MODERN EAST ASIAN HISTORY With the support … Continue reading

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Call for Manuscripts: Journal of Northeast Asian History

http://trywait.net/wp/archives/2080 The Journal of Northeast Asian History invites the submission of manuscripts on Northeast Asian history and territorial issues. Topics may include, but are not limited to, historical interaction in East Asia, imperialism and colonialism in Asia, historiographical issues, maritime … Continue reading

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Book announcement: Grounds of Judgment: Extraterritoriality and Imperial Power in Nineteenth-Century China and Japan

Author: Pär Cassel ISBN-10: 0199792054 ISBN-13: 9780199792054 Published: Oxford University Press, USA Pages: 272 Language: English Perhaps more than anywhere else in the world, the nineteenth century encounter between East Asia and the Western world has been narrated as a … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Drugs and Drink in Asia: New Perspectives from History

Drugs and drink in Asia: New perspectives from History June 22-24, 2012, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China The centenary of the Hague Opium Convention in 1912 marks a hundred years of the development of international controls on commercial flows in psycho-active … Continue reading

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Job Opening: East Asian History, Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Institution: Valparaiso University, History Location:   Indiana, United States Position:   Assistant Professor, Tenure track, East Asian history East Asia. Valparaiso University invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor of East Asian history to begin August 2012. PhD and … Continue reading

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Job Opening: Japanese Studies, Assistant Professor

Institution: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Japanese Studies Location:   Hong Kong Position:   Assistant Professor Applications are invited for:- Department of Japanese Studies Assistant Professor (Ref. 1112/050(328)/2) Applicants should (i) have a relevant PhD degree; (ii) be … Continue reading

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Resource: Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era

The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections department recently announced the digitization of maps and guidebooks of the Japanese Tokugawa period, ca. 1600-1867. If you enjoy researching this era of Japanese history or simply enjoy … Continue reading

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Call for Applications: Translating Asia: Studying China in Imperial Japan, 1895-1936

The Department of History at the Free University of Berlin (Prof. Sebastian Conrad) is inviting applications for a graduate student with the aim of pursuing a Ph.D. in the project Translating Asia: Studying China in Imperial Japan, 1895-1936. Positions will … Continue reading

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor, Japanese/Chinese History

Institution: Skidmore College Location: New York, United States Position: Non-Tenure Track Faculty, Visiting Assistant Professor East Asian History Skidmore College’s Department of History invites applications for a full-time, one year replacement in East Asian History beginning fall of 2011.  The … Continue reading

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