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Job Opening: East Asian History, University of Minnesota, Morris

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Paula

Institution:       University of Minnesota – Morris, History Location:          Minnesota, United States Position:           Assistant or Associate Professor in East Asian History (Tenure Track) The University of Minnesota, Morris has an opening for a Tenure-Track position in East Asian … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability

Posted on October 18, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. 256pp. December 2015 Cloth – Price: $49.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-5157-6 In Spectacular Accumulation, Morgan Pitelka investigates the significance of material culture and sociability in late sixteenth-century Japan, focusing in particular on the career and afterlife of … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Japanese History, University of Washington

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Paula

Institution:        University of Washington – Seattle, Jackson School of International Studies Location:         Washington, United States Position:          Modern Japanese History, Open Rank, Assistant, Associate or Full Professor The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Department … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Lovable Losers: The Heike in Action and Memory

Posted on October 11, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. Lovable Losers: The Heike in Action and Memory Editor: Adolphson, Mikael S.; Commons, Anne; 344pp. October 2015 Cloth – Price: $55.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-4675-6 Lovable Losers is the first substantial piece of English-language scholarship to examine … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian History, Sam Houston State University

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Paula

Institution:       Sam Houston State University Location:          Texas, United States Position:           Assistant Professor, East Asian History The Department of History at Sam Houston State University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Monster of the Twentieth Century, Kotoku Shusui and Japan’s First Anti-Imperialist Movement

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Paula

This extended monograph examines the work of the radical journalist Kotoku Shusui and Japan’s anti-imperialist movement of the early twentieth century. It includes the first English translation of Imperialism (Teikokushugi), Kotoku’s classic 1901 work. Kotoku Shusui was a Japanese socialist, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Photos of Meiji Japan

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Paula

Recently grape posted an article featuring thirty photos from the Meiji period taken by photographer Kozaburo Tamamura (1856-1923) that were auctioned off in Britian in 2013. Ranging from wooden bridges and young women in their daily lives to shopping streets and wintery … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Yasukuni Shrine: History, Memory, and Japan’s Unending Postwar

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Paula

Yasukuni Shrine: History, Memory, and Japan’s Unending Postwar Author: Takenaka, Akiko This is the first extensive English-language study of Yasukuni Shrine as a war memorial. It explores the controversial shrine’s role in waging war, promoting peace, honoring the dead, and, … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Asian History, National University of Singapore

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Paula

Institution:  National University of Singapore, Department of History Location:     Singapore Position:      Full Professor, National University of Singapore, Department of History The George E. Bogaars Professorship in History The Department of History at the National University of Singapore (NUS) … Continue reading →

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Workshop: ‘Leftover’ and ‘Stale’ Women: A Graduate Student Workshop on Gender Inequality in Contemporary China and Japan

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Paula

The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies invites graduate students to participate in its Tuesday, October 6, 2015 workshop, “‘Leftover’ and ‘Stale’ Women:  A Graduate Student Workshop on Gender Inequality in Contemporary China and Japan.” In East Asia, and … Continue reading →

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