Justin’s Japan: Japan Society Bids Sayonara to Donald Keene
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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his page here for related stories. This evening (June 13), New York’s Japan Society adds another page to its storied history by hosting the Farewell Evening with Donald Keene, a final talk with Columbia University’s Professor Emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature. A scholar, […]
Two “translating” events at the Donald Keene Center at Columbia University
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Via Kia Cheleen (CIR, Aichi-ken 1996-98, ALT 1998-1999), Assistant Director at the Donald Keene Center on Japanese Culture at Columbia University. To get on their e-mail list for future events, send an e-mail to donald-keene-center at columbia dot edu. 1. “Translation and its Postcolonial Discontents: Controversy over Toma Seita’s Reading of Kim Soun’s Japanese Translation […]
Donald Keene Center presents: Royall Tyler – The Honor of Translating the Tale of Genji
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Via Kia Cheleen (CIR, Aichi-ken 1996-98, ALT 1998-1999), Associate Director at the Donald Keene Center on Japanese Culture at Columbia University. To get on their e-mail list for future events, send an e-mail to donald-keene-center at columbia dot edu. 2009 Annual Soshitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture “The Honor of Translating the Tale […]
JetWit would like to extend a big omedetou gozaimashita to professional translator and writer Kia Cheleen (CIR, Aichi-ken 1996-98, ALT 1998-1999) who was recently named Assistant Director at the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia Unviversity. The position was previously held by Miho Walsh, former JET Coordinator at the Consulate General of Japan […]
Job Listing: Assistant Director for Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University (NY)
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Position with the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University. Seeking an organized, dynamic individual to fill the position of Assistant Director. From Miho Walsh, Associate Director, Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture www.donaldkeenecenter.org The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University invites applications for the post of Assistant Director. This […]
JETAA Chapter Beats January 2018
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JETAA Chapter Beat is a periodic mosaic of events taking place in the JETAA sphere. Compiled by AJET‘s Director of Alumni Relations Megan Buhagiar (Ishikawa Prefecture, 2017- Present). 1) JETAA Western Japan JETAAWJ Job hunting and business manners seminar. The JET Alumni Association Western Japan (JETAAWJ) will be hosting a two-day job hunting […]
JQ Magazine: Book Review — ‘Yokohama Yankee’
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By Michael Glumac (Miyazaki-ken, 2008-09) for JQ magazine. Michael is currently enrolled as a graduate student in international affairs, and has been a music publicist and artist manager. Pages of Leslie Helm‘s new book Yokohama Yankee seem as though they might be perfectly at place in a Dan Brown novel, and this I mean in […]
JET Alumni Freelancers Career Panel (NYC)
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Originally posted to the JETAANY website: http://jetaany.org/2012/02/22/35-jet-alumni-freelancers-career-panel/ Are you freelancing? Thinking about freelancing? Want to meet and hear from other JET alum freelancers? Then join us for the first ever JET Alum Freelancers Career Panel! We know it’s a tough economy out there, and many of us are now freelancing, whether by design or involuntarily. […]
Translation: Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature
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Via Kia Cheleen (CIR, Aichi-ken 1996-98, ALT 1998-1999) of the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University: Call for submission for the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature We are currently accepting applications for Japanese to English translation of literary works for the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the […]
Asahi newspaper column offers perspective on the value of JET Programme to Japan
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The following is a synopsis/loose translation of Bill Breer’s recent op-ed piece about the importance of the JET Programme to Japan which appeared in the My Viewpoint column of the Asahi newspaper from October 1, 2010. Breer is the former Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. I thought it was worth […]
JET-oriented scholarships?
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Can anyone recommend any scholarships (or organizations/institutions that are good sources of scholarships) that might appeal to JETs/JET alums in addition to the ones listed below? If so, please post in the comments section, or feel free to e-mail directly to jetwit [at] jetwit [dot] com. We’ll make a more complete list available after getting […]
Japan America Society Round-up 4.7.09
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Current Hiroshima-ken JET Gail Meadows shines a light on the upcoming events of various Japan America Societies… JAS of Chicago Program on HR Issues for Japanese-owned companies – Are you an HR professional working for or with a Japanese-owned company? If so, this program is for you. It’s called “Surviving the Economic Downturn: Human Capital […]
******** By translator and writer Jamie Graves (Saitama-Ken 2002-2003) If you studied Japanese at the college level, your first exposure to the language most likely came from the red and black circles of Eleanor Harz Jorden’s seminal textbook “Japanese: The Spoken Language.” Jorden recently passed away at the age of 89, having spent her entire […]
Job: Assistant to the Associate Director – Asian Cultural Council (NY)
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A new job listing from Miho Walsh, former JET Liason at the Japanese Consulate in NY, former Director of the Donald Keene Center at Columbia and now the Associate Director at the Asian Cultural Council in New York. She is looking for an Assistant to the Associate Director/Coordinator of Special Programs. All inquiries can be […]
Latest edition of JapnInfo Now On-line
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The November 2008 edition of JapanInfo is now available. JapanInfo is published by the Consulate General of Japan in New York/Japan Information Center and is a great source of info for Japan-related things going on in New York and the surrounding area. This edition includes items on: Donald Keene 4 Japanese scientists who won the […]
