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ejcjs Bulletin 1 May 2009 This section of the electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies publishes information about events, conferences, and academic publishing in the field of Japanese studies. This page is updated every six months. For more details on the events listed below please click on the hyperlinks provided. If you have any information or notices that you would like published on these pages then please send an e-mail with all the relevant information to the ejcjs Bulletin Editor. Exhibitions Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne Art treasures from China, Korea and Japan The Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne houses Chinese, Korean and Japanese art. It was founded in 1913 and was the first museum of its kind in Germany. The core of the permanent collection is the Japanese collection of the founder of the museum Adolf Fischer (1857-1914) and his wife Frieda Bartdorff (1874-1945). Their collection which includes Buddhist painting and wood sculpture, Japanese screen painting, colour wood prints and lacquer work is regarded as one of the most important collections in Europe. Other focal points of the permanent collection are religious bronze objects from China, and Chinese, Korean and Japanese ceramics, above all Korean celadon objects of the Koryo dynasty from the 10th to the 14th century with their unique glaze. The museum’s collection of lacquer work and screens are also of international standing. Website Art of Esoteric Buddhism Until 27 November, 2009 Alongside popular Amida-Buddhism and ascetic Zen-Buddhism the secret doctrine of esoteric Shingon-Buddhism is one of the most important schools of Japanese Buddhism. It was brought to Japan in the 9th century by the priest Kûkai. In esoteric Buddhism ritual plays an outstanding role, which is why it found numerous adherents among the nobility of the Heian period (794-1185). Buddhadom was to be achieved by secret prayer formulae (mantra), hand signs or gestures (mûdra) and spiritual concentration (internalisation of the mandalas) on the path to ritual initiation by a master. The exhibition will show paintings and sculpture from the museum's collection of esoteric Buddhist sculpture. In addition it will include a unique loan from a private collection: an amulet created by the Shingon-priest Hôzan Tankai (1629-1716) for the Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu (1662-1712). Website Museen Dahlem, Museum für Asiatische Kunst 5 December 2006 - until further notice Collection of East Asian Art The Collection of East Asian Art exhibits archaeological objects and works of fine and applied art of East Asia dating from the early Stone Age to the present. The collection will again be on show to the public in April of the year 2000 which is the projected completion date of major extensions and new designs to the exhibition rooms. Musée Guimet Paris The Japanese Department collections include some 11000 works, offering an extremely rich and diversified panorama of Japanese art since its origins during the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC up until the beginning of the Meiji era (1868). Website Maison de la Culture du Japan à Paris A variety of events and exhibitions in the year of the 150th anniversary of French-Japanese relations Website Museum Rietberg Zurich The collection's holdings include Buddhist sculpture, Nô masks, paintings, and woodblock prints. Though small, the collection of Buddhist wooden sculpture from the Kamakura period (1185–1333) is exquisite. Among its highlights are two finely carved bodhisattva figures, Jizô and Kokûzô. Thirty-four Nô masks donated by Balthasar and Nanni Reinhart are among the most significant found outside of Japan. All important types are represented: humans, ghosts, and demons. The majority date to the Edo period (1615–1868); some are even older. The painting collection consists of a small number of Buddhist paintings with rich colors and gold from the Muromachi period (1333–1568) and a fine group of literati and Zen ink paintings of the 18th and early 19th centuries, many from the collections of Julius Mueller and Heinz Brasch. A large part of these paintings are ink sketches that unite poetry, calligraphy and painting. The first significant gift of woodblock prints was made by Willy Boller in 1957. Since the print collection contains representative works of most renowned artists, it enables a comprehensive overview over this favourite genre of Japanese art. Website Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg 24 February 2009 - 28 June 2009 Itô Jakuchû - Jade Flowers in Mysterious Gardens - Japanese woodcuts A new presentation in the Graphikkabinett shows woodcuts by Itô Jakuchû (1716 – 1800). The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe has in its possession a series of 55 woodcuts with plant and animal motifs by the Japanese artist Itô Jakuchû. The prints were created in 1768 as a book and bear the title "Jade flowers in mysterious gardens“. This is a special type of Japanese woodcut (ishizuri-e), in which the motif appears in white against a black background. This way, they imitate Chinese stone-rubbings. Itô Jakuchû is among the most individual and eccentric of Japanese painters. He did not restrict himself to one particular style, but he always preferred birds and plants as his subjects. In this series, the artist combines a realistic depiction of his subject with a highly decorative composition. Website Contemporary Japanese Porcelain Continuing Indefinitely Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington D.C. Twentieth-century Japanese artists give fresh interpretations to the time-honoured art of porcelain in this selection of works from the Sackler Gallery's collection. Website Online Exhibitions Masterful Collection: Japanese Prints from the Anne van Biema Collection Enter the world of Japanese prints, known as ukiyo-e, or pictures from the floating world, of theatres, teahouses, and the pleasure quarters of geishas and courtesans in the great cities of Edo (Tokyo), Osaka, and Kyoto. Online Exhibition Red Haired Barbarians Virtual Exhibition International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, Netherlands This is a digital exhibition of a collection of 40 Japanese woodblock prints published between 1800 and 1865, depicting Dutch traders in Nagasaki. Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington D.C. The Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) made ceramics during short sojourns in Japan in 1931, 1950, and 1952. These two interactives follow Noguchi’s three journeys to Japan and introduce the Japanese ceramic artists with whom he interacted. Website Golden Seams: The Japanese Art of Mending Ceramics Through November 2009 Freer and Sackler Galleries Washington D.C. Website Conferences, Conventions, Lectures, and Workshops VSJF – Vereinigung sozialwissenschaftlicher Japanforschung (German Association for Social Science Research on Japan) VSJF Annual Conference 2009 20 November – 22 November, 2009 Japanese-German Center Berlin, Germany Website Risk and East Asia Across the social sciences, the concept of risk has come to characterise the economic, political and social transformation of industrial societies at the turn of the 21st century. Most notably in the work of Ulrich Beck, the idea of a “world risk society” has opened a new perspective on transnational dimensions of change, challenging the tendency to view globalisation primarily as an economically driven process of market liberalisation. At the same time, the risk perspective highlights the ambiguities of contemporary modernisation processes, between the opportunities raised by the individualisation of lifestyles and the precarious consequences of the “individualisation of risk.” Moreover, the balance of opportunities and threats implied by contemporary social, political, economic and cultural changes are shaped by the changing logic of public institutions, as the responsibilities for risks are shifted from states to markets, from the public to private sphere and from collectivities to individuals. In 2009 the VSJF conference undertakes a balanced representation of two contrasting cases of East Asian transformations: China with its large-scale mobilisation of rural populations to urban industrial centres and the rise of a middle class enjoying the opportunities raised by the individualisation of lifestyles; Japan as an example of “shrinking” metropolitan regions, a declining middle class, and rising livelihood risks. The rationale of understanding risk in China and Japan also goes beyond their structural particularities, given their important standing in the world: China is the most and Japan the tenth most populated country in the World, and after the USA, Japan is the second and China now the third largest economy in terms of GDP. In the context of rapid industrialization in both countries, technological progress has generated a range of “manufactured risks” ranging from local environmental disasters, regional food security crises and transnational health and safety risks. The works of Ulrich Beck have received a wide reception in both China and Japan, yet little is known of what Asian scholars make of this perspective in the study of their own modernisation processes. The focus on the East Asian region is of high theoretical interest for an analysis of the “world risk society” precisely because this is a region of the world with a history of a different mix between public and collective protections and responsibilities for livelihood risks. A first aim of the VSJF conference in 2009 is to engage with the “world risk society” thesis from the perspective of East Asia and with East Asian social scientists, with an emphasis on the risks as well as opportunities raised by universal processes of individualisation and transnationalisation in the specific context of East Asia. A second aim of the conference is to focus on major dimensions of risk from both a conceptual and an empirical perspective. In East Asian contexts, where central political elites have traditionally placed a focus on national security and social integration, the perception and projection of risks are increasingly used to frame attempts at enacting major political reforms and structural changes. The outcomes of these reforms increasingly involve the “management” or “governance of,” rather than “protection from” risks. A first panel will focus on the management and governance of risk in the political processes of central and decentral political actors, drawing in specific policy fields. Livelihood security in East Asia has relied mainly on provisions of “corporate welfare” through state enterprises in China and private firm communities in Japan, rather than on the provisions of a welfare state. Changes in the employment and welfare institutions of these countries largely account for rising income inequalities, while other traditional safety nets (e.g. the family) are also eroding with lifestyle and demographic changes. A second panel will focus on livelihood risks in relation to employment and welfare institutions in China and Japan. Food safety has risen as a major concern, most recently in China, but also in Japan, as large-scale technological production increasingly replaces traditional forms of agricultural production in the region. A third panel will focus specifically on the generation and management of food and health risks with a specific focus on the transnational dimensions of such risks in the East Asian region. A final panel will focus on the “fictional commodities” land and money, and the risks posed for sustainable environments and capital formation in light of turbo marketisation in China and decades of foregrounding economic interests over the quality of life in Japan. Organizers: VSJF members interested in participating in one of the outlined panels are invited