Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Fw: H-ASIA: Position Premodern Japanese Culture, Western Michigan Univ., Visiting Scholar

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 9:31 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Position Premodern Japanese Culture, Western Michigan
Univ., Visiting Scholar


> H-ASIA
> December 14, 2011
>
>
> Position: Premodern Japanese Culture, Visiting Scholar (one year appt),
> Western Michigan University
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> From: H-Net Job Guide:
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> JOB GUIDE NO.: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=43941
>
>
> Western Michigan University, Department of Foreign Languages
>
> Visiting Scholar, Premodern Japanese Culture
>
>
> Institution Type: College / University
> Location: Michigan, United States
> Position: Visiting Scholar
>
>
> Visiting Scholar in Premodern Japanese Culture
>
> The Department of Foreign Languages at Western Michigan University seeks
> applications for a visiting scholar of premodern Japanese culture,
> one-year, non-tenure track, non-benefits eligible, for the 2012-2013
> academic year. The candidate should be a scholar of premodern Japanese
> culture (PhD or ABD status). The candidate should be specialist in
> literature, language, cultural history, or gender studies and have native
> or near-native Japanese-language ability.
>
> The visiting scholar will teach a variety of courses to undergraduates in
> cultural history, literature, and potentially other fields related to his
> or her specialty. The visiting scholar will pursue research in his/her
> field and participate in activities of the WMU Soga Center for Japan
> Studies, including presentations and workshops. Scholars who can
> contribute to the growing WMU Summer Translation Program or WMU's
> internationally known Medieval Institute are especially desirable. The
> position will begin in August 2012. It is funded in part by a Japan
> Foundation Institution Building grant and will support a new undergraduate
> Japanese major beginning at Western Michigan University in Fall 2012.
> Pending budget approval from the Japan Foundation, the position may be
> extended to a second year.
>
> The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has placed WMU
> among the 76 public institutions in the nation designated as research
> universities with high research activity. WMU is an Affirmative
> Action/Equal Opportunity Employer consistent with applicable federal and
> state law. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. To receive
> full consideration, please apply by January 16, 2012. Review of
> applications will continue until the position is filled.
>
> Applicants should send a letter of application and vita to Dr. Cynthia
> Running-Johnson, Chair, Department of Foreign Languages, 1903 W. Michigan
> Ave., Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5338. Fax: (269)
> 387-6333; e-mail: c.running-johnson@wmich.edu. Applicants should have
> transcripts and three letters of reference sent to Dr. Running-Johnson as
> well.
>
> The website of the Department of Foreign Languages (including information
> about the Summer Translation Program) can be found at
> www.wmich.edu/languages, the Soga Japan Center at
> www.wmich.edu/japancenter, and the Medieval Institute at
> www.wmich.edu/medieval.
>
>
> Contact: Dr. Cynthia Running-Johnson
> Chair, Department of Foreign Languages
> 1903 W. Michigan Ave.
> Western Michigan University
> Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5338
> TEL: (269) 387-3001
> FAX: (269) 387-6333
> e-mail: c.running-johnson@wmich.edu
>
> Website: www.wmich.edu/languages
> Primary Category: Japanese History / Studies
>
> Secondary Categories: None
> Posting Date: 12/13/2011
> Closing Date 05/01/2012
>
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: Positions Research Fellowships and Travel Grants in Chinese-Western Cultural History, Univ. of San Francisco

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 9:37 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Positions Research Fellowships and Travel Grants in
Chinese-Western Cultural History, Univ. of San Francisco


