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Category Archives: main posts
The Realities and Benefits of Translation as a Full-time Job – An Introduction
This week we have a special guest article on translation by Lynn, a professional in the field. Ever wonder what it takes to be a translator? Considering going outside of academia with your Japanese? See what he has to say … Continue reading
Posted in graduate school, jobs, useful links, living abroad, study tools, main posts
Tagged business, career, English, Japanese, job, main post, non-academic, professional, translation, translation work, work
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On Museum Volunteering / Internships: Part II
In my last guest post, I suggested a few ways to begin looking for and applying to museum internships. Today, I will try to provide something of an overview of the types of internship/volunteer positions that exist, how they work, … Continue reading
Posted in culture, graduate school, jobs, main posts, social networking
Tagged art, curator, curatorial intern, curatorial work, internship, Japanese art, jobs, main post, museum, preservation, volunteer, volunteering
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Sent to Sendai: Reflections of an ALT after the Tohoku Earthquake
On March 11, 2011, I had no idea that I would be moving to Sendai, Japan in less than half a year. When the earthquake happened at 2:46PM in Japan, it was 12:46AM in Washington, D.C. and I was asleep. I … Continue reading
Posted in living abroad, main posts
Tagged 311, ALT, disaster, disaster relief, earthquake, Japan, JET, Sendai, teaching, Tohoku, Tohoku disaster, Tohoku earthquake, Tohoku tsunami, tsunami, volunteering
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Japanese Studies: we have a problem—in theory
There are plenty of stereotypes about graduate students, but one of the most persistent images is that of the intellectual snob. Using obscure words in everyday conversations, sprinkling buzzwords into explanations in class, and name-dropping the scholars or theorists they’ve … Continue reading
Posted in graduate school, main posts, senior year, undergraduate
Tagged area studies, coursework, east asia, education, graduate school, Japan, japanese studies, philosophy, teaching, theory
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On Museum Volunteering / Internships
Our main article kicking off the 2012 year is a guest piece by Travis, an MA student in art history who also runs the blog “茶有の者 – A Man with Tea.” We’re happy to have him and look forward to … Continue reading
Posted in graduate school, interviewing, jobs, main posts, social networking, study tools, summer program, undergraduate
Tagged art, art history, curator, curatorial work, employment, internship, Japanese art, museum, volunteer
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Getting involved with Japan-America Societies
With New Years fast approaching it’s time to forget 2011 and look forward to what next year has to offer. While making your resolutions for 2012 why not use this fresh start as a way to get more involved with … Continue reading
Posted in culture, main posts, social networking, useful links
Tagged culture, events, interships, Japan, Japan America Society, Japanese culture, organizations, social networking, volunteer, volunteering
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Multimodal literacies and using manga/anime in the classroom
This week’s feature article is a guest post by Laura Bolling, who is interested in a variety of topics related to contemporary Japan, including manga literacy. She explores the benefits of using manga and anime in the classroom, as well … Continue reading
Posted in culture, main posts, study tools, useful links
Tagged animation, anime, classroom, education, grammar, Japanese, language studies, literacy, manga, manga literacy, text
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Applying to JET as a CIR, Part 3
Part 3: Life as a CIR Placement Positions for CIRs are extremely varied in terms of location, duties, and expectations. ALTs know from the start that their primary duty at work will be teaching English at public schools. There’s a … Continue reading
Posted in applications, JET, jobs, living abroad, main posts
Tagged CIR, Coordinator for International Relations, JET, JET Program, rural, teaching
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Foreign Area Officer (aka Getting Paid to be an Expert)
Hello cyberspace! Katie here, coming at you with a little bit more incentive to go military, or even just military related. A lot of agencies and services have realized the importance of having individuals specialized in certain areas of the … Continue reading
Posted in jobs, main posts, military service, useful links
Tagged career, foreign area officer, future career, military, navy
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An introduction to the MEXT scholarship
Today’s feature article is a written by Chris Kern, a Ph.D. student of The Ohio State University who will be traveling to Japan this month as a MEXT (or Monbukagakusho 文部科学省) award recipient. He introduces what the MEXT scholarship is … Continue reading
Posted in applications, financial assistance, funding, graduate school, interviewing, main posts, study abroad
Tagged funding, Japan, MEXT, MEXT scholarship, monbukagakusho, monbusho, research, scholarship, 文部科学省
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