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Tag Archives: Japan
Call for Applications: Harvard Summer School in Kyoto at Doshisha University
We invite you to take part in Harvard Summer School’s 8-week program at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. Students enroll in 2 courses: Professor Mikael Adolphson’ s course, “Japan: Tradition and Transformation,” which explores the nation’s tumultuous move to modernity. Professor James Robson’s course, … Continue reading
Call for Papers: The Imperial Court in China, Japan, and Korea: Women, Servants, and the Emperor’s Household (1600-early 1900s)
Location: California, United States The University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim is pleased to announce the call for papers for The Imperial Court in China, Japan, and Korea: Women, Servants, and the Emperors Household (1600 early 1900s) … Continue reading
Funding: Toyota Foundation Grants
http://www.toyotafound.or.jp/english/02program/ The Toyota Foundation offers a number of grant opportunities for research and activities in Japan. Although the theme specifics for some programs listed are geared towards previous years, they include: Grant Program for Community Activities In keeping with our … Continue reading
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Tagged community, funding, grants, Japan, research, The Toyota Foundation
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Funding: Japan-US Friendship Commission Grants
http://www.jusfc.gov/ JUSFC accepts grant applications in the following areas: 1) Exchanges and Scholarship 2) Global Challenges 3) Arts and Culture 4) Education and Public Affairs Which organizations may apply? Any non-profit organization in the United States or Japan that deals with Japanese … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Religion and Politics in Contemporary Japan: Soka Gakkai Youth and Komeito
Fisker-Nielsen, A. M. (2012) Religion and Politics in Contemporary Japan: Soka Gakkai Youth and Komeito London and New York: Routledge (Japan Anthropology Workshop Series). Book description: Presenting a study of politics at grassroots level among young Japanese, this book examines … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Japan, Japanese politics, Japanese religion, Komeito, politics, religion, Soka Gakkai, youth
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Approaching the Sacred: Japanese Buddhist Temples in Hawai‘i Exhibition
Via News from University of Hawai‘i Press. An exhibition of Japanese Buddhist temple objects and furnishings will be on display at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i community gallery from December 1, 2012 through February 22, 2013. The show is curated by professors … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: 5 Japanese Homes Designed to Keep You in Shape
The holidays. I bet you’re thinking about social gatherings with friends and family, copious amounts of food including cakes and cookies, staying warm by the fireplace, and all the general merriment that comes this time of year. I, however, was told … Continue reading
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Tagged daily life, fitness, fun link friday, housinga, Japan, Japanese architecture, living, living in Japan, rchitecture
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Funding: Japan-United States Friendship Commission Creative Arts Program
http://www.jusfc.gov/creative-artists-programs/ The Japan U.S. Friendship Commission offers leading contemporary and traditional artists from the United States the opportunity to spend three months in Japan through the U.S./Japan Creative Artists Program. Cultural understanding is at the heart of this program. Artists … Continue reading
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Tagged artists, Creative Artists Program, fellowship, grant, Japan, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, US
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Book Announcement: Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture
Edited by Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin Palgrave Macmillan | 256 pages | 2012 ISBN-10: 0230298303 ISBN-13: 978-0230298309 This volume is masterful in treating Japanese idol culture with the seriousness it deserves. Scholarly and astute, the essays massage … Continue reading
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Tagged books, celebrity, contemporary, culture, idols, Japan, Japanese culture, Johnny's, modern, modern Japan
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Symposium: Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan: History, Culture, and Foreign Relations
An exciting joint international symposium, ” Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan: History, Culture, and Foreign Relations,” will be held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 11, 2013. The online registration is now open. … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, Edo, Edo period, foreign relations, history, Japan, symposium, Tokugawa, Tokugawa period, University of Hawai'i
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 