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Tag Archives: diplomacy
Book Announcement: Competing Visions of Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia, 1938-1960: Identity, Asianism, and the Search for a Regional Role
Competing Visions of Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia, 1938–1960:Identity, Asianism and the Search for a Regional RoleVon Dr. Heiko Lang In a detailed discourse analysis, it compares competing arguments offered by business circles, the military, the political and diplomatic elites, … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, diplomacy, international relations, Japan, modern, modern history, modern Japan, Southeast Asia
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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: The Company and the Shogun: The Dutch Encounter with Tokugawa Japan
Adam Clulow Columbia Studies in International and Global History Cloth, 352 pages, Color Illus.: 9, , Maps: 2, ISBN: 978-0-231-16428-3 $55.00 / $B# (B38.00 Published by Columbia University Press http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-16428-3/the-company-and-the-shogun The Company and the Shogun examines the encounter between the … Continue reading
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Tagged books, diplomacy, Dutch East India Company, history, sovereignty, Tokugawa, Tokugawa Japan
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Abe Fellowship is Accepting Applications
2011 Abe Fellowship Competition Deadline: September 1, 2011 http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/abe-fellowship/ The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announce the annual Abe Fellowship competition. The Abe Fellowship … Continue reading
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Tagged Abe Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies, culture, diplomacy, economy, fellowship, global studies, Japan, Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, regional issues, research, security, Social Science Research Council, social sciences
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