Tag Archives: graduate school

Resource: Library and Archive Travel Grants

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Paula

Not everyone is based at an institution where they have access to a Japan Studies collection, particularly a comprehensive one that may have the specialist materials they need. Fortunately a lot of larger institutions with these holdings sponsor library or … Continue reading →

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Call for Applicants: Sasakawa Studentships at the University of East Anglia, UK

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Paula

The Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK, has once again been invited to submit applications for a number of Postgraduate Studentships from the Great British Sasakawa Foundation. These are available for students pursuing postgraduate (MA and PhD) … Continue reading →

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Call for Applicants: Ise and Japan Study Program

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Paula

Kogakkan University (located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture) will be hosting a sixth year of the “Ise and Japan Study Program.” The program is open to graduate (Master or PhD) or post-graduate researchers (including faculty) who are interested in learning … Continue reading →

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Funding: Tanaka Fund Grant to Support Promising Junior Japanese Studies Scholars

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Paula

Historical Background The Tanaka Fund was established in 1974 as the result of an exchange of gifts between the governments of Canada and Japan. Canada offered $1,000,000 to Japan to promote Canadian studies in Japanese universities, while Japan provided 300 … Continue reading →

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Resource: Japan Foundation Directory of Japanese Studies

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Paula

Although we have a number of articles about whether or not graduate school is right for you (maybe it’s not!) or how to choose a program, often the first question is simply where programs in Japanese Studies are. Even as … Continue reading →

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Research Positions: Time in Medieval Japan

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Travis

*Project: ERC-Advanced Grant Research Project “Time in Medieval Japan” (TIMEJ) *Position: Research Associate, 5-year, non-tenure-track position *Institution: Department of Japanese Studies, Institute for Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland *Dates: September 2017 until August 2022 Project Description The … Continue reading →

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Funding: MA and PhD Funding at the University of Leeds

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Paula

MA and PhD Funding at the University of Leeds (Chinese, Japanese, Southeast Asian and Asia-Pacific Studies) East Asian Studies, a constituent unit within the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, at the University of Leeds, UK, would like to draw … Continue reading →

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Call for Applicants: Chinese/Japanese Studies Graduate Programs at the University of Colorado, Boulder

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Paula

The Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado, Boulder is calling for applications from students interested in pursuing graduate studies on topics related to China and Japan. The department offers MA and PhD degrees in modern and … Continue reading →

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Translation Workshop: Japanese to English

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Paula

TRANSLATION WORKSHOP Where: University of Oxford, UK When: April 2 to April 5, 2017 We are seeking applications from research students to translate scholarly articles from Japanese to English for the second BAJS (British Association for Japanese Studies) Translation Workshop … Continue reading →

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Graduate Level Research Grants for non-U.S. Citizens

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Paula

I was recently asked about funding options for dissertating non-U.S. citizens in the field, as some of the major sources of financial support (such as Fulbright) are not open to non-U.S. graduate researchers regardless of whether they are affiliated with … Continue reading →

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