Tag: Reischauer Institute

  • Arts & Culture

    First lesson in Japanese boatbuilding: Don’t speak.

    Students make 22-foot skiff in “silent” workshop that puts emphasis on observation — and a good hammering rhythm.

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    Students gather around instructor Douglas Brooks as they build a Japanese river skiff.
  • Campus & Community

    Studying Japan from ancient to modern

    A revered, 700-year-old religious relic and the present-day crisis of declining births are just two of the many focuses of some Harvard researchers.

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    "Prince Shōtoku at Age Two."
  • Campus & Community

    Reischauer Institute funds student research, travel in Japan

    Founded in 1973, the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RI) promotes research on Japan and brings together Harvard faculty, students, scholars from other institutions, and visitors to create one of the world’s leading communities for the study of Japan.

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  • Nation & World

    The record of Japanese disaster

    Harvard experts were among the lead organizers of a major effort to construct a multimedia archive of last year’s devastating earthquake and aftermath in Japan. The site goes live this week.

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  • Campus & Community

    Students awarded for Japanese studies

    Four Harvard students were awarded prizes in Japanese studies by Tazuko Ajiro Monane Memorial Fund and the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.

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  • Campus & Community

    Reischauer Institute seeks papers

    The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies seeks submissions for its 2011 Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies, given to the undergraduate and graduate students with the best essays on Japan-related topics.

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  • Campus & Community

    Reischauer Institute awards Japanese studies prizes

    The Reischauer Institute names Audrey Ji-eun Kim ’09 and Kathryn Handlir, A.M. ’09, winners of its annual award for outstanding essays on Japan-related topics.

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  • Nation & World

    Lessons from the East

    On an internship from the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Peter Bernard ’11 traveled to Japan where he worked at a bookstore and learned that “the culture of books and print is alive and well.”

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  • Campus & Community

    Program on U.S.-Japan Relations adds 16 associates and research fellows

    The Program on U.S.-Japan Relations has announced its 16 program associates and advanced research fellows for the 2009-10 academic year.

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  • Campus & Community

    Taking the next step

    Melissa McCormick reflects on her journey from modern dance to her current position as a newly tenured professor of Japanese art and culture in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

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  • Campus & Community

    Asian studies centers, institutes announce grant recipients

    The Harvard Asia Center, the Harvard China Fund, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, the Korea Institute, the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and the South Asia Initiative are pleased to announce the recipients of student grants for summer 2009 and academic year 2009-2010.

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  • Campus & Community

    Reischauer Institute seeks submissions for essays

    The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies is now accepting submissions for its 2009 Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies, given to the undergraduate and graduate students with the best essays on Japan-related topics. The submission deadline is June 30, and $3,000 will be awarded for the best graduate student essay and $2,000 for the…

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  • Arts & Culture

    REISCHAUER INSTITUTE SEEKS PAPERS

    The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies is now accepting submissions for its 2009 Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies, given to the undergraduate and graduate students with the best essays on Japan-related topics. The submission deadline is June 30, and $3,000 will be awarded for the best graduate student essay and $2,000 for the…

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  • Campus & Community

    Student prizes awarded in Japanese Studies

    The Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and Kodansha Publishers recently hosted the 14th annual Edwin O. Reischauer/Kodansha Ltd. Commemorative Symposium and the 13th annual awarding of the Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies. These prizes are given annually by Kodansha Publishers for the best essays written by Harvard University students on Japan-related topics.

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  • Campus & Community

    In Brief

    Harvard LGBT reunion set for September; Reischauer Institute seeks papers on Japan-related topics; HMNH publication captures prize

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  • Campus & Community

    Pharr receives esteemed Japanese imperial decoration at ceremony

    The government of Japan conferred on Susan J. Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, the decoration of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon,…

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  • Campus & Community

    ‘I’m ready for my close-up, Professor Kuriyama …’

    How do you attract students to a course? With more than 5,400 classes on offer each year, it can be a difficult proposition. Shigehisa Kuriyama, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, borrows a Hollywood technique: offer a movie trailer.

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  • Campus & Community

    Korea Institute announces three postdoctoral fellows

    The Korea Institute at Harvard has recently announced its 2007-08 Postdoctoral Fellows in Korean Studies. This year, the institute will welcome Elise Prebin and Isabelle Sancho, international specialists on Korea, and Samuel Perry, the first Korea Institute-Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, a joint appointment shared by the two centers.

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  • Campus & Community

    Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies awards prizes

    The Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and Kodansha Publishers hosted the 13th annual Edwin O. Reischauer/Kodansha Ltd. Commemorative Symposium and the 12th annual awarding of the Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies on Oct. 19. These prizes are given annually by Kodansha Publishers for the best essays written by Harvard University students on Japan-related topics. The…

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  • Arts & Culture

    Friendly wave hits Asia

    Six years after sweeping across Asia, the Korean wave hit Cambridge with a crash on Friday (Feb. 16) during a panel at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. “Korean wave” – or Hallyu – refers to the sizzling popularity of South Korean popular culture throughout Asia. From the Philippines and Malaysia, to Singapore, Japan, and China,…

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