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Job Opening: Modern Asian History, Visiting Assistant Professor, Boston College

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Institution:  Boston College, Department of History Location:   Massachusetts, United States Position:   Visiting Assistant Professor, Modern Asian History The Department of History at Boston College invites applications for a one-year position as visiting assistant professor in the history of … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Teaching Fellows (2) Japanese Studies (Haverford College), Korean Studies (Wittenburg University)

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Institution: Haverford College; Wittenburg University; ASIANetwork, Japanese Studies and Korean Studies Position:   Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Positions: Japan and Korea With the generous support of the Luce Foundation, ASIANetwork is providing financial support for the hiring of teaching fellow positions … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Occidentalism: Defining the Japanese Self

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

Rachael Hutchinson, Nagai Kafū’s Occidentalism: Defining the Japanese Self SUNY Press, November 2011 Hardcover 299 pages $80.00 Paperback and e-version forthcoming Describes how writer Nagai Kafū (1879–1959) used his experience of the West to reconcile modernization and Japanese identity. Nagai Kafū … Continue reading →

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Call for papers: Modern Art Asia

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

Modern Art Asia is dedicated to the arts of Asia from the eighteenth century to today, presenting graduate research from historical perspectives and international news on Asian art. Combining peer-reviewed articles with insightful commentary and the latest exhibition reviews from … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern East Asian History, Helen Bruce Lectureship, University of Aberdeen

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Institution:   University of Aberdeen, UK Location:   United Kingdom Position:   Helen Bruce Lectureship in Modern East Asian History UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN SCHOOL OF DIVINITY, HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY HELEN BRUCE LECTURESHIP IN MODERN EAST ASIAN HISTORY With the support … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern Asian History

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

Institution:   University of Birmingham, School of History and Cultures Location:   United Kingdom Position:   Assistant Professor, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Modern Asian History University of Birmingham College of Arts and Law School of History and Cultures Lecturer (Assistant Professor) … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Modern History (incl. East/South Asian), Monash Univ., Lecturer

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

Institution: Monash University, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies Location:   Australia Position:   Lecturer- Modern History Lecturer – Modern History School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies Faculty of Arts Monash University, Australia Full-time, continuing appointment, commencing June … Continue reading →

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Book Announcements: Modernism and Japanese Culture, Politics and Religion in Modern Japan, Rethinking Japanese Modernism

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

Modernism and Japanese Culture By Roy Starrs. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, 344 pages. Paperback: $25, Hardcover: $80. Webpages: UK: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=360186; US:http://us.macmillan.com/modernismandjapaneseculture/RoyStarrs Offering an in-depth and comprehensive account of the complex history of Japanese modernism, in this book Roy … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: NAJS Conference on the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

22-23 March 2012, Gothenburg, Sweden. We would like to invite you to participate in the Ninth Annual NAJS Conference. The NAJS is an interdisciplinary platform for research on modern and contemporary Japan. The next conference will take place at the … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Various fields of history including China, India, Asia’s relations with world, Assistant Professor

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

Institution: Nanyang Technological University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences Location:   Singapore Position:   Assistant Professor in Modern and Contemporary History Faculty Positions in Modern and Contemporary History The School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, … Continue reading →

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