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Book Announcements: Modernism and Japanese Culture, Politics and Religion in Modern Japan, Rethinking Japanese Modernism

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Paula

Modernism and Japanese Culture By Roy Starrs. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, 344 pages. Paperback: $25, Hardcover: $80. Webpages: UK: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=360186; US:http://us.macmillan.com/modernismandjapaneseculture/RoyStarrs Offering an in-depth and comprehensive account of the complex history of Japanese modernism, in this book Roy … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Position Non-Western Hist., Univ of Louisiana Lafayette, Instructor

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Paula

Institution: University of Louisiana – Lafayette, History Location: Louisiana, United States Position: Instructor of History, Non-Western, Non-Tenure Track Faculty This is a non-tenure track, renewable, appointment in non-Western history. Primary teaching responsibilities include undergraduate World Civilizations and/or U.S. … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Asia at the End of History: Beginnings, Ends, and Transformations

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Paula

ASPAC, the Association for Asian Studies, Pacific announces a call for papers for the 2012 Conference at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington Asia at the End of History: Beginnings, Ends, and Transformations Gonzaga University is pleased to announce that it … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: History (incl Asia), Bethel Univ., Asst prof

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Paula

Institution: Bethel University, History Location: Minnesota, United States Position: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor (Tenure Track) Bethel University (College of Arts & Sciences) invites applications for a Full-Time Faculty Appointment in the Department of History (Tenure Track). … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian Hist., Emmanuel Coll., Asst prof

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Paula

Institution: Emmanuel College, History Location: Massachusetts, United States Position: Assistant Professor of History Emmanuel College is a coed 17-acre residential college of liberal arts and sciences right in the city of Boston. In the Catholic academic tradition, we … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian Studies & History, Colby College, Faculty Fellow

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Paula

Institution: Colby College, East Asian Studies and History Location: Maine, United States Position: Non-Tenure Track Faculty Fellow in East Asian Studies and History The Departments of East Asian Studies and History at Colby College invite applications for a … Continue reading →

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Conference: Piracy and Anti-Piracy Campaigns in Eurasia, c. 1600-1900

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Paula

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, “GLOBALIZING VIOLENCE, EMERGING MODERNITY: Piracy and Anti-Piracy Campaigns in Eurasia, c. 1600-1900” Date: 10-11 December 2011 Venue: Gakushuin Women’s College, Tokyo, Japan Organizer: JSPS grant-in-aid project (S) “Eurasia in the Modern Period: Towards a New World History” (Leader: … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian History, Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Paula

Institution: CW Post, Long Island University, History Location: New York, United States Position: Assistant Professor, East Asian History The Department of History at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University invites applications for a tenure-track … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Drugs and Drink in Asia: New Perspectives from History

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Paula

Drugs and drink in Asia: New perspectives from History June 22-24, 2012, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China The centenary of the Hague Opium Convention in 1912 marks a hundred years of the development of international controls on commercial flows in psycho-active … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Voices of Early Modern Japan. Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Paula

Constantine Nomikos Vaporis. Greenwood Press,2012. 254 pages. ISBN 978-0-313-39200-9 eISBN 978-0-313-39201-6. Voices of Early Modern Japan: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns spans an extraordinary period of Japanese history, ranging from the unification of the … Continue reading →

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