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Beyond Kawaii: Studying Japanese Femininities at Cambridge    edited by Brigitte Steger, Angelika Koch and Christopher Tso (Lit Publisher 2020) Join us for the virtual book launch on 30 June, 2020, 5pm (BST) Beyond Kawaii: Studying Japanese Femininities at Cambridge is the third collection of groundbreaking essays written by recent graduates of Japanese Studies at … More ‘Beyond Kawaii’ Virtual Book Launch

Below is an English translation of the article:To learn more about Yuzu Kyodai: http://www.yuzukyodai.com Building a brand rooted in culture Advising multinational companies on “building a brand rooted in the culture of each country” and rapidly expanding the number of client. Yuzu Kyodai advises multinational companies on “building a brand rooted in the culture of each … More Mainichi Economist runs two page article on Japanese Studies alumni Sven Palys’ company ‘Yuzu Kyodai’

We would like to wish a big congratulations to final year Japanese Studies Student, Tessa Rizzoli, who won first palce in the Fifteenth Japanese Speech Contest for University Students. The contest, which is jointly organised by the Japan Foundation London and the BATJ (British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language) took place on Saturday … More Tessa Rizzoli wins first place in Japanese Speech Contest

The last volume from Barak Kushner’s 6-year ERC grant on the dissolution of the Japanese Empire has now been published. Barak Kushner and Andrew Levidis, eds., In the Ruins of the Japanese Empire Imperial Violence, State Destruction, and the Reordering of Modern East Asia, Hong Kong: HKU Press, 2020.

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The Cambridge Kahō Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) in Japanese Studies The Department of East Asian Studies, within the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge, is seeking to appoint to a 3-year, fixed-term postdoctoral research associate post in Japanese Studies. The post will start in September 2020 and last until August … More University of Cambridge Kahō Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) in Japanese Studies

For the sixth successive year Dr Laura Moretti hosted the popular and successful Graduate Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.  The Summer School, which took place from 5th – 17th August, saw over 30 participants from all around the world congregate in Cambridge to expand their knowledge in reading early-modern archival … More Dr Laura Moretti hosts sixth annual Graduate Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography