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Book Announcement: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Paula

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima, has been published by Oxford University Press. The book explains the history of nuclear power in Japan, the sociopolitical backdrop of post-3.11 social movements, the censorial pressures that musicians are under, … Continue reading →

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Call For Papers: Narratives of decline: the changing patterns of death and aging in contemporary Japanese religions

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Paula

CALL FOR PAPERS ‘Narratives of decline: the changing patterns of death and aging in contemporary Japanese religions’ Japanese Studies Workshop, The University of Manchester Tuesday, 31 May 2016 PhD Student workshop Narratives of decline are embedded in both academic and … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Male Circumcision in Japan

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Paula

Castro-Vázquez, Genaro (2015) Male Circumcision in Japan. New York: Palgrave. ISBN 9781137518750 About the book Male Circumcision in Japan provides an in-depth examination of anthropological and sociological developments in Japan which challenge the accepted biomedical view of male circumcision as … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Utopias on Display: Visions of Past and Future in Modern Japan

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Paula

Utopias on Display: Visions of Past and Future in Modern Japan (A Global Asias Workshop) Date: April 9, 2016 Venue: Department of Asian Studies, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA. The trite description of Japan as a modern paradox, simultaneously a … Continue reading →

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20th Century Japan Research Award for 2015-2016

Posted on October 12, 2015 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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Job Opening: Modern Japanese literature and culture, University of Notre Dame

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Paula

Institution:    University of Notre Dame, East Asian Languages and Cultures Location:        Indiana, United States Position:         Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures  Assistant Professor in Modern Japanese Literature and Culture The Department of East Asian Languages and … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Asian History, National University of Singapore

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Paula

Institution:  National University of Singapore, Department of History Location:     Singapore Position:      Full Professor, National University of Singapore, Department of History The George E. Bogaars Professorship in History The Department of History at the National University of Singapore (NUS) … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Vassar College, Assistant Professor, East Asian History

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Paula

Vassar College, History Assistant Professor, East Asian History East Asia.  The Department of History at Vassar College invites applications for a full time tenure-track appointment in East Asian History at the rank of assistant professor beginning August 2016.  Vassar College … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations on Screen

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Paula

Kirsch, Griseldis (2015). Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations on Screen. A History, 1989-2005. SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan. London: Bloomsbury Academic. http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contemporary-sino-japanese-relations-on-screen-9781472572394/ About Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations on Screen Japan and China look back on a history of friendship as well as … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Chaos and Cosmos of Kurosawa Tokiko: One Woman’s Transit from Tokugawa to Meiji Japan

Posted on July 12, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press The Chaos and Cosmos of Kurosawa Tokiko: One Woman’s Transit from Tokugawa to Meiji Japan Author: Nenzi, Laura 280pp. February 2015 Cloth – Price: $48.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3957-4 Categories: Asia, Japan, history, biography The Chaos and … Continue reading →

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