This scholarship has been made possible with the support of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan, for the purpose of promoting and furthering scholarship, research and teaching in Taiwan Studies, a subject area for which SOAS is already a world leader.

Scholars will be closely involved with SOAS world-renowned Centre of Taiwan Studies, further enhancing its outputs by being active participants in our research and events programmes.

There are multiple NSTC Scholarships available for 2026/27 providing £10,000 towards tuition for Home fee students and £20,000 for Overseas fee students. For students studying part-time, the amount will be split across two or more academic years.

Further information at https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/student-life/finance/scholarships/nstc-taiwan-scholarships.

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Die Veranstalter möchten Sie hiermit herzlich zum ersten Vortrag im Mittagsforum im Sommersemester 2026 einladen:

• Yun Xie (History, Ghent): Why Chinese Characters? The Materiality of Printed Chinese Script in the Nineteenth-Century Dutch Context

Das Mittagsforum findet am 3. Juni von 12-13 Uhr s.t. im Konferenzraum MB 3/126 in hybrider Form statt. Sie können mit den unten stehenden Zoomdaten online teilnehmen. Wie gewohnt sind aufgrund der Mittagszeit Speisen und Getränke erlaubt. Bitte leiten Sie diese Ankündigung gerne in Ihren Netzwerken weiter.

Zoom-Meeting beitreten
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/63949675667?pwd=grdAh9gdxYMIKQvpSXGGjFmAfmDVjy.1

Meeting-ID: 639 4967 5667
Passwort: 619054

The convernors would like to cordially invite you to the first Lunch Forum presentation in the summer semester 2026:

• Yun Xie (History, Ghent): Why Chinese Characters? The Materiality of Printed Chinese Script in the Nineteenth-Century Dutch Context

The lunch forum will take place on 3 June from 12-13 hrs s.t. in conference room MB 3/126 in hybrid form. If you would like to participate online, please use the Zoom information below. As usual, food and drinks are permitted due to the lunchtime. Please feel free to forward this announcement to your networks.

Zoom-Meeting beitreten
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/63949675667?pwd=grdAh9gdxYMIKQvpSXGGjFmAfmDVjy.1

Meeting-ID: 639 4967 5667
Passwort: 619054

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The BISA holding their next virtual conference from 11-13 January 2027. The conference will be ‘virtually hosted’ by the Department of International Politics at City St. George’s, University of London. This conference will be in addition to the main #BISA2027 in-person conference taking place in June 2027.

To enable a broader international participation in BISA conferences, and to bring together scholars from the UK and across the globe, the conference aims to be inclusive of researchers at all career stages who, for various reasons including cost and visa rules, might find it more difficult to participate in our in-person events.

Our first virtual conference in 2025 saw around 200 attendees from 31 countries come together to share and develop their research.

Conference theme: Conflict and cooperation in a changing world

Recent years have seen profound political, social, and economic upheaval. These shifts present serious challenges as well as new opportunities. Existing institutions are transforming or failing by the wayside. At the same time, new areas of both competition and cooperation are emerging. This conference seeks new ways to understand and transcend current political realities across a wide range of perspectives and approaches. These include, but are no means limited to, changes in the international system, increasing violence, vulnerability and risk, the rise of artificial intelligence and the fast pace of technological change, enduring inequalities between the Global North and Global South, and the dangers of climate change. We invite submissions that seek to deepen our understanding of this global moment, how it has emerged, and potential futures. We aim to identify the potential for positive changes as well as pitfalls to avoid. We also seek to integrate how our teaching and research both influences and is influenced by these shifts.

Source/further information at https://virtualconference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers.

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The Division of East Asian Studies at Yonsei University’s Mirae Campus in Wonju is inviting applications for a tenure-track position in Political Economy or Comparative Politics. The division offers a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Politics and Economics, with a strong liberal arts foundation, taught entirely in English. The teaching load is 5 three-credit point classes per academic year, with the option to reduce to 4 classes contingent upon research performance. Benefits of the position include, among others, housing support for international faculty for 6 years and medical service discount benefits by the Yonsei University Healthcare System.

The appointment will begin on March 1, 2027, although the start date may be negotiable. A Ph.D. or equivalent degree is required at the start of the appointment. The deadline for application is June 12 at 3 pm Korean Standard Time.

In the first stage of evaluation, candidates should complete the online application form, including a curriculum vitae and a list of publications, degree certificates and transcripts for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, the doctoral dissertation, and publications.

More details on the evaluation process and benefits can be found on the application website below. https://bit.ly/EIC2027

To apply, visit https://bit.ly/EICapplication

If you have any further inquiries related to the position, please do not hesitate to contact the division chair, Dr. Donata Bessey (dbessey[at]yonsei.ac.kr).

