Tag Archives: premodern

Resource: Komonjo website

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Paula

One of the premodern document types that receives the least attention in terms of English-language learning resources is komonjo, documents such as letters or official orders that are outside the purview of more narrative works such as diaries or literary … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Premodern Japanese History, J. F. Oberlin University

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Paula

J.F. Oberlin University is searching for a part-time instructor for “Premodern Japanese History,” an upper-division survey course taught in English. The opening is for the fall semester of 2016, with the possibility of renewal for subsequent years. The 4-credit course … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Tenure-Track Position in Pre-modern Japanese Literature and Culture

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Paula

Position in Pre-modern Japanese Literature and Culture, College of East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University. Effective July 1, 2016. Assistant professor (tenure-track) in Japanese. PhD in hand or near completion by time of appointment. We seek a colleague with a broad foundation in pre-modern … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Networks and Negotiations: UCSB Graduate Student Conference

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Travis

Announcing the following graduate student conference being held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, February 12-13, 2016, and to invite abstract submissions. This conference aims to explore the relationships between institutions, polities and frameworks in premodern Japan. With the theme … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Japan: Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary—A Return Trip from the East to the West. Learning in, about and from Japan

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Paula

CALL FOR PAPERS The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Japanese Department) at the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University (Bucharest, Romania), with the support of its collaborators from Kyoto University and Osaka University (Japan), is pleased to announce organizing the third edition of … Continue reading →

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Job Openings: Short-term positions at Kyushu University

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Paula

The International Master’s Program (IMAP) in Japanese Humanities, Kyushu University, would like to let members of the list and their colleagues know about short-term positions during the 2016-2017 academic year at Kyushu University, Graduate School of Humanities and School of Letters. … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: College Fellow in Pre-modern Japanese Humanities

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Paula

Institution: Harvard University Location: Massachusetts, United States Position: Fellow Harvard’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations is seeking applications for a College Fellow in the study of pre-modern Japanese humanities. The College Fellows Program at the Faculty of Arts … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Transnational Cultural Interactions between Korea and Japan, From the Pre-modern to the Colonial Period

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Paula

Transnational Cultural Interactions between Korea and Japan, From the Pre-modern to the Colonial Period The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, May 17–19, 2015 Keynote Speaker: Theodore Q. Hughes, Korea Foundation Associate Professor, Columbia University Cultural interaction between Korea and Japan has … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Cultural Interactions between Korea & Japan

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Paula

Transnational Cultural Interactions between Korea and Japan, From the Pre-modern to the Colonial Period Cultural interaction between Korea and Japan has become more fluid ever since Korea lifted the ban on importing cultural products from Japan in 1998, and since … Continue reading →

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Resources: Premodern literature in translation

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Paula

Recently we posted a guide to several resources for finding Japanese literature in translation, including databases for old and new works and international competitions for translating recent works. As a complement to these sites, today we’re providing a quickie resource … Continue reading →

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