Bodies and Structures:  Deep-Mapping the Spaces of Modern Japanese History 2017 Triangle Center for Japanese Studies Conference For more information and to access shared readings, please email David Ambaras at dambaras@ncsu.edu. Friday, December 9 9:30: Opening remarks 10:00-12:00 Panel 1 Maren … Read more

Bodies and Structures: Making Sense of Space in Japan and the Japanese Empire May 26 – May 27 Triangle Center for Japanese Studies Workshop Conveners: Kate McDonald (History, UCSB), David Ambaras (History, NCSU) May 26-27, 2016 UNC FedEx Global Education Center 301 … Read more

Bodies and Structures: Making Sense of Space in Japan and the Japanese Empire May 26 – May 27 Triangle Center for Japanese Studies Workshop Conveners: Kate McDonald (History, UCSB), David Ambaras (History, NCSU) May 26-27, 2016 UNC FedEx Global Education Center 301 … Read more

UNC Professor of Religious Studies Barbara Ambros recently interviewed with Marginalia Review of Books about her new book, Women in Japanese Religions. Listen to the full interview here.

Ambros, Barbara R. Women in Japanese Religions. NYU Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781479884063 Scholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions treat women. Much existing scholarship depicts Japan’s religious traditions as mere means of oppression. But this view … Read more

Ambros, Barbara R. Women in Japanese Religions. NYU Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781479884063 Scholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions treat women. Much existing scholarship depicts Japan’s religious traditions as mere means of oppression. But this view … Read more

Morgan Pitelka, Director of the Carolina Asia Center and Associate Professor of Asian Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, was recently interviewed by The Daily Tarheel, UNC’s student newspaper, about his work on pre-modern Japan. The interview followed Pitelka’s Oct. 29 talk … Read more

Please welcome Chris Nelson, Associate Professor of Anthropology at UNC, as the new director of the Triangle Center for Japanese Studies! Former director Morgan Pitelka has stepped down to focus on his new position as director of the Carolina Asia … Read more

Congratulations to Triangle Center for Japanese Studies director Morgan Pitelka (UNC-Chapel Hill, Asian Studies & History) on his appointment as the new director of UNC’s Carolina Asia Center. Read the official announcement from UNC Global here.

The TCJS Fall 2013 event calendar s now available. The calendar lists details for all major events throughout the semester. Spring 2013 Event Calendar