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Dr. Patrick Hällzon (Uppsala University) will offering an insight into his current research under the title ‘The use of domestic and wild animals in public performances in the oases of Eastern Turkestan’. The Online talk will take place on 28 May 2026 at 6 pm (German time). The lecture will be held in English.

To the lecture*: https://spk-berlin.webex.com/spk-berlin/j.php?MTID=md675604cc03e3ab570fe2ee4b03763d9

The online presentation deals with public performances involving animals in Eastern Turkestan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Several traditional pastimes in the region, such as pigeon fancying, falconry, and various games related to horsemanship fit into this description. The focus of this presentation, however, will be on the usage of domestic and wild animals in performed entertainment in public places.
(https://blog.crossasia.org/crossasia-talks-haellzon/)

If you have any questions, please contact us: ostasienabt[at]sbb.spk-berlin.de.

You can find all previously announced lectures here. We will announce further dates in our blog and Mastodon and BlueSky.

* The lecture will also be streamed via Webex. You can take part in the lecture using your browser without having to install a special software. Please click on the respective button “To the lecture” below, follow the link “join via browser” (“über Browser teilnehmen”), and enter your name.

Further information at https://blog.crossasia.org/crossasia-talks.

Source: CrossAsia Talk: „The use of domestic and wild animals in public performances in the oases of Eastern Turkestan“ presented by Patrick Hällzon (Uppsala University). May 28, 6pm (German time), H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.

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Specification of the position:
The appointee will engage in teaching courses of Indonesian language and culture, and Southeast Asian humanities or social sciences at undergraduate level, designing teaching materials, performing research, assisting in curriculum development and administrative assignments.

Position: One, a full-time faculty position, expected to begin on 1 February 2027.

Required Qualifications

1. A Ph.D. degree specializing in Indonesian Language, Literature, Culture, or Indonesian Language Teaching
2. Ability to conduct research in relevant fields
3. Experience in teaching all levels of Indonesian language and culture, and Indonesia-related courses at undergraduate level
4. Ability to develop digital innovative teaching materials (preferred)
5. Ability to teach courses in Southeast Asian Humanities and Social Sciences in English (preferred)
6. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
7. Commitment to departmental services

Application Materials
Relevant certificates and supporting documents: Please upload the following application materials to cloud drive folder (e.g., Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) in the order specified below.

1. Completed application form (in English)
2. Copies of relevant certificates (including Ph.D. diploma, teaching certificate, doctoral transcript, current employment certificate, academic awards, etc.). All documents must be signed by the candidate. Diplomas earned abroad must be authenticated by an R.O.C. overseas mission.
3. PhD Dissertation PDF file.
4. A complete list of publications within the past five years (including title, publisher/journal, and date of publication). For journal articles, please indicate whether they are listed (e.g., SSCI, ESCI, A&HCI or SCOPUS).
5. A list of courses the candidate is able to teach, along with course syllabi
6. Proofs of teaching experience (such as syllabi of previously taught courses and teaching evaluations).
7. Any additional supporting documents that may strengthen the application.

Application Deadline: Before 31 August 2026

Application Procedure

1. Please email all documents to Ms. Chun-Ya Liang (Ms. Kay): chunl[at]g.nccu.edu.tw
2. Please also mail a hard copy to:
3. The Faculty Search Committee
4. Department of Southeast Asian Languages and Cultures
   National Chengchi University
5. NO.64, Sec.2, ZhiNan Rd., Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan 11605
6. Please note “Application for Position in Indonesian Language and Culture” on the envelope.
7. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified for an interview with teaching demonstration.
8. If the documents are expected to be returned, please indicate and enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Source: National Chengchi University – Faculty Positions in Indonesian Language and Culture H-Net, H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.

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The School of Histories and Humanities at Trinity College Dublin seeks to appoint a talented individual to a specific-purpose Assistant Professorship in modern Japanese history (broadly defined as the 19th and 20th centuries). This post will be based in the Department of History, and its primary purpose will be to engage in research and teaching relating to any aspect of the history of modern Japan, to contribute to the teaching of modern history on the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and to supervise postgraduate research in their area of expertise.

The successful applicant will have a PhD in History or a related field, and the successful applicant must demonstrate a proven ability or evidence of potential to establish a strong record of research and publication in modern Japanese history.

The starting date for this position will be 1 September 2026.

Salary: Appointment will be made on Assistant Professor Salary Scale (109) commensurate with qualifications / experience and in line with Public Sector Pay Policy  [€43,425 to €103,582 per annum]  monthly/weekly payscales. 

Post status: Specific Purpose Contract

This employment is for the specific purpose of filling a vacancy arising from the secondment of a staff member to a role within the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute. Employment is not offered on an indefinite duration basis as the original postholder is expected to return. If the postholder does not return to work, the post will be filled through open competition.

