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CFP: International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia

14th ICHSEA

PARIS, 6-10 JULY 2015

The 14th International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia (14th ICHSEA) will take place in Paris, 6-10 July 2015. It is organised under the auspices of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), on behalf of the International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine (ISHEASTM).

Possible invitation to Osaka (Japanese health insurance 1920s-present)

[Reply directly to Dr. Sugita -- ed.]

Dear Colleagues:

I would like to apply for funding to invite scholars outside Japan who are working on Japanese health insurance from the 1920s up to the present. Any methodology/discipline would be considered. Successful candidates will be invited to Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) for a week or so before the end of this school year (before 31 March 2015) to hold seminars, lectures, and possibly symposium in Osaka.

Lifelines - Short video portrait from the Indian Himalayas

We are pleased to announce the release of a short (15 minute) video documentary, titled ‘Lifelines’. Based on our research in the Indian Himalayas, this is one man’s story of juggling responsibilities and fighting for dreams, both for himself and his community. 

www.lifelinesfilm.com

With thanks and best wishes,

Call for applications for three research fellowships

Dear colleagues,
 
The Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien and the Dahlem Humanities Center of Freie Universität Berlin kindly announce 3 research fellowships in the framework of the research program:
 
Zukunftsphilologie: Revisiting the Canons of Textual Scholarship
 
for the academic year 2014-15 in Berlin. Applications must be submitted by 25 June 2014.
 

ASCJ June 21-22: Online Registration ends June 10

Everyone interested in Asian Studies is invited to attend the Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ) to be held at Sophia University (Tokyo) on June 21-22, 2014. 

The program and abstracts of all presentations are posted on the ASCJ website: http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~ascj/

Please note that the online registration period ends on June 10.

Onsite registration is possible, but at a higher rate.

For registration and access information, see the ASCJ Website:

Member Publication

Hello all

I'm very pleased to announce the recent publication of my book (with details below).  

Erica Wald, Vice in the Barracks: Medicine, the Military and the Making of Colonial India, 1780-1860 (Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

 

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