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Tag Archives: tradition
Fun Link Friday: Spider battles
If the humidity of the rainy season hasn’t given you enough of a reason to feel the creepy-crawlies, you might be interested in learning more about the folk tradition of Kajiki Kumo Gassen, or the spider-fighting battles of Aira in Kagoshima. … Continue reading
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Tagged fun link friday, insects, Japan, matsuri, spiders, tradition
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Call for Papers: Networks and Religious Difference in Asian Buddhist Traditions
Call for Papers: “Networks and Religious Difference in Asian Buddhist Traditions,” Vanderbilt University,April 3-4, 2015 Buddhist traditions—in all their diversity—have been formed through processes of exchange, negotiation, and contestation in the face of perceived difference. These perceptions have existed both … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Asian Buddhism, Buddhism, call for papers, networks, religion, tradition, Vanderbilt University
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Book Announcement: Asia through Art and Anthropology: Cultural Translation Across Borders
How has Asia been imagined, represented and transferred both literally and visually across linguistic, geopolitical and cultural boundaries? This book explores the shifting roles of those who produce, critique and translate creative forms and practices, for which distinctions of geography, … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, art, asia, Asian art, books, culture, ethnicity, geography, Japan, modernity, tradition
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Book Announcement: Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past
As the historic capital of the country and the stronghold of the nation’s most celebrated traditions, the city of Kyoto holds a unique place in the Japanese imagination. Widely praised for the beauty of its townscape and natural environments, … Continue reading
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Tagged books, city, democracy, ethnography, Japan, Kyoto, town, tradition, urban environment, urbanity
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Announcement: Harvard Summer School in Kyoto at Doshisha University June 8 – August 2, 2014
We 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 course, “Japan: Tradition and Transformation,” which explores the nation’s tumultuous move to modernity. Professor … Continue reading
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Tagged Doshisha University, Harvard University, history, Japan, Japanese, modernity, religion, study abroad, summer school, tradition
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Conference: 6th Asian Translation Tradition Conference 2014 Translating Asia: Migration and Transgression
Location: Philippines Asia has been the site of the migration of peoples, texts, and cultures since pre-modern times. These flows have came largely from the “mother” civilizations of the Arabic, Indian, and Chinese peoples and, in the … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Asian translation, conference, Philippines, text, tradition, translation
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Book Announcement: Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Religions
We are happy to announce the publication of the Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Religions (Brill, http://www.brill.com/handbook-contemporary-japanese-religions). This reference volume is co-edited by Inken Prohl (Heidelberg) and John Nelson (Univ. of San Francisco) and is a true trans-Atlantic as well as a … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, Japan, Japanese religion, Japanese tradition, religion, tradition
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Call for Applications: Harvard Summer School in Kyoto at Doshisha University
We 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 course, “Japan: Tradition and Transformation,” which explores the nation’s tumultuous move to modernity. Professor James Robson’s course, … Continue reading
Call for Papers: New York Conference on Asian Studies, NYCAS 12
September 28-29, 2012 State University of New York at New Paltz Plan NOW to participate in NYCAS 2012! EARLY submission of panels and papers is encouraged! The deadline for submitting proposals is May 15, 2012. The State University of New … Continue reading
Study Traditional Theatre in Kyoto this summer!
Traditional Theatre Training 2012 is accepting applications for its 28th annual intensive program July 20-August 10th. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, teachers and researchers, and artists from many fields are invited; Japanese language is not necessary. Designed to overcome obstacles … Continue reading
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Tagged art, culture, Japan, Japanese culture, kyogen, Kyoto, Kyoto Art Center, nihonbuyo, noh, performance, theatre, tradition, traditional theatre, training
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 