Tag Archives: Japan

Book Announcement: Accounts and Images of Six Kannon in Japan

Posted on December 4, 2016 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. Accounts and Images of Six Kannon in Japan Author: Fowler, Sherry D.; 384pp. November 2016 Cloth – Price: $70.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-5622-9 Buddhists around the world celebrate the benefits of worshipping Kannon (Avalokiteśvara), a compassionate savior … Continue reading →

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Resource: A-to-Z Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist Statuary and Religious Art

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Paula

Chances are that if you have tried to google something about Buddhist deities, particularly some of the rarer ones, you’ve come across the A-to-Z Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist Statuary and Religious Art. Run by Mark Schumacher, an independent researcher with … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Return Migration Decisions: A Study on Highly Skilled Chinese in Japan

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Paula

Return Migration Decisions: A Study on Highly Skilled Chinese in Japan by Ruth Achenbach Wiesbaden: Springer VS. http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783658160265 Ruth Achenbach develops a model of individual return migration decision making, which examines both the process and the decisive factors in return … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Videos of Japan’s Traditional Artisans

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Paula

Maybe it’s because of my research, maybe because I love art, or maybe because making things with your hands is so dang cool, but I am totally obsessed with a YouTube playlist recently highlighted by Open Culture on production processes … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Rocks with Faces

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Paula

Sorry for the lag in Fun Link Fridays lately, everybody! Last weekend I was traveling to Chicago to present at a workshop on The Impact of the Digital on Japanese Studies (more to come on Japanese Studies and digital humanities soon!). … Continue reading →

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Call for Applications: HIF 2017: Summer Language Program in Hakodate, Japan

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Paula

The Hokkaido International Foundation (HIF) offers the 32nd Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program in Summer 2017. It is an eight-week intensive language program accompanied with homestay for the full duration and Independent Study (IS). Program Duration: June 8 – August … Continue reading →

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Fundng: Heinz M. Kaempfer Fund – Society for Japanese Arts

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Paula

Heinz M. Kaempfer Fund grant for research on Japanese arts and crafts The Heinz M. Kaempfer Fund invites. applications for a grant programme to support research on Japanese arts and crafts. The fund accepts applications throughout the year. The Fund … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Japan’s Cuisines: Food, Place and Identity

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Paula

Japan’s Cuisines: Food, Place and Identity Eric C. Rath (Reaktion Books, 2016) Cuisines in Japan have an ideological dimension that cannot be ignored. In 2013, ‘traditional Japanese dietary cultures’ (washoku) was added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Washoku’s predecessor … Continue reading →

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Call for Participants: Ise and Japan Study Program 2017

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Paula

Dear all, Applications are open for a fully funded study program (lectures and field trips) for researchers (graduate or post-graduate) that is sponsored by Kogakkan University and Ise City. It will be held in and around Ise, which is home to … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Creating New Synergies: Approaches of Tertiary Japanese Programmes in New Zealand

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Paula

Creating New Synergies Approaches of Tertiary Japanese Programmes in New Zealand MASAYOSHI OGINO, PENNY SHINO AND DALLAS NESBITT (EDITORS) An essential guide for teachers of Japanese in New Zealand Compiled under the aegis of Japanese Studies Aotearoa New Zealand this … Continue reading →

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