Call for Proposals: Canada-Asia Agenda
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We seek applicants pursuing the following research specializations:
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DIJ Talk 2 July: Johnson on Fūdo, From Ordinary Term to Philosophical Concept
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You are cordially invited to the next session of the DIJ History and Humanities Study Group on Monday, 2 July 2018, 18.30 h at the DIJ Tokyo.
Call for Manuscripts, "What Should We Know About Asia?”
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Religious and Cultural Inclusion and Exclusion in Myanmar History
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In view of the traumatic political events of the past year, we anticipate that a substantial number of papers will examine Islam and the Rohingya issue. We emphasize, however, that we welcome papers that examine otherethnic and religious groups that fall within this theme.
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Reviewed by James Hudson (University of Tennessee) Published on H-Asia (April, 2018) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)
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Call for Proposals: Canada-Asia Agenda
Dear H-Asia Community,
Position, Open-rank positions (2) in Japanese History, Japanese Art History, Japanese Religious Studies and/or Japanese Visual Media Studies, Kanagawa University
For details, see https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_browse.php
Kanagawa University in Yokohama, Japan, invites applications for two full-time, open-rank faculty positions in the Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, part of a new Faculty of International and Japan Studies that will be established in 2020. Appointments will begin April 1, 2020.
We seek applicants pursuing the following research specializations:
1) Japanese History;
2) Japanese Art History;
DIJ Talk 2 July: Johnson on Fūdo, From Ordinary Term to Philosophical Concept
Your network editor has reposted this from H-Announce. The byline reflects the original authorship.
You are cordially invited to the next session of the DIJ History and Humanities Study Group on Monday, 2 July 2018, 18.30 h at the DIJ Tokyo.
Call for Manuscripts, "What Should We Know About Asia?”
Education About Asia (EAA) is the peer-reviewed teaching journal of the Association for Asian Studies. Our print and online readers include undergraduate instructors as well as high school and middle school teachers.
CFP, Workshop: Religious and Cultural Inclusion and Exclusion in Myanmar History
Religious and Cultural Inclusion and Exclusion in Myanmar History
Workshop #4
12–14 December 2018
Chiang Mai University
In view of the traumatic political events of the past year, we anticipate that a substantial number of papers will examine Islam and the Rohingya issue. We emphasize, however, that we welcome papers that examine otherethnic and religious groups that fall within this theme.