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Category Archives: announcements
Book Announcement: Uneven Moments: Reflections on Japan’s Modern History
Uneven Moments Reflections on Japan’s Modern History Harry Harootunian Columbia University Press Few scholars have done more than Harry Harootunian to shape the study of modern Japan. Incorporating Marxist critical perspectives on history and theoretically informed insights, his scholarship has … Continue reading
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Tagged history, Japanese society, japanese studies, modern Japan, modern Japanese history, politics, society
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Call for Applicants: Kuzushiji Summer Workshop
The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago invites applicants to its annual Kuzushiji Summer Workshop, which offers advanced undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and independent scholar intensive week-long instruction in reading print and manuscript materials from the … Continue reading
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Tagged calligraphy, early modern, early modern Japan, kuzushiji, premodern Japanese, workshop, writing
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Call for Applicants: 2019 Kambun Workshop at USC
2019 Kambun Workshop at USC: Fujiwara Yorinaga in His Own Words This summer’s Kambun Workshop at the University of Southern California will focus on reading selections from the late Heian Taiki courtier journal of Fujiwara Yorinaga (1120-56), son of the viceroy Tadazane.Yorinaga’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Japanese language, kambun, kambun workshop, kanbun, language, premodern Japan, premodern language, workshop
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Call for Applicants: Traditional Theater Training, Kyoto
Come spend a few weeks in Kyoto this summer to train with masters of traditional theater and dance! This summer will be the 35th annual Traditional Theater Training (T.T.T.) 2019, held at the Kyoto Art Center. T.T.T. is a three-week summer intensive training … Continue reading
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Tagged art, dancing, media, noh, performance arts, traditional theater, workshop
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Japanese Studies Summer Programmes at the UEA, UK
Japan Orientation, 29 June – 13 July 2019 Level: Undergraduate Eligibility: The course is suited to those who are interested in Japan, East Asia and the latest approaches to Japanese Studies. No specific prior knowledge is required, except a desire … Continue reading
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Tagged fellowship, ishibashi foundation, Japan Orientation, United Kingdom
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Book Announcement: Producing Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Literature, Film, and Transnational Politics
Producing Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Literature, Film, and Transnational Politics Yuko Shibata National, disciplinary, and linguistic boundaries all play a role in academic study and nowhere is this more apparent than in traditional humanities scholarship surrounding the atomic bombing of Hiroshima … Continue reading
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Tagged cinema, film, Hiroshima, international relations, Japan, Japanese history, literature, media, media studies, Nagasaki, postwar, postwar Japan, United States, WWII
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Funding: Toshiba International Foundation Fellowships 2019
Toshiba International Foundation Fellowships 2019 Within the framework of the Toshiba International Foundation Fellowship programme conducted jointly by EAJS and the Toshiba International Foundation, the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) selects candidates for a fellowship to undertake research in … Continue reading
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