How to apply:

Applications will only be accepted through e-Recruitment via https://www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/, and should include: 

• Covering Letter (1 x A4 page)
• Full Curriculum Vitae to include your list of publications and the names and contact details of 3 referees (including e-mail addresses) (maximum of 4 x A4 pages).
• Research plan (summarising research to be carried out in the next three years – maximum of 1 A4 page).
• Teaching statement (summarising teaching experience and approach – maximum of 1 A4 page).
• Outline of a semester-long research-based module suitable for students at either final year undergraduate or M.Phil level (maximum of 2 x A4 pages).

Please Note:

• Candidates who do not address the application requirements above will not be considered at the short list stage.
• Candidates should note that the interview process for this appointment will include the delivery of a presentation.

Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Informal enquiries about this post may be made to Dr Joseph Clarke (Head of the Department of History) at joseph.clarke[at]tcd.ie.

Source: Trinity College Dublin – Assistant Professor in the History of Modern Japan H-Net, H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.

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This edited volume explores the interrelations between disability and addiction within Japanese literary literature. By focusing strictly on literary representations—and excluding media studies—this collection aims to examine how embodiment, social normativity, and deviance are negotiated through culturally specific frameworks.

The editors invite contributions for the following four sections

1. Disability in Japanese Literature (3 Articles)

• Representations of disability in premodern, modern, or contemporary Japanese literary texts.
• Analysis of the body as a site of control, breakdown, or marginalization within Japanese social frameworks.
• Note: Focus is strictly on literary narratives; no media studies.

2. Addiction in Japanese Literature (3 Articles)

• Literary narrativization of addiction to substances (alcohol, drugs), behaviors (gambling), or affective states.
• Analysis of postwar and contemporary fiction (e.g., works by Osamu Dazai, Yukio Mishima, Ryū Murakami, or Sayaka Murata).
• Note: Focus is strictly on literary narratives; no media studies.

Theoretical Framework & Submission Guidelines

We particularly encourage contributions that engage with Disability Studies (e.g., Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Lennard J. Davis, Susanne Hartwig) and critical addiction studies.

• Article Length: 5,000–9,000 words.
• Citation Style: APA (6th edition), in-text citations only.
• Languages: English or German.
• Submission Requirements: Please provide an abstract (300–500 words) and a short bio (100 words).

Timeline (Provisional)

• Abstract submission: 30.06.2026.
• Notification of acceptance: 30.07.2026.
• Full paper submission: 30.06.2027.
• Expected publication: End 2027/Beginning 2028.

Contributors should hold a PhD degree. Scholars who do not yet hold a PhD may also submit a contribution, provided that they are currently working or have previously worked in the field of Disability Studies and submit the article jointly with their supervisor.

Contact Information

Prof. Dr. Habib Tekin, Marmara University: habib.tekin[at]marmara.edu.tr
Prof. Dr. Hideya Hayashi, Kansai University: hayashih[at]kansai-u.ac.jp

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The Journal of Northeast Asian History (JNAH) welcomes submissions of research articles that make original contributions to understanding the history of Northeast Asia across all periods.

Research articles should be written in English and 7,000 to 9,000 words in length, including footnotes, references, an abstract, and keywords. All manuscripts should be submitted as an electronic file attachment in Microsoft Word format only. For the romanization of East Asian languages, use the „Revised Romanization of Korean“ (The Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2000) for Korean, the Pinyin system for Chinese, and the Hepburn system for Japanese. For all the other formatting and editing rules, the 18th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (University of Chicago Press, 2024) applies. Find the attachment for more specific submission guidelines.

Please submit your manuscript and brief curriculum vitae by e-mail to jnah.nahf[at]gmail.com or jnah[at]nahf.or.kr. Submissions are available at all times, but to be qualified for publication in JNAH’s Winter 2026 issue, your manuscript must be submitted by August 31, 2026.

All eligible manuscripts submitted to JNAH undergo a peer review process conducted by three experts in the relevant field, as recommended by the editorial board members. Please note that even if a manuscript is approved by the reviewers, there may be an additional 6-month delay in publication due to previously accepted manuscripts.

The publication costs for JNAH are covered by the Northeast Asian History Foundation. Authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge. For an accepted article that presents original research not previously published in other academic journals, we also provide a publishing grant.  

Please note: The Journal of Northeast Asian History will be published online starting in June 2025, with all articles made available to readers as open access.

The Journal of Northeast Asian History (JNAH) is a peer-reviewed biannual journal published by the Northeast Asian History Foundation. It aims to advance interdisciplinary and transnational research on the history and historical topics of the Northeast Asian region across all periods. The journal explores diverse themes, including border and territorial disputes, national and international identities, historical memory and education, and ideological conflicts and reconciliation. By publishing high-quality academic papers, book reviews, and research trend reports in English, JNAH provides a platform for international dialogue among scholars in the humanities and social sciences while fostering exchanges with policymakers and practitioners. Dedicated to promoting academic and practical conversations, the journal seeks to deepen understanding of Northeast Asia’s past, present, and future.

