Tag Archives: modern history

Job Opening: Modern Asian History, Modern World History

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Paula

Institution :  National Chengchi University Location:  Taiwan Position:  Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor Full-Time Faculty Positions/ Dept. of History Two Positions: Modern Asian History; Modern World History (non-Asia specialty) Open rank – assistant professor, associate professor, or professor Doctorate in history or … Continue reading →

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Resource: Joseph Berry Keenan Digital Collection

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Paula

Those researching or just interested in modern Japanese history will find much to explore in Harvard University’s Joseph Berry Keenan Digital Collection. A compilation of manuscript materials and photographs related to the Japanese War Crimes Trial, these works originate from Joseph B. Keenan, … Continue reading →

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Resource: Dietrich Seckel’s Photo Archive (1936-1942)

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Paula

Those interested in everyday life in Japan during World War II may be interested in the University of Heidelberg’s digital archive of photographs by German art historian Dietrich Seckel. Credited as one of the leading figures in establishing art historical … Continue reading →

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Resource: Nikkei Newspapers Digital Archive

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Paula

Those of you who previously explored our article on the Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection – Japanese Diaspora Initiative may also be interested in a collection of Nikkei newspapers digitized and openly available through the university libraries of the University of Washington. From … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Merchant’s Tale

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Paula

The Merchant’s Tale: Yokohama and the Transformation of Japan Simon Partner Columbia University Press In April 1859, at age fifty, Shinohara Chūemon left his old life behind. Chūemon, a well-off farmer in his home village, departed for the new port … Continue reading →

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Funding: Wolfsonian Fellowship Program (modern Japan)

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Paula

Wolfsonian-FIU Fellowship Program The Wolfsonian-Florida International University is a museum and research center that promotes the examination of modern visual and material culture. The focus of the Wolfsonian collection is on North American and European decorative arts, propaganda, architecture, and … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Placing Empire: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Paula

Placing Empire Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan Kate McDonald Placing Empire examines the spatial politics of Japanese imperialism through a study of Japanese travel and tourism to Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan between the late nineteenth century and the … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Tenure-Track Faculty: Modern East Asian Historian, University of St. Thomas

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Paula

Institution: University of St. Thomas Location: Minnesota, United States Position: Tenure Track Faculty The History Department at the University of St. Thomas (MN) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Modern East Asian history (post-1500). Geographic and/or thematic specializations are open. Position … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Playing War: Children and the Paradoxes of Modern Militarism in Japan

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Paula

Playing War Children and the Paradoxes of Modern Militarism in Japan Sabine Frühstück Published by the University of California Press. In Playing War, Sabine Frühstück makes a bold proposition: that for over a century throughout Japan and beyond, children and concepts … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Japan’s Occupation of Java in the Second World War: A Transnational History

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Paula

Japan’s Occupation of Java in the Second World War: A Transnational History Ethan Mark SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan Japan’s Occupation of Java in the Second World War draws upon written and oral Japanese, Indonesian, Dutch and English-language sources … Continue reading →

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