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Lectureship in Japanese Studies at Macquarie University

10th November 2017 / Jane Freebury

Applications are invited for the position of Lecturer in Japanese Studies at Macquarie University. The Department of International Studies is seeking a suitably qualified academic with a strong research and teaching record to lecture and coordinate a number of units in Japanese language and culture. A contribution to other interdisciplinary undergraduate and/or postgraduate units may […]

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Melodrama in Meiji Japan

7th May 2017 / Allan Sharp

One of Australia’s most significant collections of Japanese art—woodblock prints known as kuchi-e—will go on show for the first time in a new exhibition at the National Library of Australia, ‘Melodrama in Meiji Japan’. Used to illustrate Japanese novels, kuchi-e (‘opening picture’), complement the stories which reflect the tumultuous world of the Meiji period in

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UTS academic wins 2016 Wang Gungwu Prize

20th April 2017 / Allan Sharp

An article about cultural and personal flows across the Bay of Bengal in pre-independence India has been awarded the 2016 Wang Gungwu Prize. Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) president Professor Kent Anderson announced that Devleena Ghosh, an associate professor at the University of Technology Sydney, had been awarded the prestigious annual award for the

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Entries sought for resource on women and Islam

11th March 2017 / Allan Sharp

Entries are being sought for the Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Online. Southeast and East Asian regional editor Professor Kathy Robinson is seeking authors for the encyclopedia’s next supplement, on early 20th century post-colonial history, which is due for publication in December 2017. Papers of up to 10,000 words are required by June 2017

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Indonesian history preserved

1st February 2017 / Allan Sharp

[ratina][/ratina]The Embassy of Indonesia in Canberra has funded the digitisation of the Berita Repoeblik Indonesia newspaper, which marks the formation of the newly independent Indonesia in 1945. The newspaper, which is held by the National Library of Australia (NLA), reported on the support Australia gave to Indonesian independence. The NLA’s Assistant Director-General, Collections Management, Amelia

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Specialist in Asian legal systems new ASAA president

10th January 2017 / Allan Sharp

[ratina][/ratina]An international lawyer who specialises in comparing Asian legal systems has been elected president of the ASAA Council for 2017–18. Professor Kent Anderson, Professor of Law and Japanese Studies at the University of Western Australia, has an eclectic background, having completed tertiary studies in the US, Japan, and the UK in law, politics, economics and

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Lectureship in Japanese Studies at Macquarie University

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UTS academic wins 2016 Wang Gungwu Prize

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