Tag Archives: Japan

Job Opening: Editor, The Mary Sue

Posted on July 16, 2012 by LM

Employer: The Mary Sue Location: New York City, NY Education level: BA Job begins in Sept. 2012 Deadline: “apply ASAP” If you’re a scholar of geek culture, including Japanese geek culture, and gender, check out this opportunity from The Mary … Continue reading →

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FLF: The World’s Most Expensive 1 Bedroom Apartment

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Paula

Maybe you checked out our previous Fun Link Friday on the inventive floating Japanese tea house designed by David Jameson in DC. Or maybe you happened upon the CNN report some time back about the guy who designed a house … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Japan Studies Graduate Conference – UCLA

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Paula

October 26th, 2012 Critical Frameworks of Transmission in Japan and East Asia Transmission: a) the mechanism by which power is constituted and mobilized; b) the movement of concepts, materials, and bodies; c) that which constitutes the most basic interactivity between … Continue reading →

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Resource: Bibliography of Japanese History

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Paula

Today I’ll briefly introduce a resource which I was sadly unaware until recently. Peter Kornicki, a Japan specialist and professor of East Asian Studies at Cambridge University who has done extensive work on the history of the book in Japan, … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Japanese History

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Paula

Institution: International Christian University, Department of History Location: Japan Position: Associate Professor, Full Professor Department of History, International Christian University Field: Modern Japanese History The College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University is pleased to announce an open … Continue reading →

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Funding: Sumitomo Foundation Protection and Preservation Grants

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Paula

http://www.sumitomo.or.jp/e/index.htm Grant for Projects for the Protection, Preservation & Restoration of Cultural Properties outside Japan Purpose of the Program: The program is offered so that cultural properties outside Japan, the common heritage of human, be handed down to future generations. … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The Design Journal 16:4 (‘Dezain no genjo: Design in contemporary Japan’)

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Paula

Deadline: 1 August 2012 Few nations have seen the public image of their design and manufacturing sector change so quickly and drastically as Japan since 2000. Postwar Japan’s manufacturing-intensive economy and promotion of private consumption fostered the development of design … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese Anime and Manga, Instructor (part time)

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Paula

Institution: IES Abroad Tokyo Center Location: Japan Position: Instructor, Non-Tenure Track Faculty, part-time, Japanese Anime & Manga The IES Abroad Tokyo Center seeks a qualified instructor for Anthropology 343 “Japanese Manga & Animation,” for the fall (September … Continue reading →

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Funding: Arts Network Asia Grants

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Paula

[The deadline for these grants has passed, but bookmark it for the next competition!] CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ARTS NETWORK ASIA (ANA) PROJECT GRANTS 2012 Arts Network Asia (ANA) would like to invite artists, cultural workers, arts activists, and arts communities … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Housewives of Japan

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Paula

http://us.macmillan.com/housewivesofjapan/ofraGoldsteinGidoni Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni Palgrave Macmillan, 6/5/2012 ISBN: 978-0-230-34031-2, ISBN10: 0-230-34031-8, Women in postwar Japan have never felt completely free from the traditional concept of the housewife. Drawing on a unique ethnographic inquiry, Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni explores the complexities of the relationship … Continue reading →

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