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Tag Archives: Japan
Call For Papers: Korean and Japanese History
The European Forum on Korean-Japanese History “Circuits of Knowledge, Goods, and People” International Workshop 19 December 2015, University of Cambridge Established in March 2012, the European Forum on Korean-Japanese History aims to promote dialogue between historians of Korea and Japan … Continue reading
Workshop: Intensive summer program in Japanese music
邦楽 HŌGAKU @ KYOTO GEIDAI 京都芸大 This INTENSIVE THREE-DAY COURSE ON JAPANESE MUSIC will be offered at the Kyoto City University of Arts fromAUGUST 18-20, 2015. It will introduce many of the genres of traditional Japanese music that have been transmitted to … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japanese music, Kyoto City University, music, training, workshop
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Book Announcement: The White Plum: A Biography of Ume Tsuda, Pioneer of Women’s Higher Education in Japan
Via University of Hawai’i Press. The White Plum: A Biography of Ume Tsuda, Pioneer of Women’s Higher Education in Japan Author: Furuki, Yoshiko 196 pp. January 2015 Cloth – Price: $31.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-5339-6 Categories: Asia, history, biography Description At the … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, education, history, Japan, Japanese education, modern, Ume Tsuda, womens studies
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Call for Papers: The 2nd East Asian Translation Studies Conference (EATS 2)
The 2nd East Asian Translation Studies Conference (EATS 2) 9 and 10 July 2016 Tokyo, Japan Keynote Speakers: Prof Mona Baker (The University of Manchester, UK) http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Mona.baker/ Prof Keijiro Suga (Meiji University, Japan) http://www.meiji.ac.jp/cip/english/undergraduate/science/faculty.html Call for Papers Conference Theme: “Constructing/Deconstructing East Asia” This Conference … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Useful Japanese stationery
If you’re anything like me, you wander Japanese stationery stores like a treasure room. As the Japanese semester comes to an end and I frantically finish my work, I’m wondering how I could have been more efficient or snazzy in … Continue reading
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Tagged fun link friday, Japan, living in Japan, stationery
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The Job Hunt: Resources (2)
In two previous articles, we introduced a number of sites that are helpful for finding Japan-related jobs. The Job Hunt: Getting Started: The Job Hunt: Resources Over the next few weeks, we’re going to post more resources we’ve found across … Continue reading
Posted in applications, graduate school, jobs, living abroad, main posts, undergraduate, useful links
Tagged Japan, job hunting, jobs, resources, United States
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Book Announcement: Folk Legends from Tono: Japan’s Spirits, Deities, and Phantastic Creatures
Legends Collected by Yanagita Kunio & Sasaki Kizen Translated and Edited by Ronald A. Morse Illustrated by Marjorie C. Leggitt Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 5, 2015) ISBN-10: 144224822X ISBN-13: 978-1442248229 BOOK BACKGROUND INFORMATION It is … Continue reading
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Tagged books, culture, folk culture, folktale, Japan, Japanese culture, Tono monogatari
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Fun Link Friday: Use Sushi Covers to Make Your Suitcase Stand Out!
Ever accidentally grab the wrong suitcase at the Baggage Claim, or have someone else grab yours? Well, worry no more, because now you can turn your luggage into kaiten zushi. Isn’t that wonderful? New and available from PARCO for just … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, fun link friday, Japan, suitcase, sushi, travel
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Call for Papers: Japan: Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary—A Return Trip from the East to the West. Learning in, about and from Japan
CALL FOR PAPERS The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Japanese Department) at the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University (Bucharest, Romania), with the support of its collaborators from Kyoto University and Osaka University (Japan), is pleased to announce organizing the third edition of … Continue reading
Resource: Teach 3.11
Those with an interest in how to share and teach information globally about the Tōhoku earthquake/tsunami and its aftermath will be interested in the website Teach 3.11, a non-profit educational project of the Forum for the History of Science in … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Japan, teaching, Tohoku, Tohoku earthquake, Tohoku tsunami, tsunami
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 