Tag Archives: media

Call for Papers: Conference Visualization of Japanese History

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Paula

Call for Papers Conference, University of Oslo, 10-11 March 2016 Every Picture Tells a Story: The Visualization of Japanese History In modern and contemporary Japan we have seen how mass media such as historic novels, film and television, but nowadays increasingly … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations on Screen

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Paula

Kirsch, Griseldis (2015). Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations on Screen. A History, 1989-2005. SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan. London: Bloomsbury Academic. http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contemporary-sino-japanese-relations-on-screen-9781472572394/ About Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations on Screen Japan and China look back on a history of friendship as well as … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Japanese Landmarks. Medium: Curry-Rice.

Posted on August 7, 2015 by LM

Clever tourism writing is hard to come by, but this tour of Japan via curry-rice sculptures with both instructions and links to places to stay near those sites is a treat. (Let’s not talk about lumping Hokuriku in with Kanto, … Continue reading →

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Program: The University of Tokyo: Summer Program on Media Content Studies in Japan

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Paula

Warmest greeting from Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies (III) of the University of Tokyo. We would like to inform you that the Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation Media-Content Research Project in conjunction with the University of Tokyo will host a summer program … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: East Asian Popular Culture/Media Studies

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Paula

Institution: Dickinson College Location: Pennsylvania, United States Position: Visiting Assistant Professor The East Asian Studies Department at Dickinson College invites applications for a two-year visiting position in East Asian popular culture or media studies. Applications from scholars who take a … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Assocate Professor/Professor in Media Studies (Asia-Pacific)

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Paula

Institution: Victoria University of Wellington Location: New Zealand Position: Associate Professor The School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at Victoria is seeking to make a senior appointment, at either Professor or Associate Professor level, in its Media Studies Programme. … Continue reading →

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Funding: 2015–2016 International Affairs Fellowship in Japan

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Paula

Sponsored by Hitachi, Ltd. Program Founded in 1997, the International Affairs Fellowship in Japan (IAF-J), sponsored by Hitachi, Ltd., seeks to strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation between the rising generations of leaders in the United States and Japan. The program … Continue reading →

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Summer Program: Media Mix Summer Program 2014

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Paula

The Media Mix Summer Program 2014 is organized by the University of Tokyo and supported by the Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation. It is a two-week summer program to be held at the University of Tokyo, Komaba campus from July 14-26, 2014. … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: For a New Wave to Come: Post-1945 Japanese Art History Now

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Paula

PoNJA-GenKon10th Anniversary Conference Japan Society, New York City September 12, 2014, Friday, afternoon workshop “Reports from the Field: On Archival Documents” co-organized with Japan Society and NYU’s East Asian Studies 15-20 minute presentations September 13, 2014, Saturday, afternoon symposium “New … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Kinsella, Schoolgirls, Money and Rebellion

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Paula

Japanese society in the 1990s and 2000s produced a range of complicated material about sexualized schoolgirls, and few topics have caught the imagination of western observers so powerfully. While young Japanese girls had previously been portrayed as demure and obedient, … Continue reading →

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