to contact the organiser Professor Karen Shire as soon as possible, as planning is already at an advanced stage. Contact: Karen Shire Professor of Comparative Sociology and Japanese Society Institute of Sociology Universität Duisburg E-Mail Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Meeting 2010 25 – 28 March, 2010 Philadelphia Website The 13th Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ) 20 – 21 June, 2009 Sophia University, Tokyo Website EU-Japan Centre The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation is a unique venture between the European Commission (Directorate-General for Enterprise & Industry) and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The Centre has been established as a core non-profit organization for fostering the cooperation envisaged by the two authorities. Its main objective is to promote industrial cooperation between European and Japanese companies. Since its establishment in 1987, the Centre has been serving its objective and the needs of business people in both the EU and Japan through management training programmes (Japan Industry Insight, Topical Missions), student in-company traineeships (Vulcanus), business information dissemination services, and support for the annual EU-Japan Business Dialogue Round Table. It also manages the Alternative Energy Programme and is the coordinator in Europe for the Global Venture Forum. Calendar of the EU-Japan Centre's forthcoming activities - Discovering Japanese regions through grassroots exchanges - ETP-25 Graduation Ceremony (Tokyo) and ETP-26 Opening Session (Paris) - Enthusiasm for new networking tool among European researchers in Japan - 6th European Business Summit - Greening the Economy: New Energy for Business - A Japan-EU workshop on "Reducing CO2 emissions in the automobile sector" - German-Japanese Environmental Dialogue Forum - The State of the Economies: An Overview and Outlook for the UK and Japan - UK-Japan 2008 - News in brief - Calendar of EU/Japan-related events Newsletter March 2009 Website Calls for Papers and Articles Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies (GJAPS) The Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies is a peer-reviewed electronic journal that showcases the original work of graduate students. Taking advantage of online publishing, GJAPS aims to be at once dynamic, interdisciplinary and innovative. GJAPS will publish thought-provoking interdisciplinary articles, reviews, commentary and visual works that engage critical issues, themes and debates related to the Asia-Pacific region and its peoples. GJAPS is published twice a year, with each volume organised around a theme that reflects the journal's interdisciplinary approach and that provides a critical focus for the featured articles and reviews. Proposed themes for upcoming volumes may be consulted in the webpage, although contributions on other topics will also be considered. GJAPS welcomes the submission of articles and reviews from a wide range of disciplines. These include, but are not restricted to: anthropology, art history, cultural studies, diasporic studies, film and media, gender studies, geography, history, linguistics, literature, political studies, popular culture, psychology, queer theory and sociology. For the purposes of the journal, the region is broadly defined to include East, South-East, and Northeast Asia, Australasia, the Pacific Islands and the American West Coast. Along with scholarly articles, the journal will also feature visual texts and a review section which, in addition to coverage of new scholarship in books and journals, will also engage with popular culture forms such as film, websites and manga. The electronic format predisposes interactivity, and GJAPS welcomes contributions that use the medium's potential in innovative ways. Similarly, the commentary section is designed as an interactive forum where readers are invited to comment on featured articles and reviews. Contact: Editor: Francis Leo Collins Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies Tel: 64 9 3737599 ext. 86954 e-mail Website European Journal of East Asian Studies is a new multi-disciplinary journal dedicated to East Asia, one of the most varied, complex, and rapidly changing parts of the world. Published in Europe by European specialists, the journal is open to new ideas and findings from wherever they may come. Contributions are welcome from throughout the social science spectrum as well as from modern history (approximately the last 200 years). The journal covers the whole of the broader East Asian region, including Southeast as well as Northeast Asia. The first issue appeared in 2001. The European Journal of East Asian Studies (Ejeas for short) welcomes the submission of manuscripts from scholars on all aspects of East Asian societies as defined in the announcement. Authors should feel free to contact the editors for further information. e-mail Website The Journal of Asian Women's Studies ... is an international English journal published annually by Kitakyushu Forum of Asian Women (KFAW). KFAW was founded by the City of Kitakyushu to improve the status of women in Asia by exchanging ideas, sharing information and establishing working relationships through a variety of activities such as joint research projects, conferences and publications. The Journal of Asian Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary forum that critically analyzes knowledge and strategies for promoting women's status in the region, with particular emphasis on the roles of gender, class and race in development. Past issues have addressed the roles of government and NGOs in developing a gender-fair society, the relationships between development and local traditions, foreign aid and gender, representations of women in Asian popular culture, questions relating to the environment and reproductive health/rights. It also encourages the submission of papers that reflect on the position of Japanese women. As a