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Job Opening: Modern Japanese history, University of Victoria

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Paula

Institution : University of Victoria Location: British Columbia, Canada Position: Assistant Professor, Modern Japanese History The Department of Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Victoria invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor, effective 1 July … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Tenure-track Position, Japanese History

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Paula

Furman University invites applications for an open-rank, tenure-track position in any field of Japanese history with a preferred outside field in Korean history to begin August 2018. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in hand by the start of … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor, East Asian History, Ithaca College

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Paula

Position/Job Summary: Full-time tenure-eligible position in East Asian history. Research specialization is open. In addition to upper level courses in their area of expertise, applicants must be able to teach introductory world history courses or other, innovative 100-level courses in … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Placing Empire: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Paula

Placing Empire Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan Kate McDonald Placing Empire examines the spatial politics of Japanese imperialism through a study of Japanese travel and tourism to Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan between the late nineteenth century and the … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor in Asian History, History, University of North Carolina – Pembroke

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Paula

Institution: University of North Carolina Location: North Carolina, United States Position: Assistant Professor The University of North Carolina at Pembroke invites applications for a tenure-track position in Asian History, broadly defined, at the rank of Assistant Professor. In … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Professor of the History of the Modern East Asia, Missouri State University

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Paula

Institution: Missouri State University, History Department Location: Missouri, United States Position: Assistant Professor of the History of the Modern East Asia ~~The History Department at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO invites applications for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor … Continue reading →

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Resource: Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection – Japanese Diaspora Initiative

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Paula

Stanford University’s Hoover Institution Library & Archives recently launched the Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection as a part of their Japanese Diaspora Initiative, which aims to make the Hoover Institution the leading center for archive-based research and analysis on the historical … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Asian Extremes: Climate, Meteorology and Disaster in History

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Paula

SUBMISSION DEADLINE | 17 OCTOBER 2017 The weather plays an often underestimated, yet vitally important role in human history. Climate has been considered an explanation for almost every aspect of society and culture, from causing disease to determining racial characteristics historically. … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Fabric of Indigeneity: Ainu Identity, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Japan

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Paula

The Fabric of Indigeneity: Ainu Identity, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Japan ann-elise lewallen For more information, please visit http://unmpress.com/books.php?ID=20000000007984 In present-day Japan Indigenous Ainu women stitch together ancestral values and global Indigenous activism to challenge bitter legacies of settler racism … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: History of Asia, University of Macau

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Paula

Institution: Universty of Macau Location: Macau Position: Associate / Assistant Professor in History of Asia / East-West Interactions / Public History The University of Macau (UMacau) is the flagship public university in Macao, which gives it a unique advantage when … Continue reading →

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