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Job Opening: Lecturer in Japanese Literature, University of East Anglia

Posted on September 17, 2019 by

The University of East Anglia is looking to appoint a new Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Japanese Literature, with a specialistion in modern and/or contemporary Japanese literature and the ability to teach and research other aspects of Japanese literature. This is … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Social Trauma, Narrative Memory and Recovery in Japanese Literature and Film

Posted on August 18, 2019 by

Social Trauma, Narrative Memory, and Recovery in Japanese Literature and Film David C. Stahl This book provides a comprehensive analysis of major works in Japanese literature and film through the interpretive lens of trauma and PTSD studies. Focusing critical attention … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Visiting Assistant Professor in Japanese Studies, UCSB

Posted on May 4, 2019 by

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites applications for the position of Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2019-2020 academic year. We seek applicants with expertise in Japanese literature from the … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Haiku of Basho

Posted on March 24, 2019 by

The Haiku of Basho, by John White and Kemmyo Taira Sato The Buddhist Society, London: 2019 See: https://www.thebuddhistsociety.org/page/5-7-5-the-haiku-of-basho-1 Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is widely acknowledged as the greatest of all the Japanese haiku poets. In the original Japanese, the two defining features of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Producing Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Literature, Film, and Transnational Politics

Posted on February 10, 2019 by

Producing Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Literature, Film, and Transnational Politics Yuko Shibata National, disciplinary, and linguistic boundaries all play a role in academic study and nowhere is this more apparent than in traditional humanities scholarship surrounding the atomic bombing of Hiroshima … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Unbinding the Pillow Book: The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic

Posted on December 9, 2018 by

Unbinding The Pillow Book The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic Gergana Ivanova An eleventh-century classic, The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is frequently paired with The Tale of Genji as one of the most important works in the Japanese canon. Yet it has … Continue reading →

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Resource: The Meiji at 150 Project

Posted on November 21, 2018 by

Today we introduce a wonderful, multifaceted and multi-year project spearheaded by the University of British Columbia that has been bringing great content to the Japanese Studies community in a number of forms: The Meiji at 150 Project. In honor of … Continue reading →

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