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Book Announcement: Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Paula

The SOAS Japan Research Centre, in association with Bloomsbury, is pleased to announce the publication of the first book in its new SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan series. Jan Bardsley’s Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan reveals the diverse possibilities of … Continue reading →

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Funding: CCWH/Berks Graduate Student Fellowship 2014

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Paula

CCWH/Berks Graduate Student Fellowship 2014 The Coordinating Council for Women in History and the Berkshire Conference of Women’s History Graduate Student Fellowship is a $1000 award to a graduate student completing a dissertation in a history department. The award is … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity: Japanese Women, Pregnancy Loss, and Modern Rituals of Grieving

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Paula

Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity: Japanese Women, Pregnancy Loss, and Modern Rituals of Grieving. Oxford University Press, 2013 (Oxford Ritual Studies). ISBN 978-0-19-994215-2 (pbk) Author: Smith, Bardwell L. Preface 1. Mizuko Kuyō: Memorial Services for Child Loss in Japan 2. … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Kinsella, Schoolgirls, Money and Rebellion

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Paula

Japanese society in the 1990s and 2000s produced a range of complicated material about sexualized schoolgirls, and few topics have caught the imagination of western observers so powerfully. While young Japanese girls had previously been portrayed as demure and obedient, … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan

Posted on June 30, 2013 by LM

Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan Edited by Alisa Freedman, Laura Miller, and Christine R. Yano 2013, Available Now Stanford University Press 296 pp. 17 illustrations. ISBN: 9780804781138 Cloth $80.00 ISBN: 9780804781145 Paper $24.95 ISBN: 9780804785549 … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Fighting Women during and after the Second World War in Asia and Europe

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Paula

Fighting Women during and after the Second World War in Asia and Europe, June 12-13, 2014 Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam This is a call for papers for the above conference, to be held on June 12-13, 2014, at the Institute for War, … Continue reading →

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Funding: CCWH/Berks Graduate Student Fellowship (Dissertation writing)

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Paula

Coordinating Council for Women in History Berks Graduate Student Fellowship Date: 2013-09-15 Description: The Coordinating Council for Women in History and the Berkshire Conference of Womens History Graduate Student Fellowship is a $1000 award to a graduate student completing a dissertation … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: publication projects on the subject of manga for girls/women

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Paula

In attempting to analyze the discursive aspects of shôjo or josei bunka (cultures created by and for girls/women) in contemporary Japan, we initially should reconfirm that shôjo manga have generally been regarded as a central force in the “discovery ” … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: CHANGING LIVES: The ‘Postwar’ in Japanese Women’s Autobiographies and Memoirs

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Paula

CHANGING LIVES: The ‘Postwar’ in Japanese Women’s Autobiographies and Memoirs (Association for Asian Studies, 2013) It is available in paperback ISBN: 978-0-924304-69-9. 216 pages. Changing Lives offers the reader substantial translations from memoirs and autobiographies by Japanese women. It contains … Continue reading →

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PhotoVoice Exhibit 2013 at the University of Michigan

Posted on April 1, 2013 by LM

Via the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies alumni mailing list. More about the project on Michigan Today. PhotoVoice Exhibit 2013 | April 9 – May 8 ~ OPENING RECEPTION ~ Tuesday, April 9 ~ 3:00 to 4:30PM at II … Continue reading →

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