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Call for Papers: Media Histories/Media Theories and East Asia

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Paula

UC Berkeley Conference * Symposium date: February 7-8, 2013* This symposium brings together prominent and emerging scholars to discuss Japanese and East Asian cross-cultural developments in media theory and culture from the early twentieth century to the present. The symposium … Continue reading →

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Call For Papers: MECHADEMIA 9: ORIGINS

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Paula

For volume 9 of the Mechademia series, the editors seek submissions linked to the broad theme of “origins.” The search for origins is as controversial as it is persistent. Many critics staunchly reject efforts to locate singular origins or answers … Continue reading →

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Conference: The Asian Conference on Media and Mass Communication 2012

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Paula

The International Academic Forum, in conjunction with its global partners, is pleased to announce the Third Annual Asian Conference on Media and Mass Communication 2012, to be held in Osaka, Japan, from 2-4 November 2012. The MediAsia event is a … Continue reading →

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Symposium: AX Anime and Manga Studies 2012

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Paula

Los Angeles, CA: June 29 – July 2, 2012 Anime and manga are visual culture and media, popular entertainment, commercial products, objects of interest and sometimes obsession – and for many people, their first and sometimes only contact with Japan. … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: 3rd Mechademia Conference on Anime, Manga and Media Theory from Japan

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Paula

“World Renewal – Counterfactual Histories, Parallel Universes, and Possible Worlds” November 29 – December 2, 2012 Dongguk University, Seoul Deadline for submissions: May 15 In the wake of the disasters and tragedies of 3.11, the cry “Another world is possible” … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Edited Collection: Techno-Orientalism in Science Fiction Film, Media and, Literature

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Paula

Editors: David Roh, Greta Niu, and Betsy Huang Deadline: March 15, 2012 We seek submissions for an edited collection on techno-Orientalism, dubbed by David Morley and Kevin Robins and refined by Greta Niu as the practice of ascribing, erasing, and/or … Continue reading →

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Call for Participants: Japanese Media & Popular Culture Master Class, Montreal

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Paula

Call for Participants: Japanese Media & Popular Culture Master Class, Montreal Location: Quebec, Canada Call for Papers Date: Feb 6, 2012 JAPANESE MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE MASTER CLASS CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS In conjunction with the conference Experiencing the Media Mix: … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Position Media & Social Change, Carnegie Mellon Univ, Residential Fellow

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Paula

Institution: Carnegie Mellon University, Media and Social Change Location:   Pennsylvania, United States Position:   Residential Fellowship – Media and Social Change The Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University Residential Fellowship, 2012-2013 Media and Social Change During the 2012-2013 academic … Continue reading →

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International Symposium on Japanese Visual Culture – Performance, Media, and Text

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Paula

Sponsored by National Institute for Japanese Literature, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Department of Archaeology and Art History at Columbia University Friday and Saturday, September … Continue reading →

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Blog Review: Contemporary Japanese Literature

Posted on May 23, 2011 by LM

For those looking for intelligent and entertaining discussions of Japanese literature and pop culture, I cannot recommend highly enough Kathryn Hemmann’s Contemporary Japanese Literature. Ms. Hemmann, a Japanese Literature PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, describes her blog as … Continue reading →

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