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Call for Papers: Kinema Club XIII – Three Times +X. Transitional Moments in Film and Media History in Japan

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Paula

*Dates: January 17, 2014* *Reischauer Institute, Harvard University* *Deadline for submissions: August 20, 2013* We welcome submissions for the 13th Kinema Club Conference on Film and Moving Images from Japan! This Kinema Club will focus on three transitional moments in the history … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Postdoc in childhood, education and youth in modern Japan/East Asia

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Paula

The University of Manchester is currently advertising a two year post-doctoral Research Associate position in the History of Childhood and Youth in East Asia, as part of the research project, ‘Remembering and Recording Childhood, Education and Youth in Imperial Japan, … Continue reading →

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Call for Contributions: “The Japanese Yakuza – Tattooed gangsters, modern Robin Hoods or sex-addicted gamblers?

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Paula

The Japanese Yakuza – Tattooed gangsters, modern Robin Hoods or sex-addicted gamblers? is the title of a planned anthology. The Japanese yakuza and especially their image in popular culture has not been part of any detailed research about the Yakuza … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Association for Modern Japanese Literary Studies

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Paula

AMJLS is happy to announce the conference and call for papers below. Call for papers: “International Research Conference: Interfaces of Modern Japanese Literature” Application deadline: May 31, 2013 Location: Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan Date: December 1, 2013 [URL] Japanese & English: http://amjls.web.fc2.com/gakkai.html#international-e Chinese:http://amjls.web.fc2.com/international-c.pdf … Continue reading →

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Conference: Sex, Gender, and Society: Rethinking Modern Japanese Feminisms

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Paula

April 19-20, 2013 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA The Japanese program of the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures (REALC), Emory University, invites you to attend a two-day conference on Sex, Gender, and Society: Rethinking Modern Japanese … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: At Home Abroad: The Contemporary Western Experience in Japan

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Paula

With Japan’s graying working population rapidly dwindling, supplementing the labor shortage with non-Japanese workers has been proposed as one solution to this demographic crisis.  It is crucial, however, that foreign nationals not only be “imported,” but also that Japanese and … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Prof. Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe: How an American Acrobat Introduced Circus to Japan–and Japan to the West

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Paula

“Professor” Risley (Richard Risley Carlisle) introduced the Western circus to Japan in 1864. Three years later, this former acrobat gave many in the West their first glimpse of Japan when he took his “Imperial Japanese Troupe” of acrobats and jugglers … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Japan Since 1945:From Postwar to Post-Bubble

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Paula

Christopher Gerteis and Timothy S. George ‘An excellent interdisciplinary collection of essays on “postwar” Japan, from 1945 to 2011 – from the ashes of defeat to the anxiety of decline. It deserves to be read not only for its fascinating … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Kokugaku in Meiji-period Japan: The Modern Transformation of ‘National Learning’ and the Formation of Scholarly Societies

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Paula

Leiden, Boston: Global Oriental, 2012 (313 p.) Kokugaku in Meiji-period Japan offers a new perspective on scholarly networks and the foundations of modern Japan. Utilizing never-explored original sources and with a unique focus on the persons involved, Michael Wachutka elucidates how kokugaku … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Paula

Edited by Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin Palgrave Macmillan | 256 pages | 2012 ISBN-10: 0230298303 ISBN-13: 978-0230298309 This volume is masterful in treating Japanese idol culture with the seriousness it deserves. Scholarly and astute, the essays massage … Continue reading →

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