Tag Archives: Europe

Book Announcement: Interactions Between Rivals: The Christian Mission and Buddhist Sects in Japan (c.1549-c.1647)

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Paula

Interactions Between Rivals: The Christian Mission and Buddhist Sects in Japan (c.1549-c.1647) Edited by Alexandra Curvelo & Angelo Cattaneo This volume presents comprehensive research on how southern European Catholics and the Japanese confronted each other, interacted and mutually experienced religious … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Mediatised images of Japan in Europe: Through the media kaleidoscope

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Paula

Europe and Japan are geographically far removed from one another. However, and increasingly, Japan is also present in a variety of public venues and forms travelling on multiple distribution platforms: print, television, and online media. Inevitably, all these sources provide … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: New Year’s Greetings from Early 20th-Century Japan

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Paula

Still coming out of your New Year’s haze? I know I am! Here’s a quickie Fun Link Friday– a set of turn-of-the-20th-century Japanese postcards from the collection of U.S. postcard collector Ken Reed first blogged about at Collector’s Weekly. The aesthetic … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: From White to Yellow: The Japanese in European Racial Thought, 1300-1735

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Paula

From White to Yellow: The Japanese in European Racial Thought, 1300-1735 (McGill-Queen’s University Press, December 2014). “This magisterial work fills an important gap in contemporary scholarship about racial history and European perceptions of the Japanese during the age of maritime explorations, beginning with … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The European Union and Asia. Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Paula

International Academic Conference September 16th, 2014 Call for Papers Kozminski University Asia Research Centre (KU ARC) is pleased to announce the call for papers for the The European Union and Asia. Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities, a conference organized jointly by … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Cute Studies

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Paula

Call for Papers: “Cute Studies,” a special issue of the East Asian Journal of Popular Culture Cuteness has a global reach: it is an affective response; an aesthetic category; a performative act of self-expression; and an immensely popular form of … Continue reading →

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Funding: Doctoral Scholarships in Transcultural Studies

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Paula

The Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies of the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” at Heidelberg University welcomes applications for eight doctoral scholarships beginning in the winter semester 2013/14. The programme offers a monthly scholarship of … Continue reading →

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Job Opening(s): Doctoral Research Fellows: Concepts and Taxonomies

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Paula

University of Zurich, URPP Asia and Europe Research position at the doctoral level in research field 1 Concepts and Taxonomies Location: Switzerland The University Research Priority Program (URPP) Asia and Europe of the University of Zurich explores exchanges and encounters … Continue reading →

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Job Opening(s): Doctoral Research Fellows: Asia & Europe Exchanges, Entangled Histories

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Paula

University of Zurich, URPP Asia and Europe Research position at doctoral level in research field 2 Entangled Histories Location: Switzerland The University Research Priority Program (URPP) Asia and Europe of the University of Zurich explores exchanges and encounters between Asia … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Translator Japanese-UK English, Nintendo of Europe [UK] [Europe]

Posted on December 20, 2012 by LM

Via JETwit.com. Company: Nintendo of Europe Location: Frankfurt, Germany Languages: UK English, Japanese Thanks to our products Wii U™ and Nintendo 3DS™ we are one of the leading manufacturers of video games and consoles in the field of Interactive Entertainment. … Continue reading →

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