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Call for Papers: The Imperial Court in China, Japan, and Korea: Women, Servants, and the Emperor’s Household (1600-early 1900s)

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Paula

Location: California, United States The University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim is pleased to announce the call for papers for The Imperial Court in China, Japan, and Korea: Women, Servants, and the Emperors Household (1600 early 1900s) … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Women’s Manga in Asia: Glocalizing Different Cultures and Identities

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Paula

Women’s Manga in Asia: Glocalizing Different Cultures and Identities Dates: 23-25 January, 2013 Venues: 23-24 University of Sydney 25 The Art Gallery of New South Wales Hosted by: Women’s Manga Research Project (JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 24320047) The Department of … Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Paula

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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Call for Papers: Image of Women in Buddhist History

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Paula

Call for papers: “The Image of Women in Buddhist History” ICBS Fall 2012 Young Scholar Seminar, Institute of Chinese Buddhist Studies, University of the West, Rosemead, CA, November 9-10, 2012 Theme: The Image of Women in Buddhist History Location: University … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Housewives of Japan

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Paula

http://us.macmillan.com/housewivesofjapan/ofraGoldsteinGidoni Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni Palgrave Macmillan, 6/5/2012 ISBN: 978-0-230-34031-2, ISBN10: 0-230-34031-8, Women in postwar Japan have never felt completely free from the traditional concept of the housewife. Drawing on a unique ethnographic inquiry, Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni explores the complexities of the relationship … Continue reading →

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Funding: Graduate Women Scholarship for Non-Japanese to Study in Japan

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Paula

http://www.cwaj.org/Scholarship/njg.htm The 2012 Scholarship application is now closed. The posted applications are for reference only. Applications for 2013 Scholarships will be uploaded in May 2012. 1 scholarship, ¥2.0 Million The NJG Program supports graduate study in Japan for non-Japanese women who are enrolled … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: WOMEN ADRIFT: The Literature of Japan’s Imperial Body

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Paula

How women figured in the expansion of the national body of the Japanese empire WOMEN ADRIFT: The Literature of Japan’s Imperial Body By Noriko J. Horiguchi University of Minnesota Press | 272 pages | 2011 ISBN 978-0-8166-6978-3 | paperback | … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Documentary on Keiko Fukuda, Judo’s Only Female 10th Degree

Posted on August 26, 2011 by LM

“The belt ranks for women were very old fashioned and sexist. There was nothing above 5th degree for women.” -Keiko Fukuda Today’s Fun Link is a trailer for Yuriko Gamo Romer’s documentary Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful: The Story … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: A Place in Public: Women’s Rights in Meiji Japan

Posted on August 21, 2011 by LM

A Place in Public: Women’s Rights in Meiji Japan Marnie S. Anderson This book addresses how gender became a defining category in the political and social modernization of Japan. During the early decades of the Meiji period (1868–1912), the Japanese … Continue reading →

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Job opening: Women Researchers in Japanese Philosophy or Culture

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Paula

The Faculty of Humanities of Kyushu University in Japan is now actively recruiting academic women researchers for the “Women Researchers Promotion Program”, according to its policy of “Supporting Positive Activities for Female Researchers” This program is based on the “Supporting … Continue reading →

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