Tag Archives: modern Japan

Job Opening: Modern/Contemporary Japanese Literature & Culture

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Paula

Japan Position 2015-16: Modern/Contemporary Japanese Literature and Culture The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Irvine, invites applications for a tenure-track position in Modern/Contemporary Japanese Literature and Culture, to begin July 1, 2015. (Please note … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Modern Buddhism in Japan

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Paula

Modern Buddhism in Japan edited by Hayashi Makoto, Otani Eiichi, and Paul L. Swanson. Published by Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, 2014 (224 pp). This is a collection of essays on the development of Buddhism in Japan in response … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Japanese History, Columbia University

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Paula

Institution:       Columbia University, East Asian Languages and Cultures Location:          New York, United States Position:          Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Faculty, Modern Japanese History The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Paula

SOAS STUDIES IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY JAPAN Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan.  Emily Anderson October 2014 Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan explores how Japanese Protestants engaged with the unsettling changes that resulted from Japan’s emergence as a world … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Capturing Contemporary Japan

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Paula

Satsuki Kawano, Susan Long, and myself, as editors; U. Hawaii Press What are people’s life experiences in present-day Japan? This timely volume addresses fundamental questions vital to understanding Japan in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Its chapters collectively … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Tenured Lecturer in Modern Japanese History

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Paula

Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Department of International Social Studies, Graduate School of Global Studies Location:  Japan Position:  Lecturer; Tenured Lecturer in Modern Japanese History 1. Position Tenured Lecturer in Modern Japanese History with the possibility of promotion through … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature and Culture

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Paula

Institution:   Arizona State University, School of International Letters & Cultures Location:   Arizona, United States Position:   Postdoctoral Scholar – Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature and Culture ~~Postdoctoral Scholar – Modern and Contemporary Japanese   Literature and Culture (JOB … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Meiji Restoration Losers: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Paula

Meiji Restoration Losers: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan, published through the Harvard Asia Center, is now available. This book is about the “losers” of the Meiji Restoration and the supporters who promoted their legacy. Although the violence of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Henry Black – On Stage in Meiji Japan

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Paula

Henry Black – On Stage in Meiji Japan By Ian McArthur ONE OF Japan’s first foreign-born entertainers is the subject of my new book,  the first about him in the English-speaking world. Henry Black – On Stage in Meiji Japan … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Japanese Economy, University Lecturer

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Paula

Institution:   Leiden University Location:   Netherlands Position:   University Lecturer in Modern Japanese Economy Leiden University invites applications for a fulltime University Lectureship in modern Japanese economy in its (East-)Asian contexts, including economic history and political economy, with special … Continue reading →

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