Tag Archives: history

Resource: Japanese Censorship Collection

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Paula

Modern Japan enthusiasts will be excited by this relatively recent addition to the digitized collections of the Library of Congress. In collaboration with Japan’s National Diet Library, the Library of Congress has made available a digitized collection of Japanese censored … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Japan at the Crossroads

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Paula

Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo Nick Kapur —- In spring of 1960, Japan’s government passed Anpo, a revision of the postwar treaty that allows the United States to maintain a military presence in Japan. This move … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor in Japanese history, Yale University

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Paula

The Yale University Department of History intends to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in the history of the Japanese colonial empire, to begin on July 1, 2019. The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses on the history of … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: The view from the shogun’s (toilet) seat?

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Paula

In case you needed a little more excitement on your visit to the bathrooms at Kyoto station, The Asahi Shimbun reported that through August 16, the subway station paneled the inside of two of their stalls (one in the men’s … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Land, Power, and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Paula

Land, Power, and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan Edited by Janet R. Goodwin, Joan R. Piggott Landed estates (shōen) produced much of the material wealth supporting all levels of late classical and medieval Japanese society. During the tenth through … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Japan’s Occupation of Java in the Second World War

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Paula

Japan’s Occupation of Java in the Second World War Ethan Mark Japan’s Occupation of Java in the Second World War draws upon written and oral Japanese, Indonesian, Dutch and English-language sources to narrate the Japanese occupation of Java as a transnational … Continue reading →

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Resource: The Gail Project: An Okinawan-American Dialogue

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Paula

Today’s online resource is The Gail Project: An Okinawan-American Dialogue, a collaborative public history project and exhibition that addresses the fascinating history of Okinawan-American relations in the years following World War II. Based out of the University of California, Santa … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Asian History, Modern World History

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Paula

Institution :  National Chengchi University Location:  Taiwan Position:  Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor Full-Time Faculty Positions/ Dept. of History Two Positions: Modern Asian History; Modern World History (non-Asia specialty) Open rank – assistant professor, associate professor, or professor Doctorate in history or … Continue reading →

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Job Openings: Kanagawa University

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Travis

The Dept of Cross-Cultural Studies, at Kanagawa University, is in the process of expanding and restructuring into a separate faculty, 国際日本学部, to be located in a new high-rise in Yokohama’s central Minatomirai district. We are seeking TWO new Japan scholars … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The History of Japanese Psychology: Global Perspectives, 1875–1950

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Paula

The History of Japanese Psychology: Global Perspectives, 1875–1950, by Brian J. McVeigh, Bloomsbury Press, 2017. During the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries the individual became the basic, self-contained unit of society whose interior life was increasingly privileged.  This “inward turn” resonated with … Continue reading →

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