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Deadline extended: The Noh Training Project

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Paula

The Noh Training Project based in Bloomsburg, PA is extending its early registration deadline until March 31st. Please see our website http://www.nohtrainingproject.org/ for details. This year, the Noh Training Project is celebrating its 20th anniversary culminating in torchlight performances of the classical noh … Continue reading →

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Summer Program: Kyoto Traditional Theatre Training

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Paula

The intensive summer program in Kyoto Traditional Theatre Training invites applications to its 30th annual program, July 18-20 (orientation and overview of performing arts) and training (Jul 21-Aug 8). Master-teachers of the Kanze school noh, Okura school kyogen, and Wakayagi school of nihonbuyo classical dance offer … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Henry Black – On Stage in Meiji Japan

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Paula

Henry Black – On Stage in Meiji Japan By Ian McArthur ONE OF Japan’s first foreign-born entertainers is the subject of my new book,  the first about him in the English-speaking world. Henry Black – On Stage in Meiji Japan … Continue reading →

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Conference: Performance and Japanese Literature

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Paula

  Registration is now available for PERFORMANCE AND JAPANESE LITERATURE the 22nd annual Association for Japanese Literary Studies conference hosted by the Japan Studies Committee of the University of Chicago October 18-19, 2013 at International House (1414 E. 59th St. Chicago, … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Laughing like in the “good old days”? The Boom of Rakugo and Yose Engei in the 21st Century

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Paula

Symposium at the University of Vienna October 11th  to 12th 2013 (Rakugo-kai with Shunpuutei Ichinosuke on October 12th 2013) The submission deadline for papers is August 5th 2013. More than 40 years after the famous rakugo-ka Tatekawa Danshi predicted the death of … Continue reading →

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Conference: Religious Performance, City and Country in East Asia

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Paula

The University of Illinois will host an international symposium, “Religious Performance, City and Country in East Asia,” October 9-10, 2013, at Levis Center of the Urbana-Champaign Campus.  For details concerning the event, including registration and schedule, see below. University of Illinois … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: 400th Anniversary of Japan-British Relations

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Paula

Although 2013 is already half over, the history nerd in me still feels the need to promote this fabulous factoid and fun link, which came to me earlier this year as a website announcement: 2013 marks the 400th anniversary of … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Association for Japanese Literary Studies

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Paula

The theme of the 2013 Association for Japanese Literary Studies Annual Meeting is “Performance and Japanese Literature.” The conference will be held October 18-20 on the campus of the University of Chicago. The deadline for submitting paper proposal abstracts (300 … Continue reading →

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Broadcast Performance: Strolling Invader

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Paula

IJPAN, the Illinois Japan Performing Arts Network, presents a webcast of a staged reading of *Strolling Invader*, a new play being performed at the Japan Society of New York.  This performance will be broadcast live on Monday, April 1 at … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Performance and Japanese Literature

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Paula

The theme of the 2013 Association for Japanese Literary Studies Annual Meeting is “Performance and Japanese Literature.”  The conference will be held October 18-20 on the campus of the University of Chicago. Performance offers a concept through which to re-examine … Continue reading →

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