Tag Archives: Japanese

Call for Proposals: 2017 AATJ Annual Spring Conference

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Paula

The 2017 Annual Spring Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) will be held in Toronto, Ontario, on Thursday, March 16, 2017, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies. Proposals are invited for individual … Continue reading →

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Translation Workshop: Japanese to English

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Paula

TRANSLATION WORKSHOP Where: University of Oxford, UK When: April 2 to April 5, 2017 We are seeking applications from research students to translate scholarly articles from Japanese to English for the second BAJS (British Association for Japanese Studies) Translation Workshop … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese early-modern literature, Chiba University

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Paula

Call for applications for the position of assistant professor or associate professor of Japanese early-modern literature, Chiba University. Chiba University, Japan, is inviting applicants for the assistant professor or associate professor of Japanese early-modern literature, to commence on 1st April, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Japanese Pronouns

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Paula

Still working through the international move and accompanying jetlag– sorry for lack of Fun Link Fridays lately! Here’s a quickie fun link for the linguistic nerds among us! Sure, if you’ve studied Japanese you know some of the basic pronouns … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese Premodern Literatures and Languages

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Paula

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Tenured Assistant Professor (講師) Position in Japanese Premodern Literatures and Languages, Kyushu University, Faculty of Humanities and Graduate School of Humanities. Start date April 1, 2017, or as soon as possible thereafter. Description The Faculty of Humanities and … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese language, Victoria University of Wellington

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Paula

Institution: Victoria University of Wellington Location: New Zealand Position: Tenure Track Faculty ~~Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer in Japanese School of Languages and Cultures Applications are invited for the position of Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer in Japanese. This is a permanent full time … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: 28th International Japanese-English Translation Conference

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Paula

28th International Japanese-English Translation Conference (IJET-28) Call for Papers (会議報告者の募集) Date: April 8-9, 2017. Pre-conference workshops and a pre-conference dinner will be held on April 7. Venue: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA (https://www.osu.edu/) Deadline for abstracts: August 1, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Learning Japanese through Instagram Flashcards

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Paula

Using flashcards with words on them is one thing, but they don’t always give you the kind of vocabulary you may need when you actually hit the ground in Japan: visual. If you’re looking for a fun new way to … Continue reading →

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Resource: Learning classical Japanese through Taketori Monogatari

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Paula

The scholars of the East Asian Languages and Literatures Department at Ohio State University have produced a wonderful website for studying and practicing classical Japanese: Taketori Monogatari. The website dissects passages from this classic tenth-century tale (known in English as … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: ABC Dictionary of Ancient Japanese Phonograms

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Paula

University of Hawai’i Press has just published John R. Bentley’s ABC Dictionary of Ancient Japanese Phonograms, the first comprehensive dictionary of man’yōgana. It is the ninth entry in the ABC Chinese Dictionary Series edited by Victor Mair. The 600-page volume is … Continue reading →

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