> H-ASIA
> December 14, 2011
>
>
> Positions: Research Fellowships (two) and Travel Grants (four) in
> Chinese-Western Cultural History, University of San Francisco, Ricci
> Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History
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> From: H-Net Job Guide:
>
> JOB GUIDE NO.: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=43942
>
> University of San Francisco, Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural
> History
>
>
>
> University of San Francisco, Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural
> History
>
> Research Fellowships and Travel Grants in Chinese-Western Cultural History
>
>
> Institution Type: College / University
> Location: California, United States
> Position: Doctoral Fellow, Fellow
>
>
> The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University
> of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim (USF Ricci Institute) invites
> applications for two research fellowships and four travel grants during
> the 2012 2013 academic year.
>
> Doctoral Fellowships and Research Fellowships. The doctoral fellowship is
> open to candidates who have completed all course work and passed their
> qualifying examination (ABD). The Research Fellowship is open to faculty
> and researchers in Chinese-Western cultural history. Proposals using the
> Canton Archives as a dissertation source (Doctoral Fellowship) or for
> other research (Research Fellowship) will receive special consideration.
> Within the broad category of Chinese-Western cultural history through
> Christianity in China, topics may include: local society and politics,
> education, charitable enterprises, social unrest, religious cases, local
> church history and unequal treaties, church property and local society,
> etc. Both appointments are for two to three months with residence in San
> Francisco for at least half of the period. During their residence,
> candidates are also expected to interact with members of the Ricci
> Institute, and students and faculty of the University of San Francisco.
>
> Travel Grants. USF Ricci Institute annually awards travel grants
> todoctoral candidates, post-doctoral researchers, and established scholars
> in the Americas (but from outside of northern California) to use the Ricci
> Institute collection for their research on topics related to
> Chinese-Western cultural exchange, Jesuit interaction with China from the
> late Ming through early 20th century, and/or the history of Christianity
> in China. Grants provide reimbursement (based on actual receipts) of up to
> $1,000 of approved expenses related to research at the USF Ricci Institute
> (travel, accommodation, and photocopying expenses). Priority consideration
> will be given to applicants who demonstrate how the Ricci Institutes
> holdings will facilitate their research. For further please visit the USF
> Ricci Institute website at:
> http://usf.usfca.edu/ricci//institute/scholarships/travel.htm
>
> Submit by January 31, 2012, the following: (1) curriculum vitae; (2) a
> 5-10 page double-spaced description of proposed research and deliverable
> outcomes as the result of the research, including timeline, activities,
> and its contribution in the relevant field(s) and to the mission and focus
> of the USF Ricci Institute; (3) other funding sources, if any; (4) two
> letters of recommendation. For Doctoral Research Fellowship, one
> recommendation letter should be from the supervisor of the applicants
> dissertation. Applications may be submitted electronically; letters of
> recommendation must be submitted directly from recommenders.
>
>
> Contact: Research Fellowships and Travel Grants 2012 - 2013
> c/o Dr. Xiaoxin Wu, Director
> Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History
> University of San Francisco, LM 280
> 2130 Fulton Street
> San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
> USA
> Email: wu@usfca.edu
>
> Website: http://www.usfca.edu/ricci
> Primary Category: Asian History / Studies
>
> Secondary Categories: Cultural History / Studies
>
> Posting Date: 12/13/2011
> Closing Date 01/31/2012
>
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: CONF Symposium "Civil Society in Asia" at Rikkyo University, Tokyo,December 17, 2011

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:35 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: CONF Symposium "Civil Society in Asia" at Rikkyo
University, Tokyo,December 17, 2011


> H-ASIA
> December 14, 2011
>
> Symposium "Civil Society in Asia" at Rikkyo University, Tokyo,
> December 17, 2011
>
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>
> Symposium "Civil Society in Asia" at Rikkyo University, Tokyo, 17th
> December
>
> Location: Japan
> Symposium Date: 2011-12-18 (in 4 days)
> Date Submitted: 2011-12-09
> Announcement ID: 190398
>
> Symposium "Civil Society in Asia"
> Date: Saturday 17th December 2011
> Time: 15:30-18:00
> Venue: Rikkyo University, Building 12, 5th Floor, D501 room.
> Open to public. Admission Free.
>
> Presenters:
> Kenneth Paul Tan, Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
> Policy, National University of Singapore
> "Civil society and counter-hegemonic challenges to the ideology of
> meritocracy in Singapore"
>
> Mike Shi-Chi Lan, Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social
> Sciences, College of Humanities, Arts, Nanyang Technological University,
> Singapore "The Development of Public Spheres in Taiwan in the 1920s"
>
> Discussant: Noriyo Isozaki, Professor,Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University
>
> Chiharu Takenaka, Professor, College of Law and Politics, Rikkyo
> University
>
> All papers and discussion will be conducted in English
>
> Contact: Professor Koichiro Matsuda kmatsuda@rikkyo.ac.jp
>
> Professor Koichiro Matsuda
> College of Law and Politics
> Rikkyo University
>
> Email: kmatsuda@rikkyo.ac.jp
>
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Fw: [Y-Indology] new anthropological study on Jaina pilgrimage centre Shatrunjaya

 
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Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 1:14 AM
Subject: [Y-Indology] new anthropological study on Jaina pilgrimage centre Shatrunjaya

 

