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Fun Link Friday: Photos of the Sakurajima Eruption

Posted on March 15, 2013 by LM

NASA’s “Astronomy Picture of the Day” for March 11 was one of Martin Rietze’s photos of the Feb. 21-26 eruption of Sakurajima, an active volcano in Kagoshima. For the original photo set, which includes photos of pyroclastic eruptions as well, … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: STS Forum on the 2011 Fukushima / East Japan Disaster

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Paula

STS Forum on the 2011 Fukushima / East Japan Disaster Building a Transnational Research Agenda and Strategy for Engagement through a Social Scientific Understanding of Disasters and the Disaster Sciences INAUGURAL MEETING University of California Berkeley 12-14 May 2013 This … Continue reading →

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Fellowship: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Paula

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Program provides recent PhD recipients and ABDs (please see program eligibility requirements) with opportunities to conduct research in Japan under the leadership of a host researcher. Fellows are encouraged to … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Paula

Maki Fukuoka Stanford University Press, August 2012. 304 pp. (39 illustrations) ISBN: 9780804777902 Cloth $45 ISBN: 9780804784627 E-book $45.00 The Premise of Fidelity puts forward a new history of Japanese visuality through an examination of the discourses and practices surrounding … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Posted on July 29, 2012 by LM

http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=20941 The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-Century Japan Maki Fukuoka Stanford University Press Forthcoming July 2012 ISBN: 9780804777902 The Premise of Fidelity puts forward a new history of Japanese visuality through an examination of … Continue reading →

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Internship Opportunity: Wheelock College Center for International Education, Leadership, and Innovation (Summer 2012)

Posted on March 17, 2012 by LM

Institution: Wheelock College Location: Boston, MA Category: Admin – International Programs and Services Type: Part-Time/Adjunct The Wheelock College Center for International Education, Leadership, and Innovation facilitates the offering of academic programs in a number of international locations. In Singapore, the … Continue reading →

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Resource: USCF Japanese Woodblock Prints

Posted on February 1, 2012 by tnguyen3729

Interested in Japanese medical history and art? Check out the University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) Digital Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints! About In 1963, an East Asian collection was started by UCSF Provost and university librarian, later Chancellor, John … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Edited Collection: Techno-Orientalism in Science Fiction Film, Media and, Literature

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Paula

Editors: David Roh, Greta Niu, and Betsy Huang Deadline: March 15, 2012 We seek submissions for an edited collection on techno-Orientalism, dubbed by David Morley and Kevin Robins and refined by Greta Niu as the practice of ascribing, erasing, and/or … Continue reading →

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Funding: National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for US Graduate Students

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Paula

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 →

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Job Opening: Bo Jung and Soon Young Kim Professorship in East Asian Science and Technology

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Paula

Institution:  Johns Hopkins University, History of Science and Technology Location:   Maryland, United States Position:   Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor, East Asian History of Science or Technology The History of Science and Technology Department at Johns Hopkins University … Continue reading →

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