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Tag Archives: premodern
Book Announcement: Land, Power, and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan
Land, Power, and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan Edited by Janet R. Goodwin, Joan R. Piggott Landed estates (shōen) produced much of the material wealth supporting all levels of late classical and medieval Japanese society. During the tenth through … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, Heian period, history, Japan, Japanese history, Kamakura period, Muromachi period, premodern, premodern Japan, religion, shoen system
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Book Announcement: The Sarashina Diary: A Woman’s Life in Eleventh-Century Japan—Reader’s Edition
The Sarashina Diary A Woman’s Life in Eleventh-Century Japan (Reader’s Edition) Sugawara no Takasue no Musume. Translated, with an introduction, by Sonja Arntzen and Moriyuki Itō Columbia University Press https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-sarashina-diary/9780231186773 A thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl embarked on … Continue reading
Resource: Laures Kirishitan Bunko Database
For those interested in the premodern and/or the history Christianity and its connections to Japan, Sophia University in Tokyo has a fascinating database that’s worth looking into. A digital archive of the rare books of Johannes Laures, S.J., the collection contains as many … Continue reading
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Tagged archive, Christianity, history, Japan, Kirishitan, maps, premodern, premodern history, resources, Sophia University
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Job Opening: Postdoctoral Researcher in Pre-1900 Japanese Studies, University of Chicago
For full details, see: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56559 The University of Chicago’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position at the rank of Instructor in Pre-1900 Japanese Studies. The successful candidate, appointed at the rank of Instructor, … Continue reading
Book Announcement: The Imperial Edicts in the Shoku Nihongi
The Imperial Edicts in the Shoku Nihongi https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1983595454 The imperial edicts from the eighth century comprise a magnificent collection of ancient Japanese prose. Known as the senmyō, they were inscribed in Old Japanese in the court history Shoku Nihongi (Chronicles of Japan, Continued), … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient, ancient history, ancient Japan, book announcement, books, government, Japanese history, premodern, premodern history
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Book Announcement: Waka and Things, Waka as Things
Waka and Things, Waka as Things Edward Kamens A challenging study offering a new perspective on classical Japanese poems and how they interact with and are part of material culture This generously illustrated volume offers a fresh perspective on classical … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japanese history, Japanese literature, literature, poetry, premodern, premodern history, waka
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Job Opening: Part-time lecturer(s) (非常勤講師) in premodern Japan studies
The International Master’s Program (IMAP) and International Doctorate (IDOC) in Japanese Humanities in the Graduate School of Humanities at Kyushu University seek part-time lecturers for the 2018–19 Japanese academic year to teach one or more MA courses in the following … Continue reading
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Tagged japanese studies, Kyushu University, lecturer, premodern, premodern Japan
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Book Announcement: Buddhism & Medicine: An Anthology of Premodern Sources
C. Pierce Salguero (ed.), Buddhism & Medicine: An Anthology of Premodern Sources (New York: Columbia University Press, 2017). From its earliest days, Buddhism has been closely intertwined with medicine. Buddhism and Medicine is a singular collection showcas- ing the generative relationship and … Continue reading
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Job Opening: Premodern Japanese literature, Stanford University
Institute: Stanford University, East Asian Languages and Cultures Location: California, United States Position: Assistant Professor in Premodern Japanese Literature Faculty Position Available The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University is seeking applicants for a tenure track Assistant Professor … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Japan: Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary. A Return Trip from the East to the West.
CALL FOR PAPERS The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Japanese Department) at the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, with the support of its collaborators from Kobe University, Kyoto University and Kanda University of International Studies, will be organizing the fifth international … Continue reading
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Tagged call for papers, Christian University, Japan, japanese studies, modern, premodern, research
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