Tag Archives: sex

Resource: Gender Statistics Database

Today we briefly introduce a resource for those interested in gender studies in modern Japan: the Gender Statistics Database. This source is almost entirely presented in a bilingual format. As stated on the site: The Gender Statistics Database by National … Continue reading

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Funding: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Humanities, University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania, Penn Humanities Forum Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, 2015-2016 Five Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities are available for the 2015-2016 academic year on the general theme of SEX. Open to untenured junior scholars holding a PhD (no … Continue reading

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Conference: Sex, Gender, and Society: Rethinking Modern Japanese Feminisms

April 19-20, 2013 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA The Japanese program of the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures (REALC), Emory University, invites you to attend a two-day conference on Sex, Gender, and Society: Rethinking Modern Japanese … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Sex, Gender, and Society: Rethinking Modern Japanese Feminisms

April 19-20, 2013 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA The Japanese program of the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures (REALC), Emory University, invites paper proposals for a two-day conference on Sex, Gender, and Society: Rethinking Modern Japanese … Continue reading

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Job Opening: Fellow/Visiting Scholar, “Towards a Global History of Sexual Science, 1880-1950” (scope includes Asia)

Fellowship (short term) for Humanities Institute “Towards a Global History of Sexual Science, 1880-1950” at Dartmouth College July 1 to August 17, 2013 Institution: Dartmouth College, Leslie Humanities Center at Dartmouth Location:   New Hampshire, United States Position:   Fellow, … Continue reading

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Book announcement: Sex in Japan’s Globalization, 1870–1930: Prostitutes, Emigration and Nation-Building

Bill Mihalopoulos London: Pickering & Chatto, 2011 ISBN-10: 1848932014 ISBN-13: 978-1848932012 http://www.pickeringchatto.com/nationbuilding Based on archival research undertaken in Japan and Britain, Mihalopoulos offers a new perspective on the relations between gender hierarchies and the political economy in a newly modernized … Continue reading

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