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Tag Archives: city
Book Announcement: Modern Kyoto: Building for Ceremony and Commemoration, 1868-1940
Modern Kyoto: Building for Ceremony and Commemoration, 1868–1940 Alice Y. Tseng Can an imperial city survive, let alone thrive, without an emperor? Alice Y. Tseng answers this intriguing question in Modern Kyoto, a comprehensive study of the architectural and urban projects carried … Continue reading
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Tagged city, Japan, Japanese history, Kyoto, modern Japan, urban history, urban studies
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Book Announcement: The Dream of Christian Nagasaki: World Trade and the Clash of Cultures, 1560-1640
The Dream of Christian Nagasaki: World Trade and the Clash of Cultures, 1560-1640. Jefferson (NC): McFarland Publishers, 2016. Nagasaki, on the west coast of Kyushu, is known in the West for having been the target of an atomic bomb attack … Continue reading
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Workshop: 12th EAJS Workshop for Doctoral Students
Call for Applications: 12th EAJS Workshop for Doctoral Students Venue: EHESS (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales/School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences), Paris, France Date: 4-7 July 2016 Project director: Dr Sébastien Lechevalier (EHESS) Language for applications and during … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past
As the historic capital of the country and the stronghold of the nation’s most celebrated traditions, the city of Kyoto holds a unique place in the Japanese imagination. Widely praised for the beauty of its townscape and natural environments, … Continue reading
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Tagged books, city, democracy, ethnography, Japan, Kyoto, town, tradition, urban environment, urbanity
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Conference: Religious Performance, City and Country in East Asia
The University of Illinois will host an international symposium, “Religious Performance, City and Country in East Asia,” October 9-10, 2013, at Levis Center of the Urbana-Champaign Campus. For details concerning the event, including registration and schedule, see below. University of Illinois … Continue reading
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Tagged city, conference, country, east asia, Illinois, performance, religion, religious performance, University of Illinois
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Book announcement: Urban Spaces in Japan: Cultural and Social Perspectives
Edited by Christoph Brumann, Evelyn Schulz Urban Spaces in Japan explores the workings of power, money and the public interest in the planning and design of Japanese space. Through a set of vivid case studies of well-known Japanese cities including … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, books, cities, city, Japan, public, urban, urban space
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Call for Papers: Workshop on Natural Disaster and the City
Call for Papers Workshop on Natural Disaster and the City Historical Perspectives from Southeast Asia and Japan, 1945-2010 16-17 January 2013 Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University will be … Continue reading
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Tagged call for papers, cities, city, Japan, Kyoto University, natural disaster, transnational, workshop
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Conference Announcement: Japanese Cities in Global Context
Conference and Workshop at Bryn Mawr College Sponsored by: Mellon Tri-Co Seed Grant, Lee Frank Lecture Fund at Swarthmore, Center for Visual Culture at Bryn Mawr College, East Asian Studies Department at Haverford College, Growth and Structure and Cities Department … Continue reading
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Call for Papers: Urban Culture: Literature and the City in Early Modern Asia
Venue: Modern Language Association: Seattle, Jan 5-8, 2012 Panel Title: Urban Culture: Literature and the City in Early Modern Asia Now inviting proposals for papers exploring new forms of urban cultural expression in literature and popular media in premodern East … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, call for papers, city, early modern, early modern history, literature, urban culture
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