We are delighted to announce the twelfth edition of the Mitsubishi Corporation Summer School in Early Modern Japanese Palaeography.
It will be held at the University of Cambridge between Monday 4 August 2025 and Friday 15 August 2025. The theme for this year is: Tsutaya Jūzaburō, Friends, and Rivals.
The call for applications is now open:
Call for applications 2025 – Japanese Early Modern Palaeography (wakancambridge.com)
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
We are advertising the position of Head of Japanese and Korean Section at the Cambridge University Library. All details can be found at the link below.
https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41035/
With all good wishes,
Laura
The NIJL/EAJRS Kuzushi-ji Workshop will be held online 19-21 April 2023. This year, Cambridge University Library will provide some material for the workshop. The workshop is free of charge. If you wish to apply for the workshop, please fill in the application form, and submit it to a.hirano@sainsbury-institute.org by end of 12 March. The detailed information can be found here:
Information
Playing with samurai, with Dr Laura Moretti
5.30-6.30pm, Tuesday 26th April 2022
Free event open to all. Hosted in-person at Cambridge University Library.
BOOK HERE
Art and Commerce at Play: The Illustrated Book of Early Modern Japan' with Dr Ellis Tinios
7-8pm, Thursday 10 March 2022
Free event open to all. Hosted online via Zoom Webinars – BOOK HERE
Japanese books in 17th century England, with Professor Peter Kornicki
7-8pm, Thursday 3 February 2022
Free event open to all. Hosted online via Zoom Webinars – BOOK HERE
We are delighted to announce that the Fifth Graduate Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography will run from Monday 6 August to Saturday 18 August 2018 at the University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College (Cambridge, UK)
Job opportunity: Head of the Japanese Section in the Division of Special Collections at the Library of the University of Cambridge.
On 8 August 2015 (15.30-17.00) Dr Ellis Tinios will deliver the keynote lecture for this year’s Graduate Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography. held at Emmanuel College in Cambridge (UK). The title of his keynote lecture is: "Adventures in bibliography: exploring Edo-period book histories". For details please visit https://wakancambridge.wordpress.com/keynote-lecture-2015/