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Okinawa Resources: Watanabe Miki personal website

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Travis

21Watanabe Miki 渡辺美季, a professor at the University of Tokyo, is easily one of the leading up-and-coming scholars of Ryukyuan history. Her 2012 book Kinsei Ryūkyū to Chūnichi kankei (近世琉球と中日関係; my rough translation: “Early Modern Ryukyu and its relations with … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian history, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Paula

Institution:       University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, Department of History Location:          Wisconsin, United States Position:          Assistant Professor, East Asian History The Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater seeks a tenure-track assistant professor to teach introductory and upper-level … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: International Graduate Historical Studies Conferences

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Paula

Call for Papers The International Graduate Historical Studies Conference will host “Crossing Borders, Challenging Boundaries” at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, March 31-April 1, 2017. The key note address will be delivered by Professor John Merriman, Yale University. We … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Japanese History, University of Southern California

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Paula

Institution:       University of Southern California Location:          California, United States Position:          Assistant Professor, modern Japanese history The History Department of the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian history, Baylor University

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Paula

Institution: Baylor University Location: Texas, United States Position: Assistant Professor of East Asian History Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, consistently listed with highest honors among The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Paula

Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan Drott, Edward R. Scholars have long remarked on the frequency with which Japanese myths portrayed gods (kami) as old men or okina. Many of these “sacred elders” came to be … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: 100-Year-Old Glass Plates in an Abandoned Japanese Home

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Paula

Many people in Japan are big fans of haikyo, literally meaning “ruins,” but more broadly meaning the exploration of abandoned sites in Japanese cities of countrysides. There’s even entire sites dedicated to it! One recent article I came across on PetaPixel was … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor of East Asian History, Albion College

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Paula

Institution:          Albion College Location:             Michigan, United States Position:             Tenure Track Faculty ~~East Asian History. The History Department of Albion College invites applications for a tenure-track position in East Asian history to begin August 2017. Willingness to contribute to college-wide … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: 15th EAJS International Conference: History

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Paula

HISTORY (Section 7) Convenors: Mark Pendleton, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Mickey Adolphson, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom The section will have the following theme: Bridging Divides in Japanese History: Troubling Periodization and Methodological Rigidity Historians of Japan have often been … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The European Forum on Korean-Japanese History

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Paula

International Workshop: “Gender(ed) Histories of Korea and Japan” 22-24 September 2017, Tuebingen, Germany Established in March 2012, the European Forum on Korean-Japanese History aims to promote dialogue between historians of Korea and Japan in Europe. The Forum is an independent body … Continue reading →

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