Further information at https://accesson.kr/jnah.

Source: CFP: The Journal of Northeast Asian History 23-1 (December 2026), H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.

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With the semicentennial of the first Star Wars approaching in 2027, it is evident that few other Hollywood blockbusters enjoy such broad cultural appeal and wide academic interest as Star Wars. In the scholarly literature, however, one theme and region is conspicuously absent: China.

The proposed volume Chinese Star Wars: Vernacular Readings of a Global Multimedia Phenomenon, edited by Damian Mandzunowski (Heidelberg University) and Nick Stember (Independent Scholar), sets out to shed more light on exactly these aspects. In its five decades, Star Wars has grown from three films into a wide-ranging multimedia franchise encompassing comic books, films, games, television, animation, and other forms of cultural expression. As such, it operates via a plethora of dissemination avenues which, by and large, need to adapt to a local context. Moreover, as a space fantasy built on tropes of knights, princesses, and feudal bloodlines, and one which is largely driven by nostalgia and legacy characters, Star Wars continues to struggle to connect with audiences in places like China, where “harder” science-fiction has historically been much more popular. At the same time, a dedicated Chinese Star Wars community exists not only in the PRC, but even more so in Hong Kong and Taiwan, with fans often favoring the Prequel Trilogy and the Expanded Universe/Legends for their intricate world-building and political narratives as well as the video games for the immersive nature, while largely ignoring the Sequel Trilogy. A study of all these processes, coupled with the diverse reception, readership, recollections, and impact (or lack thereof) of Star Wars in China, is to form the core subject of this edited volume.

We invite contributions that explore the interplay between the larger Star Wars universe(s) and the Chinese (re)production, consumption, and reception of it over the decades following 1977. We particularly welcome case studies and detailed explorations of overlooked artifacts, whether material or symbolic, as well as studies based on oral history. Transcultural approaches that critically engage with Chinese Star Wars phenomena are also highly encouraged.

In particular, we welcome papers on, but by no means limited to, topics such as:

• Early reception history: historical accounts of the earliest reception of Star Wars in Guangzhou (via Hong Kong and Macau) and its circulation through bootleg channels before official distribution—especially oral history contributions from this period;
• Chinese dimensions of Star Wars cosplay culture: these could include ethnographic and/or sociological explorations via oral history interviews, participatory study, and other innovative methods, especially of the 501st Legion Chinese Garrison;
• Collecting, memorabilia, merchandise, and Star Wars toys, either from the aspect of their prominence in China, or from the point of view of their actual manufacturing, as already the very first Kenner figures were mass-produced in China;
• The Expanded Universe in China: explorations of the role and impact of 1990s/2000s Star Wars book and comics series in China;
• Sociocultural analyses of the Prequels: studies that explore the reception of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy in China against the backdrop of the late 1990s sociocultural landscape;
• Disney-era Star Wars: the reception of Disney-era Star Wars content, including most recent shows like Andor, and its intersections with discussions of authoritarianism in China;
• Chinese web novel/web comic adaptations: analyses of official and unofficial Chinese web novel, web comic, or animated adaptations, variations, and official and unofficial expansions of the Star Wars universe;
• Industry perspectives: contributions from individuals involved in the production side of Chinese Star Wars, including translators, poster artists, dubbers, and comic adapters;
• Critical takes: examinations of the franchise’s reception in China, including the perceived impact (or lack thereof) of the original and sequel trilogies and discussions surrounding issues of biases within fan communities or adaptations;
• The Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macau dimensions: how the reception of Star Wars differed in the larger Sinosphere, where the films received an official theatrical release;
• Political readings: analyses of how political metaphors present in Star Wars (e.g., Vietnam War, Nuclear War, and Iraq War allusions from George Lucas’s original intent) have been received and interpreted within a Chinese context;
• Linguistic/semiotic approaches: investigations into the challenges and strategies involved in translating Star Wars’ myriad names, languages, and technical terms into Chinese, as well as homemade translations, scanlation processes, and other aspects of the 1980s–2000s gray-zone Star Wars consumption;
• IP, legal structures, and legal issues and challenges: the legal landscape of Star Wars in China, with a particular focus on bootleg and/or piracy culture, such as the smuggling and selling of pirated VHS, VCDs, or DVDs.

All other relevant topics are also welcome!

