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Tag Archives: culture
Funding: Japan-US Friendship Commission Grants
http://www.jusfc.gov/ JUSFC accepts grant applications in the following areas: 1) Exchanges and Scholarship 2) Global Challenges 3) Arts and Culture 4) Education and Public Affairs Which organizations may apply? Any non-profit organization in the United States or Japan that deals with Japanese … Continue reading
Job Opening: Assistant Professor, Asian Studies
Assistant Professor Interdisciplinary Humanities, Asian Studies Department of Humanities, History and Social Sciences Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution of over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students emphasizing arts, media, and communications in a liberal arts setting. … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian Studies, assistant professor, Columbia College, culture, history, job opening, tenure track
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Book Announcement: Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture
Edited by Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin Palgrave Macmillan | 256 pages | 2012 ISBN-10: 0230298303 ISBN-13: 978-0230298309 This volume is masterful in treating Japanese idol culture with the seriousness it deserves. Scholarly and astute, the essays massage … Continue reading
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Tagged books, celebrity, contemporary, culture, idols, Japan, Japanese culture, Johnny's, modern, modern Japan
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Symposium: Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan: History, Culture, and Foreign Relations
An exciting joint international symposium, ” Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan: History, Culture, and Foreign Relations,” will be held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 11, 2013. The online registration is now open. … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, Edo, Edo period, foreign relations, history, Japan, symposium, Tokugawa, Tokugawa period, University of Hawai'i
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Book Announcement: Bones of Contention: Animals and Religion in Contemporary Japan
Author: Ambros, Barbara R Since the 1990s the Japanese pet industry has grown to a trillion-yen business and estimates place the number of pets above the number of children under the age of fifteen. There are between 6,000 to 8,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, books, contemporary Japan, culture, Japan, Japanese culture, pets, religion
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Job Opening: Japanese Contemporary Culture
Institution: University of Arizona, East Asian Studies Location: Arizona, United States Position: Assistant Professor, Japanese Contemporary Culture The Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona is seeking a highly qualified candidate for a tenure-track appointment at the … Continue reading
Funding: POLA Foundation for the Promotion of Traditional Japanese Culture
I didn’t see any past participants that were not Japanese, but I also did not see anything explicitly stating only nationals could apply. It might be worth checking out more in detail if you’re interested in traditional culture. The website … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, culture, Japan, Japanese arts, Japanese culture, POLA foundation, research, traditional culture
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Book Announcement: Illustrated Guide to Hawaii’s Japanese Buddhist Temples
http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8767-9780824836795.aspx Tanabe, George J.; Tanabe, Willa Jane Japanese Buddhist Temples in Hawaii 256pp. October 2012 Paper – Price: $22.99ISBN: 978-0-8248-3679-5 Cloth – Price: $45.00ISBN: 978-0-8248-3663-4 363 color illus. A Latitude 20 Book Upon entering a Japanese Buddhist temple in Hawai‘i, … Continue reading
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Tagged area studies, book annoucement, books, Buddhist, culture, Hawai'i, Japanese, religious studies, temple, Zen
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Book Announcement: Sword of Zen: Master Takuan and His Writings on Immovable Wisdom and the Sword Taie
http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8764-9780824836788.aspx Sword of Zen: Master Takuan and His Writings on Immovable Wisdom and the Sword Taie Author: Haskel, Peter; University of Hawai’i Press 208pp. October 2012 Paper – Price: $23.00ISBN: 978-0-8248-3678-8 Cloth – Price: $50.00ISBN: 978-0-8248-3543-9 Takuan Sōho’s (1573–1645) two … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, Buddhism, culture, religion, sword, taie, Takuan, Takuan Sōho, translation, Zen
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Resource: The Obakemono Project
Happy Halloween, everyone! You’re probably working on a costume for some party this weekend, so we’ll keep today’s resource brief. The Obakemono Project! Okay, so this isn’t a traditional resource per se, but it’s a really fun site having to … Continue reading
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