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Contest: Japanese Speech Contest for free roundtrip fare

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Paula

Wasabi Japanese Speech Contest In commemoration of Wasabi’s launch, a new Japanese language learning tool that will spice up your studies with specially designed lessons for speaking practice with native speakers, we have decided to conduct Wasabi Japanese Speech Contest … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Lecturer, Japanese Language, University of British Columbia

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Paula

Institution: University of British Columbia, Asian Studies Location: British Columbia, Canada Position: Japanese Lecturer The University of British Columbia is accepting applications for one 12-month lecturer position in Japanese language, commencing September 1, 2015. The position is intended to be for one year, … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: University of Macau, Professor of Japanese Language and Pedagogy

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Paula

Institution: University of Macau, The Centre for Japanese Studies of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Location: Macau Position: Full Professor of Japanese Language and Pedagogy The University of Macau is a leading higher education institution in … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Language, Power and Identity in Asia

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Paula

Language, Power and Identity in Asia – Creating and Crossing Language Boundaries Organised by the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands, in collaboration with LeidenGlobal and the Language Museum (Leiden). Conference dates: 14-16 March 2016 Venue: National Museum of Antiquities, … Continue reading →

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#Program: KCJS Deadline extended

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Paula

Dear Colleagues, The deadline for KCJS Summer Programs in Advanced & Classical Japanese has been extended to March 13, 2015. Please share this information with your colleagues and students, and forward to appropriate email lists. The KCJS intensive summer programs, … Continue reading →

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Program: Summer Intensive Kanbun at IUC

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Paula

Summer Intensive Kanbun Program at IUC Yokohama Applications due March 13, 2015 Program Dates: Friday, June 19, 2015 – Thursday, July 9, 2015 The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama (administered by Stanford University), will offer a three-week intensive course in … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Lecturer of Japanese: University of Denver

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Paula

Institution: University of Denver, Languages and Literatures Location: Colorado, United States Position: Lecturer of Japanese The Department of Languages and Literatures at the University of Denver will hire a Lecturer of Japanese for appointment. This is a full-time, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Chocolatexture

Posted on January 30, 2015 by LM

What better way to learn textural 擬音語 and 擬態語 than with chocolate? Check out Spoon & Tamago‘s review of design group nendo‘s latest project, Chocolatexture, which features chocolates designed to represent onomatopoeic representations of textures in Japanese, here. I’m rather fond … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Intensive Workshop in Japanese Early-modern Textual Scholarship 2015

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Paula

J-PATS (Japanese Palaeography and Textual Scholarship Network; www.jpats), The University of Cambridge (Department of East Asian Studies) and Emmanuel College (Cambridge) are organizing the first Intensive Workshop in Japanese Early-modern Textual Scholarship. This three-day intense course offers an introduction to the … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: チンする、お茶する、ググる

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Travis

If you’re into quirky notes about language use, and especially if you don’t mind some jargony linguistics writing, Language Log is a great blog co-run by Prof Victor Mair and a bunch of other prominent linguists & scholars. Recent posts … Continue reading →

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