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Tag Archives: literature
Book Announcement: An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Mega-City, 1750-1850
Via the University of Hawai’i Press: http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8943-9780824837402.aspx An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Mega-City, 1750-1850 Editor: Jones, Sumie; Watanabe, Kenji; 528pp. February 2013 Paper – Price: $30.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3740-2 Cloth – Price: $70.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3629-0 During the eighteenth century, Edo … Continue reading
Job Opening: Premodern Japanese Literature
J. F. Oberlin University The College of Arts and Sciences at J. F. Oberlin University, Tokyo, invites applications for a tenure-track/tenured position in the field of Premodern Japanese Literature. Appointment will be at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, … Continue reading
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Tagged Tokyo, Japan, premodern, job opening, premodern Japan, Japanese literature, literature, J. F. Oberlin University
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Call for Papers: Association for Japanese Literary Studies
The theme of the 2013 Association for Japanese Literary Studies Annual Meeting is “Performance and Japanese Literature.” The conference will be held October 18-20 on the campus of the University of Chicago. The deadline for submitting paper proposal abstracts (300 … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Association for Modern Japanese Literary Studies
AMJLS is happy to announce the conference and call for papers below. Call for papers: “International Research Conference: Interfaces of Modern Japanese Literature” Application deadline: May 31, 2013 Location: Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan Date: December 1, 2013 [URL] Japanese & English: http://amjls.web.fc2.com/gakkai.html#international-e Chinese:http://amjls.web.fc2.com/international-c.pdf … Continue reading
Doctoral Fellowships: [general] Globalization and Literature. Representations, Transformations, Interventions
For more information, see https://www.graduatecenter-lmu.de/global/index.php?lang=en http://www.en.grk-globalisierung.uni-muenchen.de/index.html Doctoral Fellowships The DFG-Research Training Group “Globalization and Literature. Representations, Transformations, Interventions” established at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München (Germany), invites applications for • 7 Doctoral Fellowships starting in October, 2013, for up to … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Performance and Japanese Literature
The theme of the 2013 Association for Japanese Literary Studies Annual Meeting is “Performance and Japanese Literature.” The conference will be held October 18-20 on the campus of the University of Chicago. Performance offers a concept through which to re-examine … Continue reading
Job Opening: Cinema Studies/Visual Culture (East Asian), Modern Japanese Literature or Cultural History
Institution: Nagoya University, Graduate School of Letters Location: Japan Position: Associate Professor or Full Professor, Cinema Literature Culture The Graduate School of Letters of Nagoya University, Japan, invites applications for two faculty positions beginning in October 2013: one position in … Continue reading
Job Opening: Modern Japanese Literature, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (two year appointment)
Institution: Wellesley College, East Asian Language and Literature Location: Massachusetts, United States Position: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow – Modern Japanese Literature The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Wellesley College announces a search for a two-year … Continue reading
First Illustrated Japanese Book Added as 13-Millionth Volume
Reblogged from nonsolusblog: Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 (Tales of Ise). Kyoto-fu (Saga): Suminokura Soan, with Nakanoin Michikatsu and Hon’ami Kōetsu, 1608. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has added its 13-millionth book, maintaining our status as the largest public university library in America. … Continue reading
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Tagged classical literature, fun link friday, Ise Monogatari, Japan, Japanese literature, literature, print, print culture
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Resource: Podcasts on Japanese Literature and Culture
As many of you know, we love podcasts. With all this newfangled technology, podcasts are an excellent way to practice language or learn about topics you have no previous experience with. Last year a friend of mine who specializes in … Continue reading
