Tag Archives: religion

Resource: Encyclopedia of Shinto

Posted on January 11, 2012 by tnguyen3729

Do you have an interest in Shinto? Looking for a handy online reference item to check information? Check out the Encyclopedia of Shinto. About The Encyclopedia of Shinto in an online translation of the Shintō jiten edited by the Institute … Continue reading →

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Harvard Summer School in Kyoto at Doshisha University June 4-July 27,2012

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Paula

Dear prospective participants, I am writing to invite you to take part in Harvard Summer School’s 8-week program at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. Students enroll in 2 courses: Professor Mikael Adolphson’s “Japan: Tradition and Transformation,” explores the nation’s tumultous … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Voices of Early Modern Japan. Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Paula

Constantine Nomikos Vaporis. Greenwood Press,2012. 254 pages. ISBN 978-0-313-39200-9 eISBN 978-0-313-39201-6. Voices of Early Modern Japan: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns spans an extraordinary period of Japanese history, ranging from the unification of the … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: From Sovereign to Symbol: An Age of Ritual Determinism in Fourteenth Century Japan

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Paula

Thomas Donald Conlan ISBN13: 9780199778102 ISBN10: 0199778108 Hardback, 256 pages Fourteenth-century Japan witnessed a fundamental political and intellectual conflict about the nature of power and society, a conflict that was expressed through the rituals and institutions of two rival courts. … Continue reading →

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Scholarship: Dissertation scholarship:Buddhist Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Paula

The doctoral program in Buddhist Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich, Germany offers a PhD scholarship for a dissertation project related to Buddhism. Deadline for application: 15th November 2011 Start of scholarship: 1st January 2012 or later End of scholarship: … Continue reading →

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Call For Papers: Graduate Student Conference on East Asia

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Paula

Twenty-first Annual Graduate Student Conference on East Asia Columbia University in the City of New York Friday February 10 to Saturday February 11, 2012 Graduate students are invited to submit papers for the Twenty-First Annual Graduate Student Conference on East … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Numata Professorship of Buddhist Studies

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Paula

Institution: University of Oxford Location: United Kingdom Position: Full Professor, Oriental Studies Faculty; Numata Professorship of Buddhist Studies Numata Professorship of Buddhist Studies ORIENTAL INSTITUTE in association with Balliol College The Numata Chair was created in 2006 by … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Conference of the Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Paula

December 7-9, 2011 The 2011 conference of the Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies (AABS) will be held in conjunction with the New Zealand Association for the Study of Religions (NZASR) Conference from December 7, 2011 to December 9, 2011 at … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese Buddhism, UC Berkeley, Professor

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Paula

Institution: University of California – Berkeley, East Asian Languages and Cultures Position: Tenured Professor, Japanese Buddhism Japanese Buddhism: The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a tenured position in Japanese … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: International Journal of Tantric Studies (IJTS)

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Paula

We are seeking academics and bona fide scholars to write and submit finished papers and review papers to our scholarly online publication (established 1995), the *International Journal of Tantric Studies* http://asiatica.org/ijts/. The IJTS is open to all bona fide scholars … Continue reading →

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