Tag Archives: Japan

Fun Link Friday: Misao and Fukumaru

Posted on November 8, 2013 by LM

Via itsmikolmota via Demilked. Today’s fun link is the galleries of photographer Miyoko Ihara’s Misao and Fukumaru series. Miyoko Ihara graduated from the Nippon Photography Institute in 2002. Around that time, she began photographing her grandmother, Misao, in order to document … Continue reading →

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Funding: KCC Japan Education Exchange Graduate Program 2014

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Paula

Fellowship Application Deadline, December 20, 2013 KCC Japan Education Exchange Graduate Program 2014 KCC Japan Education Exchange will award a graduate fellowship to a graduate student who has a record of teaching effectively about Japan, or who shows promise to do … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Ramen cake

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Paula

Now that the temperature is dropping and we’re starting to get a little sneak peek at winter, I’m craving ramen. All I can think about while shivering at the bus stop is how great it’ll be to have giant bowls … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Writer/Editor, Ishida Taiseisha Inc. [Tokyo]

Posted on October 31, 2013 by LM

Via JETWit.com Position: Writer/Editor Company: Ishida Taiseisha Inc. Location: Tokyo, Japan Education: BA preferred Application deadline: November 30, 2013 The Role: Ishida Taiseisha Inc. is seeking a talented individual for writing/editing duties in its Tokyo office. The successful applicant will … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Communications Coordinator (temp to perm), Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Posted on October 31, 2013 by LM

Institution: Columbia University Location: New York, NY Education: BA Posted Oct. 21, 2013 The Weatherhead East Asian Institute of Columbia University is in search of a creative, organized, and marketing-savvy professional to join our team and coordinate our overall communications. … Continue reading →

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Funding: Applications for 2014 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Paula

2014 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program  Deadline: November 15, 2013 The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce the scholarship competition for the 2014 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program in thirteen critical foreign languages. The CLS Program provides fully-funded group-based … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Constructing East Asia: Technology, Ideology, and Empire in Japan’s Wartime Era, 1931-1945

Posted on October 27, 2013 by LM

Via Stanford University Press. Constructing East Asia: Technology, Ideology, and Empire in Japan’s Wartime Era, 1931-1945 Aaron Stephen Moore 2013, Available Now 328 pp. ISBN: 9780804785396 Cloth $55.00 ISBN: 9780804786690 E-book $55.00 The conventional understanding of Japanese wartime ideology has … Continue reading →

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Announcement: 2014 OAH-JAAS Japan Residencies Program

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Paula

In cooperation with and support from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, the OAH and the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS) plan to send two American scholars to Japanese universities for two-week residencies in the Spring of 2014. During their … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Halloween Bento 2013

Posted on October 25, 2013 by LM

Images are from Cookpad. They are linked to their original recipes and credited. I do one of these articles every year, but now I want to start documenting the numbers, since I have a theory that Halloween in Japan is … Continue reading →

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Call for papers: Shifting Terrains of Struggle in Japan and Japanese Studies

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Paula

Triangle Center for Japanese Studies Conference, April 11-13, 2014 The Triangle Center for Japanese Studies (a joint undertaking of Duke University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with support from the Japan Foundation) invites … Continue reading →

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