SWET Kansai Presents: Three poets in Japan (Kyoto)
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The Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators (Kansai) presents:
Three Poets in Japan
Time: Sunday 17th May 2009 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Place: Venture Dream Office 2nd Floor Meeting Room (2 minutes from Hankyu Karasuma Station and Shijo Subway Station)
Fee: 500 yen for members and 1,000 yen for non-members
Reservations can be made through e-mail.
Yoko Danno, Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, and Keiji Minato will discuss writing in both English and Japanese, translating and publishing poetry, and will also read their poetry.
Yoko will talk about why she started writing poetry in English more than forty years ago, and how she became interested in the roots and beginnings of Japanese culture and literature, especially the customs, imagery, thoughts and feelings of the folklore recorded in the Fudoki and the Kojiki compiled in the 8th century. Yoko will read some of her poems and translations.
SWET Presents: Writing Multicultural Families (Tokyo)
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The Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators presents:
Writing Multicultural Families
Time: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Place: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan
Fee:
Panel discussion and dinner: 5,000 yen (includes makunouchi bento meal) – Reservations required by May 12; email SWET Events or SCBWI Events, or fax 03-3430-1740
Panel discussion only: 2,000 yen, no reservations required, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Suzanne Kamata, editor of the literary anthology Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering (Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing, May 2009), will be accompanied by Leza Lowitz, Holly Thompson and Angela Turzynski-Azimi in reading from and discussing contributions to the book. Call Me Okaasan comprises twenty essays by women writers around the world on the joys and challenges of raising children across two or more cultures. A panel Q&A with all four writers will wrap up the event. Copies of the book will be on sale at the event.
See the URL below for additional details:
http://www.swet.jp/index.php/events/
SWET Presents: Behind Cloistered Walls: On Translating the Memoirs of an Imperial Convent Abbess (Tokyo)
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The Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators presents:
Behind Cloistered Walls: On Translating the Memoirs of an Imperial Convent Abbess
Time: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 3:00 – 8:00 pm
Place: Tankiro Hanten
Fee: 5,000 yen (includes dinner)
RSVP by May 16 (indicate if you require a vegetarian meal)
Bringing to English readers a story of life in the imperial convents of Kyoto long hidden behind cloister walls, this event introduces the just-published bilingual publication, In Iris Fields (Tankosha, 2009). Author Kasanoin Jikun’s story evokes a world where the past-of Heian (Tale of Genji) splendor, imperial dynasties (daughters of emperors were trained to become abbesses), the upheaval of the Meiji Restoration and the wrenching move of the capital to Tokyo (when the very livelihood of Imperial convents and monasteries was in jeopardy)-as if it were yesteryear.
SWET Presents: Writing News on Japan: With Journalist Elaine Lies (Tokyo)
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The Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators presents:
Writing News on Japan: With Journalist Elaine Lies
Time: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Place: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan
Fee: 5,000 yen (to include evening meal)
Reservations required by June 19; email SWET events, or fax 03-3430-1740
Whether geisha or anime, samurai or electronics, Japan still remains a fascinating place for much of the world, and papers will pay for stories. As a 20-year resident of Japan who has been writing about the country for most of that time, both freelance and as a reporter for Reuters news agency, Elaine Lies has a few ideas about what kinds of stories will work, as well as those that might not.
Elaine Lies studied Asian Studies at Cornell and UC Berkeley before coming to Japan, where she has lived in the rural north as well as in Tokyo. With experience as a general news reporter covering earthquakes, prime ministers, anime, whaling, and just about anything else you can imagine, she has stories to tell and perspectives to share.
See URL below for more details:
http://www.swet.jp/index.php/events/
Job: Outreach/Communications Coordinator for Asian/Pacific Studies (Duke U.)
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Great job listing via JETAA Pacific Northwest, somewhat ironically (they’re great with the job postings):
Job Title: Outreach and Communications Coordinator, Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University
The Asian/Pacific Studies Institute has an opening for the position of Outreach and Communications Coordinator. This will be a 30 hour/week
position with benefits, with the potential of upgrading to a 40 hour/week position. The position is classified as Program Coordinator, Level 10, Job Family 28 in the Duke system.
Job Responsibilities:
Serve as the outreach coordinator of APSI: Read More
JOB: Middle School Teacher (Milwaukee)
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(Job posting by Barry Greene (Yamanshi-ken 2002-05)).
Milwaukee Renaissance Academy wants teachers for the core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic. They are also actively pursuing language teachers for JAPANESE, Mandarin, Arabic, and Hindi. Position starts by August 1st, 2009.
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/330341-126
JOB: Language Lead- i.e. lead of an interpreting team (Yoyogi, Tokyo)
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(Job posting by Barry Greene (Yamanshi-ken 2002-05)).
One of the job agencies in Tokyo is advertising for someone to lead a translation/interpreting team.
http://jobs.japantimes.jp/company/LYT1038/703/recruit.html
JOB: Bilingual Architect/Project Manager (Atlanta)
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(Job posting by Barry Greene (Yamanshi-ken 2002-05)).
A construction company has Japanese clients and English-speaking vendors: sounds like the perfect place for a JET.
Candidate must possess: Read More
JOB: Customer Service Rep with a Logistics Firm (Memphis)
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This company makes a lot money moving around inventory and storing boxes for companies- a lot of money. If you’re Japanese is pretty good and live in the south- give them a shout.
(Job posting by Barry Greene (Yamanshi-ken ’02-’05)).
Roland Kelts on Sakura-Con: Yomiuri column and podcast
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Roland Kelts (Osaka-shi, 1998-99), author of Japanamerica, has a recent Daily Yomiuri column on his experience at Sakura-Con in Seattle in April. You can also listen to a podcast about the event in which he’s interviewed.
Thanks to author Suzanne Kamata (Tokushima-ken, 1988-90) for sharing this:
The 3rd Annual Japan Writer’s Conference will be held October 17-18, 2009 at Doshisha Women’s College, Imadegawa Campus, Kyoto, Japan. Organizers are now seeking proposals from poets and writers for presentations. First call deadline is May 15, 2009. For more information, see http://www.japanwritersconference.org.
