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Tag Archives: research
Funding: Doctoral Research Japanese Studies, Univ. of Manchester
Funding for Doctoral Research at the University of Manchester Location: United Kingdom Fellowship Date: 2012-02-15 Funding for Doctoral Research in Japanese Studies at the University of Manchester Application for a place on a PhD program should be made by mid-February … Continue reading
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Tagged doctoral research, east asia, funding, Japan, modern Japan, research, United Kingdom, University of Manchester
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Funding: Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant
TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAM HARVARD-YENCHING LIBRARY HARVARD UNIVERSITY The Harvard-Yenching Library is pleased to announce its Travel Grant Program for the 2011-2012 academic year. The purpose of the grant is to assist scholars from outside the metropolitan Boston area in their … Continue reading
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Tagged grant, Harvard University, japanese studies, libraries, library, research, travel grant
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Grant: Columbia University Libraries
The Columbia University Libraries (CUL) invites applications from scholars and researchers to a new program designed to facilitate access to Columbia’s special and unique collections. CUL will award ten (10) grants of $2500 each on a competitive basis to researchers … Continue reading
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Tagged Columbia University, Columbia University Libraries, funding, grant, New York, research
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Book Announcement: Voices of Early Modern Japan. Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns
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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Tagged books, culture, early modern, early modern Japan, economics, history, Japan, politics, religion, research, Tokugawa
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Japanese Studies Graduate Summer School
Monday 30th January-Thursday 2nd February 2012 School of Culture, History & Language ANU College of Asia & the Pacific The Japanese Studies Graduate Summer School (JSGSS) is a program of intensive research activities designed to bring together PhD, Research Masters … Continue reading
SSRC/JSPS fellowships for PhDs and ABDs
The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for ABDs and recent PhDs provides promising and highly qualified researchers in the humanities and social sciences with the opportunity to conduct extended research at leading universities and research institutions in Japan. Fellowship terms are … Continue reading
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Tagged fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, research, study abroad
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Funding: National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for US Graduate Students
2012 APPLICATION NOW OPEN (Link: www.nsfsi.org ) The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a flagship international fellowship program for developing the next generation of globally engaged U.S. scientists and engineers knowledgeable … Continue reading
Funding: Twentieth Century Japan Research Award for 2011-2012
Twentieth Century Japan Research Award for 2011-2012 The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for one $1,500.00 grant to support research in the library’s Gordon W. Prange Collection and East … Continue reading
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Tagged east asia, grant, Japan, Maryland, modern Japan, research, University of Maryland
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Resource: Japanese Law Translation
Do you need an easy way to find Japanese laws in English? While working in Japan this past year, I had a vague idea of the Alien Registration Act (which the government is looking to change soon) from my general … Continue reading
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Tagged database, law, Ministry of Justice, research, resource, translation, web archiving
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International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program 2012 Competition is now open
The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program supports the next generation of scholars in the humanities and social sciences pursuing research that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies. IDRF accepts applications for research that is situated in a specific … Continue reading
What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 