Read the full CfP in the attached PDF or here: https://chinacomx.github.io/update/CfPChineseStarWars.html

Please submit your proposal until Monday, 10 August 2026, (300 words), alongside your name, email, affiliation, and short bio (100 words), here: https://forms.gle/FwWk4cxKE3xQvZ7H8

We will inform you about acceptance by Monday, 31 August 2026; first chapter drafts are expected by Monday, 4 January 2027.

We aim for a balanced mix of academic rigor and engaging, insightful explorations of Star Wars lore “with Chinese characteristics.” Contributions should maintain an academic standard while also embracing a self-aware appreciation for the unique and often compelling nature of this transcultural phenomenon. While we are particularly keen to include papers that make use of Chinese language primary source materials, we are also open to contributions from scholars with areas of expertise outside of Chinese studies who nonetheless are interested in exploring Chinese Star Wars realms.

We intend to publish the edited volume as part of a designed publication series on the politics and practices of reading culture in China with a major academic publisher (preliminary spoken agreement reached) following a blind peer review system. We also hope to organize an online workshop and/or conference panel/roundtable with all contributors in the advanced stages of research and writing for an enhanced cohesion among the chapters.

More information at https://chinacomx.github.io/update/CfPChineseStarWars.html.

Source: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20150518/cfp-chinese-star-wars-vernacular-readings-global-multimedia-phenomenon, H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.

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During the summer and winter terms, all ERCCT Research Fellows and Visiting Scholars meet weekly in the Taiwan-Colloquium to discuss their research projects. Project ideas and intended field studies will be communicated, applied theory and methodology scrutinized and empirical findings gathered in the field critically assessed. The Visiting Scholars play an important role here, as they not only evaluate the Fellow’s projects but also present their own research and subject it to open academic debate.

Featuring a wide range of fascinating topics, the Taiwan Colloquium programme for the summer term of 2026 is here. Unless marked otherwise, the venue is seminar room 003 at Keplerstraße 2.

Mon, May 4  4:15 p.m.
Nga Shi Yeu (Stockholm University, Department of Social Anthropology)
Visceral Lives in Taiwan’s Probiotic Visions

Mon, May 11  4:15 p.m.
Dr. Chang Ti-han (SOAS, Center of Taiwan Studies)
A deep dive into Taiwan’s oceanic narrative

Mon, May 18  4:15 p.m.
Rachael Chan (Oxford University, St. John’s College)
Taiwan’s Indigenous Cultural Diplomacy

Mon, June 01  4:15 p.m.
Lin Wan-Jou (Department of Taiwan Culture, Languages and Literature, National Taiwan Normal University)
A Comparative Study of Ecofeminist Glocal Perspectives: Indigenous Communities in Taiwan and Activist Communities in Germany

Mon, June 22  4:15 p.m.
Dr. Sarah Liu (University of Edinburgh, Department of Politics and International Relations)
Women in Combat: A Study of Gender Integration as a National Defence Strategy      – Public Lecture

Fri, June 26  12:15 p.m.
Dr. Sarah Liu (University of Edinburgh, Department of Politics and International Relations)
Too Feminine to Protect a Country? The Gendered Experiences of Soldiers in the Taiwan Army – Taiwan Colloq.

Mon, July 13  4:00 p.m.
Lin Wei-Yu (NTU, Dept. of Political Science)
Street-Level Resilience and the Costs of Cross-Agency Performance: Evidence from Taiwan’s Police

5:00 p.m.
Chen Chung-Hsuan (NCCU, Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies)
Overseas Chinese Leadership in Myanmar: Navigating Relations with China and Taiwan

Fri, July 17  12:15 p.m.
Prof. Ho Ming-sho (National Taiwan University)
From the Bluebird Action to the Great Recall Campaign: Taiwan’s Recent Political Mobilization       – Public Lecture

Mon, July 20  4:15 p.m.
Prof. Ho Ming-sho (National Taiwan University)
Making Reforms in Taiwan: Social Movements, Political Parties, and the Logic of Coalition Building   – Taiwan Colloq

If interested in joining online, please write to stefan.braig[at]uni-tuebingen.de to get the Zoom meeting access data.

Source: Taiwan Colloquium Universität Tübingen.

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The Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) is pleased to announce the upcoming opening of the second round of applications for the <2026 Korean Literary Research and Academic Exchange Grant>. The grant supports research, academic exchange, and related projects that contribute to strengthening the academic foundation of Korean literature as world literature.

We would be grateful if you would share this opportunity within your institution and researchers who may be interested.

