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JREC-IN | 公立大学法人都留文科大学の専任教員公募【国文学科 日本文学(中世) 教授、准教授または講師】 イノベーション創出を担う研究人材のためのキャリア支援ポータルサイト

公立大学法人都留文科大学の専任教員公募【国文学科 日本文学(中世) 教授、准教授または講師】(2026年03月06日~2026年07月24日 消印有効)
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08.03.2026 01:34 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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JREC-IN | (URA募集)関西大学リサーチ・コーディネーター(研究IR、学術情報支援担当(OA支援、データマネジメント支援等))募集案内 イノベーション創出を担う研究人材のためのキャリア支援ポータルサイト

関西大学・(URA募集)関西大学リサーチ・コーディネーター(研究IR、学術情報支援担当(OA支援、データマネジメント支援等))募集案内(2026年03月07日~2026年04月23日 必着)
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JREC-IN | 公立大学法人都留文科大学の専任教員公募【国文学科 国語教育学 教授、准教授または講師】 イノベーション創出を担う研究人材のためのキャリア支援ポータルサイト

公立大学法人都留文科大学の専任教員公募【国文学科 国語教育学 教授、准教授または講師】(2026年03月06日~2026年08月31日 消印有効)
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08.03.2026 01:32 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

To add more detail, applicants should specialize in theology or the study of Christianity. This is a tenured or tenure-track position.

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TWO DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN EAST ASIAN RELIGIONS (296038) | University of Oslo Job title: TWO DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN EAST ASIAN RELIGIONS (296038), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, April 6, 2026

Job alert!

We are looking for talented PhD researchers to write a dissertation on Benzaiten worship in modern Japan or Mazu pilgrimages in Taiwan, as part of the ERC project "Maritime Goddesses: Transnational Connections, Blue Environments, and Ritual Care in East- and Southeast Asia" (MARGO).

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採用情報|南山大学 南山大学の採用情報をご紹介します。

We are hiring. Follow the link for details.

19.02.2026 06:55 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
NIRC

Just a reminder that the JJRS is always open for manuscript submissions. See our website for details on how to submit your manuscript.

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The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing. All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.

Happy to see this, written with the excellent @mattseybold.bsky.social , out in the world. Solidarity to everyone fighting for education and civil society!

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29.12.2025 14:43 👍 42 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 3

Buy the book here:

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29.12.2025 14:33 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A pleasure to talk about our edited volume with Raditya for this recent podcast!

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Jolyon Baraka Thomas and Matthew D. McMullen, "The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions" (U Hawaii Press, 2024) - New Books Network

I recorded a podcast with @jolyonbt.bsky.social a couple weeks ago for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social hosted by @radityanuradi.bsky.social about The New Nanzan Guide. Listen here:

29.12.2025 12:20 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1

Time to update the style guide.

27.12.2025 08:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One or more PhD positions in Arabic, English, Japanese, Latin and/or Sinology PhD position(s) in Arabic, English, Japanese, Latin and/or Sinology. We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and

Follow in the footsteps of 高本漢 -- Ph.D. positions inPhD position(s) in Arabic, English, Japanese, Latin or Sinology at U. Gothenburg: tinyurl.com/3prfpjrv

19.12.2025 20:09 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Found a typo. Fixed the typo.

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Found a typo. Fixed the typo.

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Found a typo. Fixed the typo.

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Masato Kato, "Review of: Rin Ushiyama, Aum Shinrikyō and Religious Terrorism in Japanese Collective Memory" [149-153]
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19.12.2025 03:21 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Jessica Starling @jstarling.bsky.social, "Review of: Stephen G. Covell @kazookoshin.bsky.social, The Teaching and Teachings of Temple Buddhism in Contemporary Japan" [145-148]
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Bryan D. Lowe @bryandaniellowe.bsky.social, "Reflections on Esoteric Hegemony in Medieval Japan and the Modern Academy" [127-143]
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19.12.2025 03:21 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Matthew Keller, "Inari Origin Stories: Crafting Narrative in Medieval Japan" [105-126]
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19.12.2025 03:21 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Victoria R. Montrose @torimontrose.bsky.social, "From Disciples to Dissidents: Student Protests and Reform Movements in Meiji-Era Buddhist Universities" [79-103]
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19.12.2025 03:21 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Was disappointed by the lack of salmon in this article.

20.12.2025 03:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mark Teeuwen @markteeuwen.bsky.social, "Saimon Recitations: Two Examples from Oku Mikawa" nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...

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Dan Sherer, "Prayer for the Devil: Religion and the Regime of Oda Nobunaga" [1-32]
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19.12.2025 03:21 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Happening in 1 hour. Go to our website for a link to join online.

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19.12.2025 07:07 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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New JJRS issue (52) just dropped!

Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
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19.12.2025 02:35 👍 12 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 2

Thank you for all your hard work.

18.12.2025 11:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The job of editors is more important than ever before.

18.12.2025 00:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When an author requests to move a table in the final galley proofs.

16.12.2025 06:46 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

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