Tag Archives: modern Japan

Funding: Doctoral Research Japanese Studies, Univ. of Manchester

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Paula

Funding for Doctoral Research at the University of Manchester Location: United Kingdom Fellowship Date: 2012-02-15 Funding for Doctoral Research in Japanese Studies at the University of Manchester Application for a place on a PhD program should be made by mid-February … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Paula

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo12046404.html Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. For that reason, Japanese Buddhism’s social and economic base has long been in mortuary service–a base now threatened by public … Continue reading →

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Funding: Twentieth Century Japan Research Award for 2011-2012

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Paula

Twentieth Century Japan Research Award for 2011-2012 The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for one $1,500.00 grant to support research in the library’s Gordon W. Prange Collection and East … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Japan’s Postwar

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Paula

Edited by Michael Lucken, Anne Bayard-Sakai, Emmanuel Lozerand Translated by J. A. A. Stockwin Historical surveys of postwar Japan are usually established on the grounds that the era is already over, interpreting “postwar” to be the years directly proceeding World … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Modern Japan Studies

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Paula

Call for Applications Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Modern Japan Studies Leiden University Leiden University invites applications for a fulltime Lecturer in Modern Japan Studies. Appointment will be fixed-term from September 2012 through August 2015, with the possibility of extensions of … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Japan Trends

Posted on August 19, 2011 by tnguyen3729

What do Air Conditioned Shoes, Female-Only Apartments, and a Tokyo Music Subway Map all have in common? They’ve all been featured in Japan Trends, a website founded by CScout a company comprised of individuals with backgrounds in marketing, media, fashion, design and innovative … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Postdoc Research Modern Japan politics & science fiction

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Paula

Institution:   Leiden University, The Netherlands, Modern East Asia Research Centre Position:   2-year Post Doctoral Research position Call for Applications Postdoctoral research position (38hrs/week  2 years maximum) Within the research project Beyond Utopia: New Politics, the Politics of Knowledge, and the … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Japan’s Siberian Intervention, 1918-1922: “A Great Disobedience Against the People”

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Paula

Now available from Lexington Books, an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield, as the second title in their New Studies of Modern Japan series. http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0739146009 Hard cover ISBN: 978-0-7391-4600-2, $75. Soft cover ISBN: 978-0-7391-4601-9, $29.95. The first complete narrative of the … Continue reading →

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Japan Foundation Faculty Fellowship in Modern Japanese Cultural Studies

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Paula

Institution Type:   University of California, Santa Barbara Location:   California, United States Position:   Fellow Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Japan Foundation Faculty Fellowship in Modern Japanese Cultural Studies The UC Santa Barbara East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies … Continue reading →

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Blog Review: 世論 What Japan Thinks

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Nyssa

As a student of Japanese Studies, have you ever found yourself thinking, “What on earth do Japanese people think about (insert your topic here)?” or “How many Japanese people actually do (insert social habit here)?” If you haven’t discovered the … Continue reading →

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