Japan friends, this Sunday March 1st, from 1pm weβll be celebrating Japanese literature in translation at Human Arts Studio in Tsukuba. Some of my literary translator friends have kindly agreed to come along and read from their work - free and open to all, so do join us!
#translation #literature
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JOB: TT Assistant Professor, History, Notre Dame
20th century US political history
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Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Brosnan, who is the recipient of the inaugural Provostβs Manuscript Finishing Fellowship, awarded through the OU Arts & Humanities Forum. 1/2
Applications for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program are open! This program is a joint activity of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and #NEHgov. Learn more: ow.ly/xrfN50VcFXX
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A familiar battle is growing in northeast OKC as a scrapyard hopes to expand, much to the discontent of locals already dealing with explosions nearby.
Congratulations to history major Sofia Givens, who has been awarded a grant from OUβs Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program for her capstone project, βA Comparative Look at the Memorialization of the Arctic Convoys,β under the direction of Dr. Melissa Stockdale. 1/2
Graduate student Taylor Cozzens published an article, βWorkers in the Field and Lawyers in the Court: Environmental Justice, Poverty Law, and the California Rural Legal Assistance,β in the Winter 2025 Pacific Historical Review. Great work, Taylor! online.ucpress.edu/phr
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Eppler Janda (OU PhD β02), who is being inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame at the Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet this month! 1/3
Public history is one way to connect our classrooms to lived experiences. Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Dr. Alan Christy to learn about The Okinawa Memories Initiative, an international collaboration on postwar Okinawan history, archives, and memory! πΈ guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
Welcome, new Bluesky users! A friendly reminder that we have a starter pack for Japan & Asian Studies Institutions/Organizations! We're glad to see new accounts in recent weeks from colleagues around the world! We'll keep updating the pack. πΒ go.bsky.app/H54gyeg
This year marks the 101st anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. If youβre looking for research & teaching resources, see our incredibly useful LibGuide & interactive map βThe CDDP Great KantΕ Earthquake Project: A Collaborative Mapping Projectβ #ι’ζ±ε€§ιη½ guides.nccjapan.org/cddp/Kanto_e...
Today marks the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, a spectacle heightened by a show of force mission flown by hundreds of aircraft
Judging by post-flight interrogation forms submitted by each crew, some were less than enthused to make the trip from Saipan
Are you headed to the archives soon? What sort of info do researchers need before they take off? βοΈπ° Learn tips & hints from this talk & guide materials by Izumi Koide (Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation) and Kuniko McVey (Harvard Library) from our 2012 workshop! guides.nccjapan.org/c.php?g=3557...
Historical materials on lady benshi! π
Tessa Morris-Suzuki explores the transnational history of commercial whaling in the 19th Century from the mobile viewpoint of whaleships as they crossed and recrossed the ocean, urging scholars to adopt a βliquid areaβ approach to transformations in the Asia-Pacific region. apjjf.org/2024/3/morri...
Interview with Sayaka Murata by @susiemesure.bsky.social for The Gentlewoman
This is an apt observation.
Slaying the Anglo-American serpent, as featured on a poster board placed on the streets of Tokyo's Ginza district in Feb. 1942
Happy #ToriiTuesday! Today's post is a bit meta, it's #ToriiTuesday in the NEWS! β©οΈπ°
Thanks to the London Japanese National Tourism Organization office for the invite to contribute a short &sweet article abt how #torii come in all the colors of the rainbow. β©οΈππ
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This month we are delighted to share a new #NCCSpotlight featuring Toshinori Egami (@egamiday.bsky.social; Librarian, ε½ιζ₯ζ¬ζεη η©Άγ»γ³γΏγΌ), discussing his career path in library resources and global perspectives on Japanese library resources! ππ»πΎπ guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
Episode 121 is out on "A Special Journal Issue on Pandemics" with Neeraja Sankaran and Stephen Weldon. Lee and I talked about histories of disease, pandemics and their impact around the world, and how people studied these events. Find it: infectioushistorians.com/2024/02/03/spe
What is spatial history & what can it teach us about the history of East Asia? πΊοΈ Revisit our #NCCSpotlight introduction to βBodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian Historyβ by Drs. Kate McDonald and @borderlander62.bsky.social to find out! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
JPP is excited to host a Recent Publications ζ°ε page showcasing in one centralized place the latest book & journal publications related to Japanese humanities around the world! π Publishers can register with us to help make their materials more visible!Β π japanpastandpresent.org/en/resources...
A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to running the @jppinfo.bsky.social booth over #AAS2024! Michael Emmerich, @bmychui.bsky.social, @ippikiookami.bsky.social, Nadia Kanagawa, Elizabeth Leicester, & Rebecca Corbett did an amazing job repping the project & getting word out to the community. π₯°π
In recent acquisitions news, Tomoko Kitayama Yen (Japanese Studies Librarian, UBC Asian Library) reports new rare books are available at UBC, including Ikoku jinbutsuzu η°εδΊΊη©ε, providing a glimpse into Edo period worldviews of the 18th century! ππ #NCCShowcase about.library.ubc.ca/2023/11/07/u...
Did you know that the Notable Japanese Collections in North America dashboard is celebrating its second year? π With some 25 new additions and containing a total of 227 collections, you wonβt want to miss exploring it for your Japan Studies research needs! guides.nccjapan.org/notable_coll...
ποΈ I know it's not worth engaging Guelzo, but this is just exhibit A in why you cannot blindly apply 21st (& 20th) c. understandings of party politics onto the 19th c. It's a fundamental misreading of party dynamics & culture to think 19th c partisanship looks like Guelzo's "party animal" of today 1/
The National Diet Library is offering a wonderful training opportunity for students, scholars, and information specialists to learn more about locating information on Japan Studies materials! πΎ They're making the video available from 2/1~2/29! β¬οΈ www.ndl.go.jp/en/library/t...