peer-reviewed journal, its intended audience includes not only academics and professionals working in the field but also readers who want to be informed about progress in achieving gender equality in the region. Website For information by e-mail. Asia Pacific Viewpoint … publishes academic research in geography and allied disciplines on the economic and social development of the Asia Pacific. Particular attention is paid to the interplay between development and the environment and to the growing interconnections between countries in the region. Coverage includes: The concept of the Asia Pacific region as an economic and socio-political entity Economic development and the social and cultural impacts of growth and change The environmental consequences of agriculture, industry and service growth The impacts of globalisation on the Asia Pacific and the implications of this for geographical theory and practice First-hand field work into rural, industrial, and urban developments that is able relevant to Asia Pacific Call for Papers Aiming to continue the high standards of scholarship set by Pacific Viewpoint since 1960, Asia Pacific Viewpoint continues to address the economic, social and political geography of change in Asia Pacific region. Maps and photographs are encouraged. The editors would like to encourage papers on: Economic and social development of countries in the region, including international investment and migration. Economic relationships between those countries, including the consequences of industry, service and resource developments. The relationship between the environment and development. The interaction of countries in the region. The concept of the Asia Pacific region as an economic and socio-political entity. The environmental preconditions and consequences of development initiatives in the region. The impacts of globalization on the social, economic, cultural and environmental systems of the Asia Pacific region and the implications of this for geographical theory and practice. Website Asian Anthropology …seeks to bring interesting and exciting new anthropological research on Asia to a global audience. Until now, anthropologists writing on a range of Asian topics in English but seeking a global audience have had to depend largely on Western-based journals to publish their works. Given the increasing number of indigenous anthropologists and anthropologists based in Asia, it seems a very appropriate time to establish a new anthropology journal that is refereed on a global basis but that is editorially Asian-based. ASIAN ANTHROPOLOGY is editorially based in Hong Kong, but welcomes contributions from anthropologists and anthropology-related scholars throughout the world with an interest in Asia, especially East and Southeast Asia. While the language of the journal is English, we also seek original works translated into English, which will facilitate greater participation and scholarly exchange. The journal will provide a forum for anthropologists working on Asia, in the broadest sense of the term 'Asia.' We seek submissions, following the guidelines described on the page that follows. More broadly, we seek your general support, through submissions, subscriptions, and comments. Please be in touch! Mailing address: c/o Dept. of Anthropology The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong Editors Tan Chee-Beng - e-mail Gordon Mathews - e-mail Website Research Funding Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Each year, up to eight talented British graduates are awarded with Daiwa Scholarships. The scholarships are tenable in Japan for twenty months, providing UK graduates from any academic or professional background with a lasting knowledge of Japanese life, culture, and spoken and written Japanese. No previous experience of Japan or Japanese language is necessary. Website Postdoctoral Fellowships Programmes at UNU Institute of Advanced Studies UNU/IAS is a multi-thematic, interdisciplinary, research and training centre located in Tokyo. Its programmes are directed at pressing global issues of concern to the United Nations, making use of advanced research methodologies and strategic approaches to the field of sustainable development. UNU/IAS Postdoctoral and PhD Fellowships are offered for a period of ten months. JSPS/UNU Postdoctoral Fellowships are offered for twelve to twenty-four months (for more details visit the website). Postdoctoral candidates must have completed a PhD degree and PhD candidates must be at the advanced stage of their doctoral dissertation. Candidates' current research must be closely related to one of the following current thematic areas of the institute. For additional research areas and separate fellowship conditions for JSPS/UNU Postdoctoral Fellowships, please see the website. Japan Foundation Endowment Committee (JFEC) Small grants in the field of Japanese Studies. Website Queries can be addressed to the Executive Secretary at E-mail Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Post-doctoral and other awards at different levels in a wide variety of disciplines. Website ESRC / Economic and Social Research Council Research funding and PhD Studentships in the social sciences. Website Abe Fellowship The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage multidisciplinary research on contemporary and policy-relevant topics of pressing global concern to industrialized and industrializing societies around the world. The Program administers an annual fellowship competition that provides scholars and non-academic research professionals in the social sciences and the humanities with support for research projects addressing one or more of three themes: global issues, problems common to industrial and industrializing societies, and issues relating to U.S.-Japan relations. Funds are provided by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership. Website Fulbright scholar program for non-US students For general information and application materials