Japanese History / Studies

"Japanese Language and Literature", the journal of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese, has just published its latest issue at https://jll.pitt.edu/ojs/JLL. Beginning with this issue, the journal will be published online through Open Access, available free to everyone.

We invite you to review the Table of Contents and then visit our web site to review and download articles and reviews. To receive notifications when a new issue is published, you can register as a “reader” on the site.
 

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Dear All,

We are happy to announce and invite you to our open lecture hosted by the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture at International Christian University.

Dear All,

We are happy to announce and invite you to our open lecture hosted by the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture at International Christian University.

Dear colleagues,

Apologies for potential cross-posting. Please find details about a summer school held in Messina, Italy this summer: 

Mediated and cultural representations

in East Asia, Italy and Europe 

International Summer School

University of Messina (Messina, Italy): 16-19 July, 2019

 Official website of the Summer School

This is a reminder that Dr. Samuel Yamashita’s Public Lecture, “The ‘Japanese Turn’ in Fine Dining in the United States, 1980–2017” will be live streamed. Please access via the following link:

The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung) is now accepting submissions in either English or German for edition 42, which is scheduled for publication in winter 2019‒20. All papers submitted will undergo double-blind peer review.
The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (BJOAF) has been published since 1978 by the Faculty of East Asian Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. It serves as an international forum for academic publications on East Asian research, with individual research papers making up the larger part of the journal.

In this workshop, Prof. Uejima will offer a broad introduction to the classification, handling, and reading of medieval Japanese works, from documents to scrolls and books. Participants will learn about the production, categorization, handling, and uses of such materials. In addition to providing a comprehensive overview of the material aspects of these works (how they were folded, bound, sealed, etc.), Prof. Uejima will also walk us through a close analysis of a variety of different works, including handwritten documents, sutras, and shōgyō 聖教.

CJS Film Screening: 17 Short Lived and Director Q&A

2nd May 2019, 0.01 Julian Study Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich

Dear colleagues,

Apologies for possible cross-posting.