"AAPI Women in Writing: Young Adult Literature” Speaker panel of four Asian American women with experience as Young Adult authors. Panel to be followed by Q&A and book signing. Wed., Apr. 3, 5-7pm, LGBT Center’s Goodhand Room. Click here to register and pre-order books.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Ongoing PMA exhibits: The Japanese galleries rotation Collecting Japanese Art in Philadelphia, on view through spring 2024, and Mythical Creatures: China and the World, on view until Summer 2025.
Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center, Fairmount Park, is open for a new season, from March 20 through Oct. 27, 2024! Click here for advance tickets. Tickets are also available on-site.
Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia
1) Volunteer for the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival, Apr. 13-14
We’re putting the finishing touches on the 2024 Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival, to take place on Sat. and Sun., Apr. 13–14. Sign up today as a volunteer for Sakura Weekend and help us make this year’s festival the best yet.
2) Part-time Visitor Services Assistants for the 2024 season at Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center (Shofuso). See here for the information and application.
ATTENTION UNDERGRADS: The Greater Philadelphia Asian Studies Consortium (GPASC) will host their annual undergraduate research conference at Ursinus College this year on Sat., Apr. 13. Deadline for proposals is Apr. 1. $500 in prize money is available for awards for outstanding papers. Keynote speaker: Charles Desnoyers, speaking on Texts and Contexts: Inside Creating an Academic Textbooks. GPASC invites undergraduate students to submit proposals of no more than 250 words on any topic in any discipline relating to any area of Asia: West, East, South, Southeast Asia, and the Asian Diaspora (including Asian America). Please submit your proposals via this link. You will be asked for your name, email and other contact information, and the name and email of your faculty sponsor. Papers written for a course are welcome. Poster presentations are also welcome, as are proposals for group panels, roundtables, or creative presentations (e.g., video, performance). Students will need to identify a faculty mentor or sponsor in the proposal. There is no conference registration fee. We will respond to proposers and faculty sponsors as soon as possible after the deadline. Oral presentations should be timed for 12-15 minutes. Contact Matthew Mizenko at mmizenko@ursinus.edu with any questions.
The 2024 Huayu Enrichment Scholarship is now open for application. We welcome all eligible students who are interested in learning Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan to apply. The deadline for HES application is Mar. 29. See here for more information.
The International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) team at the U.S. Department of Education is pleased to announce the launch of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowships competition. Deadline: Mar. 29. See here for more information.
Come hear recent PhD and MPA students share their research and job market experiences!
Princeton Global Japan Lab Graduate Student Showcase. Sat., Mar. 30, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building 397. See here for more information.
The American Center for Mongolian Studies is now accepting applications for its 2024 Summer Mongolian Field School. This year's Field School courses will be: Horses and the Human Story: How Mongolian Horses Changed the World: July 20-28; Steppe Ethnographies: Mobile Pastoralism, Cosmology and Development in Rural Mongolia: July 29 - August 11; Hustai National Park: Managing Biodiversity in the Home of Mongolia’s Native Horses: July 29 - August 11. Priority deadline for the Field Schools and for fellowship consideration is Mar. 30, 2024. See here for more information.
Global Ministry Lunch & Lecture. Yutaka Morishima "Exploring the Enigma of Japan: Understand the Limited Spread of Christianity". Wed., Apr. 10 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Mackey Private Dining Room. Princeton Seminary. Lunch tickets provided. For more information, contact omsc@ptsem.edu.
The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program, with a deadline of April 24, 2024. See here for more information.
The 2024 Taiwan Scholarship is now open for application. We welcome all eligible students who are interested in pursuing degree-seeking studies in Taiwan to apply. The deadline for application is Apr. 26. See here for more information.
The International and Foreign Language Education team at the U.S. Department of Education is excited to announce the launch of the FY 2024 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad competition. The Group Projects Abroad (GPA) program provides grants to support overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced intensive language programs. See here for more information.
Fudan University's National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, in collaboration with the Institute for the Advanced Study of Asia, Tokyo University, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen, and the Department of History (LKSF Program), University of California, Berkeley, is hosting a workshop for doctoral candidates, June 23 - July 2, 2024 in Shanghai. See here for more information.