Hi everyone,

An executive committee business meeting for the forum LLC Japanese since 1900 has been scheduled for 6 January 2017, 3:30-4:45 p.m., room 309, in the Philadelphia Marriott. Please join us after this panel, sponsored by this forum!

311. Nature and Disaster in the Contemporary Japanese Cultural Imagination
1:45–3:00 p.m., room 406, P…[Read more]

Hi post-1900ers,

The executive committee business meeting for the forum LLC Japanese TO 1900 has been scheduled for 6 January 2017, 12 noon-1:15 p.m., room 304, in the Philadelphia Marriott.

Come one, come all, and help plan pre-1900 Japan for MLA 2018!

All best,

Charlotte

Hi all,

The executive committee business meeting for the forum LLC Japanese to 1900 has been scheduled for 6 January 2017, 12 noon-1:15 p.m., room 304, in the Philadelphia Marriott.

Come one, come all, and help plan MLA 2018!

All best,

Charlotte

I hope this message finds you enjoying a beautiful fall semester! I’m writing because I’m on the search committee for a new position in Chinese Literature at Penn State. Could you help spread the word amongst friends, colleagues, peers, grad students and the like? (Ad below.)

Thanks so much!
Charlotte

Job #65648
Assistant Professor of…[Read more]

I hope this message finds you enjoying a beautiful fall semester! I’m writing because I’m on the search committee for a new position in Chinese Literature at Penn State. Could you help spread the word amongst friends, colleagues, peers, grad students and the like? (Ad below.)

Thanks so much!
Charlotte

Job #65648
Assistant Professor of…[Read more]

We are excited to present the following two panels at the next Annual Meeting, and hope to see you there! Sorry for cross postings.

311. “Nature and Disaster in the Contemporary Japanese Cultural Imagination” Friday Jan 6 1:45–3:00 p.m., 406, Philadelphia Marriott

Presiding: Karen Thornber, Harvard Univ.

1. “What about Animals? In the Wake of N…[Read more]

We are excited to present the following two panels at the next Annual Meeting, and hope to see you there! Sorry for cross postings.

311. “Nature and Disaster in the Contemporary Japanese Cultural Imagination” Friday Jan 6 1:45–3:00 p.m., 406, Philadelphia Marriott

Presiding: Karen Thornber, Harvard Univ.

1. “What about Animals? In the Wake of N…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

Vanessa Joosen and I have proposed a children’s literature-related seminar for the American Comparative Literature Association’s 2017 Annual Meeting, which will be held in Utrecht July 7-9.

Here’s the CFP:

Children’s Literature Crossing Borders

Children’s literature has long been viewed as an agent for international peace. Fr…[Read more]

Hello all!

Information about the schedule for MLA 2017 has begun to circulate. I’ll post the titles, dates, and times for the Premodern Japan panels here. Hope you’ll join us!

#164 “Sounding the Premodern Sinosphere” Thursday 1/5, 7:00-8:15pm, 406 Marriott

#238 “Soundscapes of Premodern Japan” Friday 1/6, 10:15-, 406 Marriott

Also, if you have…[Read more]

CALL FOR
ASSISTANT EDITORS (2017 & 2018)

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 20 NOVEMBER 2016

The Journal of Urban Cultural Studies is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal exploring the cultures of cities and blending humanities and social science approaches to the urban phenomenon. The journal publishes research articles (subject to peer review) of…[Read more]

CALL FOR
ASSISTANT EDITORS (2017 & 2018)

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 20 NOVEMBER 2016

The Journal of Urban Cultural Studies is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal exploring the cultures of cities and blending humanities and social science approaches to the urban phenomenon. The journal publishes research articles (subject to peer review) of…[Read more]

CALL FOR
ASSISTANT EDITORS (2017 & 2018)

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 20 NOVEMBER 2016

The Journal of Urban Cultural Studies is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal exploring the cultures of cities and blending humanities and social science approaches to the urban phenomenon. The journal publishes research articles (subject to peer review) of…[Read more]