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Conference Istanbul 2015 – Report Caitlin MEAGHER

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Caitlin MEAGHER pontificait[@]gmail.com University of Oxford First, I would like to express my deep gratitude to the Toshiba Foundation for allowing me this opportunity.  As a doctoral candidate in the final stages (just prior to defense), the conference allowed me to present a paper that was based on my fieldwork data but which would not fit … Read more

Conference Istanbul 2015 – Report Artur LOZANO-MENDEZ

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Artur LOZANO-MENDEZ Artur.Lozano[@]uab.cat Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona The 26th JAWS conference was held on the Faculty of Arts & Sciences of the splendid South Campus of Bosphorus University, from the 1st to the 4th of September 2015. Thanks to the efforts of the organisers, the faculty of BoğaziçiUniversity and the team of volunteers, the conference went … Read more

Conference Istanbul 2015 – Report William H. KELLY

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William H. KELLY william.kelly[@]anthro.ox.ac.uk University of Oxford The leafy and cat-strewn campus of Boğaziçi University in Istanbul was the venue for the 26thJAWS Conference, the main theme of which was ‘Technology and Nature’. Panels, organized in parallel sessions over three days, explored such topics as robotic technologies in elderly care; issues related to medical technologies … Read more

Conference Istanbul 2015 – Report Sonja GANSEFORTH

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Sonja GANSEFORTH ganseforth[@]uni-leipzig.de Leipzig University The opening reception of the 2015 JAWS conference in Istanbul highlighted the beautiful location of the hosting institution, Boğaziçi University, which hadan abundance of plants and dozy cats (that would later even take over the speaker’s desk on occasion) and an astonishing view over the Bosphorus. This first event set the … Read more

Conference Istanbul 2015 – Report Michael FACIUS

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Michael FACIUSmichael.facius[@]fu-berlin.deFreie Universität Berlin As someone who has mainly been working on the history of Chinese knowledge in late Edo and Meiji Japan over the last few years, I am very grateful to the conveners of an anthropological conference on technology and nature in contemporary Japan for accepting my amateurish paper proposal on Japanese Augmented … Read more

Conference Istanbul 2015 – Report Susanne AUERBACH

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Susanne AUERBACH susanne.auerbach[@]fu-berlin.de Freie Universität Berlin From the 1st to 4th September the 26th Conference of the Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS) took place at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey. Convened by Cosima Wagner and Cornelia Reiher from the Freie Universität Berlin and organised by Selcuk Esenbel and Erdal Küçükylaçı from Boğaziçi University, the conference gathered … Read more

CFP: 27th JAWS Conference, 24-26 SEP 2016, Kobe, Japan

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27th Conference of the Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS) 2016 Ceremony and Ritual in Japan: From Matsuri to Daily Life Venue: Kobe University, Kobe (Japan) Time: September 24~25, 2016 (concurrent with the 2nd EAJS Japan Conference https://www.eajs.eu/index.php?id=751) Deadline for paper proposals: 30 April 2016 Abstracts should be submitted through the EAJS website, but please make sure … Read more

Announcement for the “Kreiner Award”

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Call for Applications for the “2nd Professor Josef Kreiner Hosei University Award for International Japanese Studies”

1. Objective
This award has been created to publicly celebrate Professor Josef Kreiner in his remarkable academic efforts to promote Japanese studies in Europe and at Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies (HIJAS). At the same time we want to encourage overseas scholars of Japanese studies and to contribute to further development in this academic field.

2. Responsible Organisation
Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies (HIJAS).

3. Qualification Requirements

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Important Info on Istanbul Conference Added

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Important information on the 26th JAWS Conference in Istanbul has been added to the Conferences Page. Everyone planning to attend (or considering it) should download and read the latest info regarding the conference schedule, registration, tutorial/mentoring sessions, travel arrangements, transportation in Istanbul, and funding options.