Title: Korean Literary Research and Academic Exchange Grant
Eligible Projects:
Projects related to Korean literature or the translation of Korean literature in the following areas: 1) Authorship/Translation in Local Languages 2) Academic Exchange 3) Research Material Collection
Eligible Applicants:
1) Authorship/Translation in Local Languages: Organizations and individuals seeking to publish foreign-language articles in overseas periodicals or monographs
2) Academic Exchange: Organizations and individuals seeking to foster international academic exchange and discussions
3) Research Material Collection: Overseas universities or university libraries that offer Korean studies departments, Korean studies centers, Korean studies or Korean language programs, or East Asian studies departments / Institutions or organizations conducting research related to Korean literature / Individual scholars, translators, and graduate students(master’s level or above) who require access to materials related to Korean literature ※ Regardless of language or nationality
Covered Expenses:
Direct costs related to the projects implementation ※ Please refer to the announcements for details on the scale.
Application Schedule and Application Method:
1^st Round 2^nd Round Application Period
March. 1 – April. 15, 2026 June 1 – July 15, 2026
Results Announcement
End of May, End of August – Applications are accepted twice a year (once per half-year) ※ Application deadline: 23:59:59 (KST) on the day of the deadline ※ Projects completed before the results announcement date are not eligible Application Method: Submit the completed application for via email to academic_grant[at]klti.or.kr
For detailed information, please refer to the attached Korean and English announcements and the application form, or visit the URLs below:
1) Korean Announcement: https://url.kr/fob3rs
2) English Announcement: https://url.kr/tkx8xp

We kindly request your cooperation in promoting this call for applications by posting it on your institution’s official website or distributing it via email to your members to encourage greater participation.

We appreciate your interest in the program and for any inquiries regarding the application process, please contact academic_grant[at]klti.or.kr

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The Modern East Asian Studies (MEAS) programme at Goethe University Frankfurt invites students interested in the programme to attend an online information session on 13 May, 12:00 (CEST). A second meeting will be held in person on 3 June, 16:00 (CEST) on Goethe University’s Westend campus (SH 0.107).

Registration for the online meeting: https://uni-frankfurt.zoom- x.de/meeting/register/dQu1P7pdRwK9aILNXa2cyw

MEAS, an international, interdisciplinary and research-oriented graduate programme, is an English-taught degree primarily designed for students who hold a BA degree in either East Asia-related humanities or the social sciences (economics/management, law (BA or first state examination), political science, sociology), history or cultural anthropology. Students explore East Asia’s present and past from the combined perspectives of a variety of disciplines. They develop their methodological and theoretical skills particularly in the fields of history, law, management and political sciences, while also enhancing their proficiency in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese or Korean. In their third semester, students follow one of three possible ’study tracks.‘ The Research Track prepares students for future academic work and is taught entirely in Frankfurt, whilst for the Language Track and the Professional Track students spend time in one of the East Asian countries covered by the programme, either studying at an East Asian university or completing an internship. MEAS students benefit from the vibrant East-Asia-related research activities and events at Goethe University.

The application deadline for the winter semester 2026/2027 is 15 August 2026. If applicants need a visa, we strongly recommend applying by 15 July at the very latest. For more information on the programme and admission requirements, please see our website (http://meas.uni-frankfurt.de) or contact the programme coordinator (m.troester[at]em.uni- frankfurt.de).

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The Taiwan Research Hub, in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, is pleased to offer a PhD scholarship to applicants wishing to commence study at the beginning in the 2026/27 academic year. The scholarship will be offered on a competitive basis, with applications being ranked by a panel. The panel’s judgement will be final.

The proposed research can be either in the field of comparative politics, or of an interdisciplinary nature. However, the research must be related to Taiwan, and one supervisor must be from the School of Politics and International Relations.

Number of scholarships available: 1

Description of award: £11000 per year for 3 years (full-time) 

Eligibility and value of the award:

To be eligible to apply for the Scholarship:

The awardee must have an offer for their PhD programme at the University of Nottingham via the University’s online application system to commence in 26/27 academic year studying Full-Time.

Home/EU and International students are eligible to apply, but please note that the total value of the award is £11000 per year for 3 years regardless of the residency of the successful applicant. Any award is subject to satisfactory attendance and progress through the degree programme.

For further details on Postgraduate Research Tuition fees please see here

Application:

Please email your application, with the subject ‚TRH PhD Scholarship Application‘, to Mandy Felton (mandy.felton[at]nottingham.ac.uk).

Please ensure that it contains the following:

• Your name
• The degree programme to which you will apply.
• Confirmation that you will commence study in October 26/27.
• The title of the proposed doctoral research project
• A research proposal of up to 2,000 words (excluding references). The proposal MUST contain a brief overview of your intended research, including references to key literature and an account of what is novel about your project, as well as the methods you plan to use.
• A statement from both members of your proposed supervisory team (one of whom must be a member of staff from the School of Politics and International Relations) of up to 250 words. This should explain how their expertise is suited to your project.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on 26 June 2026.

Following the deadline, shortlisted candidates will be contacted to arrange an interview, either in person or online.

The successful applicant will be notified by 27 July 2026.

