Tag Archives: Japan

Book Announcement: Unbinding the Pillow Book: The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Paula

Unbinding The Pillow Book The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic Gergana Ivanova An eleventh-century classic, The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is frequently paired with The Tale of Genji as one of the most important works in the Japanese canon. Yet it has … Continue reading →

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Funding: Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Paula

Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships provide recipients with an opportunity to work in a scholarly environment conducive to completing a publication project. The Fellowships are available to academics who have received a PhD in any area of Japanese culture. Preference … Continue reading →

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Resource: The Meiji at 150 Project

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Paula

Today we introduce a wonderful, multifaceted and multi-year project spearheaded by the University of British Columbia that has been bringing great content to the Japanese Studies community in a number of forms: The Meiji at 150 Project. In honor of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Modern Kyoto: Building for Ceremony and Commemoration, 1868-1940

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Paula

Modern Kyoto: Building for Ceremony and Commemoration, 1868–1940 Alice Y. Tseng Can an imperial city survive, let alone thrive, without an emperor? Alice Y. Tseng answers this intriguing question in Modern Kyoto, a comprehensive study of the architectural and urban projects carried … Continue reading →

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Funding: 20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2018-2019

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Paula

20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2018-2019 The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for two $1,500 grants to support research in the library’s Gordon W. Prange Collection and East Asia Collection on topics … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Electrified Voices: How the Telephone, Phonograph, and Radio Shaped Modern Japan, 1868–1945

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Paula

Electrified Voices How the Telephone, Phonograph, and Radio Shaped Modern Japan, 1868–1945 Kerim Yasar Long before karaoke’s ubiquity and the rise of global brands such as Sony, Japan was a place where new audio technologies found eager users and contributed … Continue reading →

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Summer Language/Homestay Program in Hakodate, Japan

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Paula

The Hakodate International Foundation offers “The Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program” every summer. It is an eight-week intensive language program accompanied with homestay for the full duration and “Independent Study (IS)”.  The program dates are June 13 – August 10, 2019 (8 … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Soka Gakkai’s Human Revolution

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Paula

Soka Gakkai’s Human Revolution: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan Levi McLaughlin Soka Gakkai is Japan’s largest and most influential new religious organization. It claims more than 8 million Japanese households and close to 2 million members … Continue reading →

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Kokugakuin University Visiting Fellows Program 2019-2020

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Paula

Kokugakuin University is pleased to announce a call for applications to The Kokugakuin University Visiting Fellows Program for the academic year 2019-2020. “Toward the promotion of international academic communication and cooperation, and in the interest of stimulating global research on Japanese society … Continue reading →

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Call for Applications: Ise and Japan Study Program 2019

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Paula

Kogakkan University (located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture) will be hosting a sixth year of the “Ise and Japan Study Program,” which is open to graduate (Master or PhD) or post-graduate researchers who are interested in learning more about Japanese … Continue reading →

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