Tag Archives: modern Japan

Book Announcement: Happiness and the Good Life in Japan

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Paula

Manzenreiter, W. and Holthus, B. eds. 2017. Happiness and the Good Life in Japan. London/New York. Routledge. About the book:  Contemporary Japan is in a state of transition, caused by the forces of globalization that are derailing its ailing economy, … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Honored and Dishonored Guests: Westerners in Wartime Japan

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Paula

Honored and Dishonored Guests: Westerners in Wartime Japan  W. Puck Brecher About the book: The brutality and racial hatred exhibited by Japan’s military during the Pacific War piqued outrage in the West and fanned resentments throughout Asia. Public understanding of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Japanese Modern Architecture 1920-2015

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Paula

Japanese Modern Architecture 1920-2015: Developments and Dialogues Ari Seligmann Japanese Modern Architecture 1920-2015 uses a series of thematic lenses to explain the rich history of Japanese architectural developments from the 1920s foundation of modern architecture to contemporary permutations of modern … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Japanese History, University of Southern California

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Paula

Institution:       University of Southern California Location:          California, United States Position:          Assistant Professor, modern Japanese history The History Department of the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia: Debating Democracy in Japan

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Paula

The Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia will be held at the University of Wollongong from 26 to 30 June 2017. The Call for Papers is now open. The conference takes place seventy years since the revised … Continue reading →

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Funding: 20th Century Japan Research Award for 2016-2017

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Paula

The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for two $1,500 grants to support research in the library’s Gordon W. Prange Collection and East Asia Collection on topics related to the period of the Allied … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: 100-Year-Old Glass Plates in an Abandoned Japanese Home

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Paula

Many people in Japan are big fans of haikyo, literally meaning “ruins,” but more broadly meaning the exploration of abandoned sites in Japanese cities of countrysides. There’s even entire sites dedicated to it! One recent article I came across on PetaPixel was … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Modern to Contemporary Japanese Literature and Media Studies

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Paula

Institution:          University of Southern California Location:             California, United States Position:             Assistant Professor Assistant Professor of Modern to Contemporary Japanese Literature and Media Studies The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Japanese Literature and Culture, University of Notre Dame

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Paula

Institution: University of Notre Dame: College of Arts & Letters: East Asian Languages and Cultures Location: Indiana, United States Position: Assistant Professor University of Notre Dame: College of Arts & Letters: East Asian Languages and Cultures Assistant Professor in Modern Japanese … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: ‘Tokyo-ized’ Cities

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Paula

As I wrap up my two years of research here in Tokyo (and miss Fun Link Fridays in my haste, sorry!), I’m left thinking about how one of the biggest culture shocks will simply be the change in urban scenery. Even … Continue reading →

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