Tag Archives: Japanese history

Book Announcement: Japan’s Great Stagnation: Forging Ahead, Falling Behind

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Paula

W.R.Garside Waseda University, Japan and University of Durham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012 ISBN-  978-0-85793-821-3 This timely book presents a critical examination of the developmental premises of Japan’s high-growth success and its subsequent drift into recession, stagnation and piecemeal reform. … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese History, Two-year teaching postdoctoral fellow

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Paula

2-Year Post Doctoral Fellow Institution: Hamilton College, History Location:   New York, United States Position:   Post-Doctoral Fellow in Japanese History The Asian Studies Program of Hamilton College invites applications for a two-year teaching post-doctoral fellowship for a scholar working … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Japanese History

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Paula

The University of Kansas Department of History is searching for an Assistant Professor in Modern Japanese History: Modern Japanese History   The University of Kansas seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Modern Japanese history (post Edo period), to begin in … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Early Modern or Modern Japanese History

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Paula

Institution: University of California – Los Angeles, History Location:   California, United States Position:   Assistant Professor, Associate Professor Tenure-Track Professor, Early Modern/Modern Japanese history, Tenure-Track Professor Tracking Number:  1130-1213-02 The UCLA History Department seeks a historian of early modern … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Open Rank Professor of Medieval or Early Japanese History

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Paula

Institution: Princeton University, East Asian Studies Location:   New Jersey, United States Position:   Assistant Professor, Full Professor Princeton University Open Rank Professor of Medieval or Early Japanese History The Department of East Asian Studies at Princeton University invites applications … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Early Japanese History, Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Paula

Institution:   Indiana University – Bloomington, East Asian Languages & Cultures Location:   Indiana, United States Position:   Assistant Professor,  early Japanese History The Department of East Asian languages and Cultures at Indiana University invites applications for a tenure-track position … 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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Job Opening: Modern Japan Hist., St. Mary’s College CA, pt time lecturer

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Paula

Institution:  St. Mary’s College – California, History Location:   California, United States Position:   Lecturer in Modern Japan Lecturer in Modern Japan Saint Mary’s College of California Closing Date/Time: Sun. 05/13/12 11:59 PM Pacific Time Salary: Depends on Qualifications

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Book Announcement: Japan Emerging: Premodern History to 1850

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Paula

http://www.westviewpress.com/book.php?disc=5&isbn=9780813344836 Karl Friday (Editor) March 2012 Trade Paperback · 496 Pages $49.00 U.S. · $56.50 CAN · £32.99 U.K. ISBN 9780813344836   Description Japan Emerging provides a comprehensive survey of Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Incorporating the latest scholarship … Continue reading →

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