*Please note, this scholarship is offered subject to the finalisation of a funding agreement. The award is conditional on that agreement being signed, and we cannot accept liability if funding is delayed or does not proceed. In the unlikely event this happens, we will contact applicants as soon as possible.

The School of Politics and International Relations values equality, diversity and inclusivity. As the holder of an Athena Swan Award, we are committed to offering equal treatment and opportunities to our workforce and student body. As such, we welcome applications from all, regardless of personal characteristics or background.

Further information at https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/taiwan-research-hub/news-items/2026/taiwan-research-hub-phd-scholarship-202627.aspx.

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You are welcome to TRADIASIA (Transculturality and Diversity in East Asia) lecture series. The event is free but registration needed. The event will take place at the University of Valencia but some of these lectures will be offered in hybrid format too, if you are interested in attending online please complete this application form and you will receive a zoom link to join. You can find the programme below:

Transculturality and Diversity in East Asia

Fridays 17-20.30h
13th March – 19TH June 2026

Venue: S06, Facultat Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació, Universitat de València
Language: English and Spanish

13th March

Sho Konishi (University of Oxford). The History of Not: Symbiotic Modern in Japan after World War Zero.

27th March

Carles Prado (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya). Translation and transnationality: memories of China’s reform and opening up
Nong Ru Cheng Lee (University of Valencia). From Political Icon to Transcultural Sign: Mao Zedong in Global Visual Culture

17th April

Olga Pirozhenko (University of Valencia). Sakhalin Island in the destiny of the Russian writer Anton Chekhov

24th April 

Joon-kon Chung (Eurasia Foundation (From Asia))

8th May

Victoria Yang (University of Cambridge). Decentering Japan: Approaches to and from Okinawan literature
Ester Torres-Simón (Autonomous University of Barcelona). Korean literary panorama, from webtoon to Nobel Prize

15th May March 

Alexander Zahlten (Harvard University). Technology, Indexicality, Memory: Japanese and Korean War Film Lineages as Prehistories of Current Media Loops
 Marcos Centeno (University of Valencia). Transnational Memories in Documentary Film: Haneda Sumiko’s The Japanese Settlers

22nd May 

Owen Miller (SOAS, University of London) Reconfiguring a company town in late 1950s North Korea: the role of the Deutsche Arbeitsgruppe at Hŭngnam and the problems of social reproduction
Rossella Ferrari (University of Viena). Performing Postsocialist Futurities: Chinese Theatre, Technology, and the Posthuman

29th May

Eunsook Yang  (Complutense University of Madrid). Silk Road heritage in Korea
Mario Esteban (Autonomous University of Madrid). China in the Current International Order

5th June

Ignacio López Sako (University of Granada). Is Japanese hard to learn? Some considerations about the relationship between language, culture and communication, and their acquisition as a foreign language
Amparo Montaner (University of Valencia) The Role of Linguistic Models in the Contrastive and Applied Study of Spanish and Japanese

12th June

Elia dal Corso (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice). The Ainu language through the eyes of explorers and documenters
Blai Guarné (Autonomous University of Barcelona). Identity at stake: cultural reappropriation and Japanese social visibility in Spanish urban space

19th June

Loli Kim (University of Oxford). Interpreting Korean Popular Culture: How to Perform Cross-Cultural Multimodal Analysis
Sonia Dueñas (University Carlos III of Madrid) Transnational Connections in Contemporary South Korean Cinema

Further information at https://www.uv.es/tradiasia.

Source: ANN: Transculturality and Diversity in East Asia, H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.

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The Digital Humanities and Wasan

• Friday 29 May 2026, 15:00-17:30
• Hybrid Seminar held at the National Museum of Japanese History, Meeting Room 3 and Online
• Available in English and Japanese (Live Interpretation)

Registration
Attendance is free, but please register by 27th of May at the below link.
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/0CLLapV4Qk
※There is only space for 20 people to attend in-person.

Topics and Speakers
“Old Problems in New Bottles: The Sangaku Archive Project“
Antonia KARAISL (Waseda University)
“The Possibility of Citizen Participation in the Transcription and Research of Japanese Mathematics Materials“
HASHIMOTO Yuta (National Museum of Japanese History)
“Layout Analysis of Japanese Mathematics Text Using NDL Classical Text OCR-LITE“
WAKI Katsushi (Yamagata University)
“The Need for a Sangaku Transcription Standard“
James Harry MORRIS (NIHU DH/National Museum of Japanese History

Organizer: National Institutes for the Humanities, DH Projects Office
Co-Sponsors: Yamagata University Wasan Research Group; National Museum of Japanese History, Center for Integrated Studies of Cultural and Research Resources

Source: ANN: Hybrid Seminar – The Digital Humanities and Wasan, Friday 29 May 2026, H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.

