Tag Archives: Japan

Urgent need for Japanese speakers

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Paula

The National Language Service Corps has expressed an urgent need for Japanese speakers for earthquake/tsunami relief efforts. Please refer to the following webpage for information: http://nlscorps.blogspot.com/2011/03/looking-for-japanese-speakers-with.html http://nlscorps.blogspot.com/2011/03/urgent-need-for-japanese-speakers.html General blog site with announcements: http://nlscorps.blogspot.com/

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Reminder: earthquake/tsunami relief links

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Paula

Things have been crazy this week as I fly around the country touring universities, but after this weekend regular posts will resume. In the meanwhile, there are a number of great resources for earthquake/tsunami relief that I’ve been pulling out … Continue reading →

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Between Experiment, Form and Culturalism: Butoh in History and Contemporary Practice

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Paula

May 20-22, 2011 University of California, Los Angeles Despite Butoh‘s 50 year history, much of the current scholarly work in Japan and in North America still focuses narrowly on Butoh’s co-founders, Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo, or worse, assimilates Butoh … Continue reading →

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Site Review: Studying Basic Kanji with Phantom Thief Nekopy

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Laura

http://www.nekopy.com/ “Kaitou Nekopi” (怪盗ねこぴー), Phantom Thief Nekopy, is a Japanese website designed to help elementary school children have fun while studying. It’s full of games related to all their school subjects: including math, science, social studies, English and kokugo– Japanese. … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: How’s it made: Sake!

Posted on March 18, 2011 by reedra01

With all that’s going on overseas, we hope that our continued posting as usual here helps take some peoples’ minds off of everything. Or at least that this post encourages you to sit back, take a deep breath, and treat … Continue reading →

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Job opening: Professorship in Japanese Studies with a focus on History/Society

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Paula

Institution:   Heidelberg University, Japanese Studies Location:   Germany Position:   Full Professor Heidelberg University invites applications for a non-tenured appointment as a professor in Japanese Studies to start by November 1st, 2012. We welcome applications by scholars with a research focus on … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan: The Development of the Feminist Movement

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Paula

Author: Mara Patessio WOMEN AND PUBLIC LIFE IN EARLY MEIJI JAPAN focuses on women’s activities in the new public spaces of Meiji Japan. With chapters on public, private, and missionary schools for girls, their students, and teachers, on social and … Continue reading →

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Links concerning the earthquake/tsunami relief

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Paula

So as to not edit and re-edit a post on this page, we are posting various relief effort links concerning the earthquakes/tsunami in Japan on our Facebook page. We encourage you to circulate these links and look into how you … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers – US-Japan Women’s Journal, Winter 2011

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Paula

U.S.- Japan Women’s Journal is seeking submissions for our upcoming issues. USJWJ publishes articles on a wide range of topics related to gender and welcomes submissions from all humanities and social science disciplines. Send your paper title, abstract of 200-250 … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Why was Charlie Chaplin targeted by Japanese revolutionaries?

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Paula

This Japan Times article is an old one (originally from 2005) that I came across buried in my “read this again” pile of bookmarks, but as a history tidbit few probably know, the topic is still as fascinating as ever! … Continue reading →

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