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JAWS PUBLICATION NEWS 2016 – Joy Hendry

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The JAWS book series Editorial group has now recruited two new members, recommended to the existing Board and then to the general meeting held at the JAWS conference in Istanbul last September, where their choice was agreed unanimously.  The first, Christoph Brumann, has already published both a monograph (Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming … Read more

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.

New Publication: Japanese Journalism and the Japanese Newspaper

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Japanese Journalism and the Japanese Newspaper This reader offers eleven chapters that speak to the role and function of journalism and the newspaper in contemporary Japanese society. Individually, each chapter provides important information on the particular topic that is its focus, while at the same time elucidating on how that particular topic is addressed by … Read more

Kyoto Resident Director Job Announcement

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The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) seeks candidates for the position of Resident Director of its study-abroad center based on the campus of Doshisha University in Kyoto. KCJS is a consortium of fourteen universities administered by Columbia University that offers academic year and summer programs. For additional background information, potential applicants should visit the … Read more

Multiple positions, Dept. of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

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The Department of Anthropology invites applications for faculty posts at Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor levels, in sociocultural anthropology (1 to 2 posts) and in archaeology and heritage management (1 post). Geographical areas of specialty should be China, Southeast Asia, or South Asia. Applicants should have (i) a PhD degree in anthropology; (ii) … Read more

Welcome Message from Incoming Secretary-General Steger

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I began my term of office as Secretary General of JAWS at our last conference, which was held – as is the case every three years – concurrently with Section 5 of the EAJS conference in Ljubljana in late August 2014. I would like to thank our outgoing Secretary General, John Traphagan, for his valuable … Read more

CFP: 113th AAA Annual Meeting

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113th AAA Annual Meeting: “Producing Anthropology” December 3–7, 2014 Washington DC USA. Call for Papers Our association’s history suggests that anthropology was an early adopter of an alchemic interdisciplinarity. We are a scientific practice of multivocality, committed to conversations across networks, interests, and perspectives. Indeed, the American Anthropological Association introduced annual meeting themes to the … Read more

Workshop in Vienna: “Heterotopoi in Japan: Embodying Places and Emplacing Bodies”

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We cordially invite you to join our workshop on “Heterotopoi in Japan: Embodying Places and Emplacing Bodies” at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (Austrian Academy of Sciences). Address: Apostelgasse 23, 1030 Vienna, Austria Date: March 21, 2014 Time: 9:15-18:00 A detailed programme and a growing bibliography can be found at … Read more

MPhil/PhD studentship in Japanese Studies, Oxford Brookes University

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The Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University is pleased to invite applications for the Sasakawa Postgraduate Studentship in Japanese studies, made possible through the generosity of The Nippon Foundation and the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. The department can nominate up to three MPhil/PhD students for studentships of £10,000. This studentship is initially for one … Read more