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Conference announcement: Bodies and Structures

December 7, 2016

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

Barbara Ambros on Women in Japanese Religions

February 23, 2016

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.

New book by Barbara Ambros

May 14, 2015

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

New book by Barbara Ambros

May 14, 2015

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

Interview with Morgan Pitelka in The Daily Tarheel

November 22, 2013

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

Chris Nelson Elected New Director of TCJS

September 3, 2013

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