For those who are interested in rare detailed ethnographic / anthropological studies of Jainism: recently a lengthy study has appeared about the Jaina pilgrimage centre Shatrunjaya in Gujarat, a doctoral thesis from Berlin by the Tübingen anthropologist Andrea Luithle-Hardenberg -- http://www.amazon.de/Die-Reise-zum-Ursprung-Shvetambara-Jaina/dp/3941196030/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1323026711&sr=8-13 and also directly available from the publisher -- http://www.manyaverlag.de/luithle.html

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Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos
Institute of Indology and Tibetology
Department of Asian Studies
University of Munich
Germany
Tel. (+49-89-) 2180-5782
Fax (+49-89-) 2180-5827
Web http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~zydenbos

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Fw: [Y-Indology] I think this resolves the Indus script enigma and function of circular platforms in an emphatic archaeological context

 
----- Original Message -----
From: kalyan
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:55 AM
Subject: [Y-Indology] I think this resolves the Indus script enigma and function of circular platforms in an emphatic archaeological context

 

http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2011/12/indus-valley-mystery-and-use-of-tablets.html

I think this resolves the Indus script enigma and function of circular platforms in an emphatic archaeological context. 

I owe a debt of gratitude and thanks to Kenoyer and Meadow for the insights and leads in their Scientific American article (2000). 

The opinions expressed in this blogpost are mine and are not attributed to Kenoyer and Meadow whose thoughtful questions have led me to these answers
related to the work of Indus artisans.

Namaskaram. kalyan

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Fw: [Y-Indology] New Study: Indians are not descendants of Aryans, says new study

 
----- Original Message -----
From: sri venkat
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:49 AM
Subject: [Y-Indology] New Study: Indians are not descendants of Aryans, says new study

 

Dinesh C. Sharma New Delhi, December 10, 2011 | UPDATED 10:22 IST
Indians are not descendants of Aryans, says new study

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indians-are-not-descendants-of-aryans-study/1/163645.html
<http://hinduism.about.com/od/history/a/indiaquotes.htm>

The origin of genetic diversity found in South Asia is much older than
3,500 years when the Indo-Aryans were supposed to have migrated to India, a
new study led by scientists from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular
Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, says. The study appeared in American Journal of
Human Genetics on Friday.

The theory of Indo-Aryan migration was proposed in mid-19th century by
German linguist and Sanskrit scholar Max Muller.

He had suggested that 3,500 years ago, a dramatic migration of
Indo-European speakers from Central Asia played a key role in shaping
contemporary South Asian populations and this was responsible for
introduction of the Indo-European language family and the caste system in
India.

"Our study clearly shows that there was no genetic influx 3,500 years ago,"
said Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj of CCMB, who led the research team, which
included scientists from the University of Tartu, Estonia, Chettinad
Academy of Research and Education, Chennai and Banaras Hindu University.

"It is high time we re-write India's prehistory based on scientific
evidence," said Dr Lalji Singh, former director of CCMB. "There is no
genetic evidence that Indo-Aryans invaded or migrated to India or even
something such as Aryans existed". Singh, vice-chancellor of BHU, is a
coauthor.

Researchers analysed some six lakh bits of genetic information in the form
of SNPs drawn from DNA of over 1,300 individuals from 112 populations
including 30 ethnic groups in India.

The comparison of this data with genetic data of other populations showed
that South Asia harbours two major ancestry components. One is spread in
populations of South and West Asia, Middle East, Near East and the
Caucasus. The second component is more restricted to South Asia and
accounts for more than 50 per cent of the ancestry in Indian populations.

"Both the ancestry components that dominate genetic variation in South Asia
demonstrate much greater diversity than those that predominate West
Eurasia. This is indicative of a more ancient demographic history and a
higher long-term effective population size underlying South Asian genome
variation compared to that of West Eurasia," researchers said.

"The genetic component which spread beyond India is significantly higher in
India than in any other part of world. This implies that this genetic
component originated in India and then spread to West Asia and Caucasus,"
said Gyaneshwar Chaube of University of Tartu, Estonia.

If any migration from Central Asia to South Asia took place, the study
says, it should have introduced apparent signals of East Asian ancestry
into India. "Because this ancestry component is absent from the region, we
have to conclude that if such an event indeed took place, it occurred
before the East Asian ancestry component reached central Asia," it said.

Read more at:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indians-are-not-descendants-of-aryans-study/1/163645.html
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