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Call for Papers: ‘Networks and Communication in East Asia and Beyond in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Paula

The workshop entitled ‘Networks and Communication in East Asia and Beyond in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries’ will be taking place on 6 and 7 March, 2015, at Senate House, University of London. This workshop sets out to explore the building of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Constructing the Colonized Land: Entwined Perspectives of East Asia around WWII

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Paula

Constructing the Colonized Land: Entwined Perspectives of East Asia around WWII Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2014 266 pp. ISBN: 9781409428183 (hbk) ISBN:9781409428190 (ebk-PDF) ISBN:9781472404367(ebk-ePUB) Despite the precipitous rise of East Asia as a center of architectural production since the Second … Continue reading →

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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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Fun Link Friday: Modern Japanese Crests

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Paula

Here’s a fun link I stashed away since earlier this year: Japanese family crests, or kamon have been embedded in all kinds of items since premodern times, from ceramics and kimono to castles. These days, you might find them most often on samurai … 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: Chair in Modern Asian History

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Paula

Institution:  University of Amsterdam, Department of Sociology and Anthropology Location:  Netherlands Position:  Full Professor, Chair in Modern Asian History The Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the University of Amsterdam, together with the  International Institute of Social History (Royal Netherlands … Continue reading →

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Book Announcements: Japanese Visual Culture

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Paula

Rosina Buckland (National Museum of Scotland) and John Szostak (University of Hawaii at Manoa) would would like to announce publication of their books on modern Japanese painting, also part of Brill’s “Japanese Visual Culture” series. Rosina Buckland, *Painting Nature for … Continue reading →

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