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Law on the Margins of Empire: Pluralism and Politics in Colonial Peripheries

Venue: Trinity College, University of Cambridge, CB2 1TQ, United Kingdom (in-person/virtually)

Date: 19–20 March 2027

Description: Historians have long turned to purportedly “peripheral” places to track the making of colonial law. From accounts of “small wars” to reflections on oceanic commerce, subaltern actors, and “dead-end scandals,” scholars have illuminated how law looked and acted differently from the deck of a dhow or a colonial officer’s field-tent. In these narratives, law emerges from negotiations across jurisdictional divides, both within the state and beyond.

Building on these insights, this workshop asks what constituted law and legal change on the geographic, temporal, epistemic, economic, social, and religious margins of early-modern and modern empires, both European and otherwise. It primarily seeks to explore whether and how the expansion of these empires failed to subsume or subordinate many of the institutional practices of Asian, African, and other indigenous actors. These actors continued to operate alongside and against imperial projects, shaping local and global politics, economic networks, and (trans)imperial reforms. Moving beyond traditional scholarly binaries, including colonial/indigenous, terrestrial/oceanic, religious/secular, and positive/customary, the workshop seeks to develop new conceptual paradigms that better accommodate (trans)local practices. It thereby questions popular assumptions about the consolidation of law in colonial spaces and encourages investigations into multidirectional processes of change and multifaceted legal landscapes.

The workshop focuses on Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Oceania. The historiography of law and empire looks different in each of these places. In part, this is due to a chronological disconnect: imperial expansion (and decolonization) occurred earlier in Latin America and Asia than in Africa and Oceania. But the contours of these diverse literatures are also influenced by their source bases, the different colonial powers at play, and the regions’ heterogeneous social, religious, and cultural landscapes. This workshop offers a unique opportunity for scholars across these fields to speak to one another about the differences, convergencies, and new ways of thinking about law and empire.

We are delighted that Professor Thomas Duve (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory) and Professor Fahad Ahmad Bishara (University of Virginia) will give keynote addresses at the event.

This is an open call for papers. We invite contributions from scholars at all career stages that interpret “law” and “margins” in the broadest possible sense, and we encourage work that challenges the traditional definitions and uses of these terms. We welcome comparative, transregional, and oceanic approaches as well as projects that focus on individual locales. Paper proposals might address one or more of the following questions:

• What did “law” look like in “peripheral,” “marginal,” or “backwater” regions of empires?
• How do we understand the legal vernaculars of indigenous actors vis-à-vis their encounters with colonial law?
• Did subaltern practitioners speak and invoke specific languages of law? What methods (historical or otherwise) can we adopt to accommodate them?
• How does looking at the margins of empires alter our views of the consolidation and despotism of imperial law?
• Was colonial reform limited, defeated, or defied by “customs” in the margins?
• How did diverse historical actors respond to strategies deployed by colonial powers to manage “legal pluralism” across time and geography?
• Did the discourse and practice of law in the margins contradict one another? If so, how did quotidian practices push the discursive boundaries of law to provoke innovations in legal and/or political thought? Are there particular moments when these contradictions became especially visible?
• How does comparing the colonial peripheries of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Oceania reformulate scholarly theorizations of law and empire?

Funding: 

Thanks to the generous support of Trinity College, Cambridge, limited funds are available to reimburse travel expenses. Scholars at any career stage may request reimbursement; however, priority will be given to those based at institutions outside Europe and North America, advanced Ph.D. students, postdocs, and non-tenure-track faculty. Accommodation and meals will be provided for all participants. Unfortunately, we cannot reimburse visa expenses or provide guidance on visa applications.

Publication:

We intend to publish a selection of the workshop papers as a journal special issue. Please do not propose papers promised for publication, under review, or already published elsewhere.

Application Instructions:

Please submit the following to lawonthemargins2027[at]gmail.com by 10 August 2026 in a single PDF or Word document:

• Paper title and abstract (200-300 words);
• Short bio (50-150 words);
• A brief statement indicating whether you would prefer to attend in-person or virtually.
• A brief statement indicating if you would require reimbursement for travel costs and, if yes, an estimate of those expenses.

Decisions will be communicated by 1 October 2026. Participants will be asked to circulate short papers (4,000-6,000 words, including notes) by 1 March 2027.

Applications may be submitted in English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese, but the final workshop paper must be written and presented in English.

Organizers & Contact Information:

Dr. Wallace Teska
Trinity College, Cambridge

Dr. Saumyashree Ghosh
Yale Law School and Krea University

Dr. Silvia Escanilla Huerta
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Email: lawonthemargins2027[at]gmail.com

Source: CFP: Law on the Margins of Empire: Pluralism and Politics in Colonial Peripheries (March 19–20, 2027, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK), H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.

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