Tag Archive | Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies
A Talk by Stella Li : ““Jazz Nation, Jazz Culture:”Jazz Discourse in Early Occupied Japan’s Mass Print Media”
Stella Li, a Ph.D. candidate in musicology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and recipient of a 20th Century Japan Research Award, will give a talk on “Jazz Nation, Jazz Culture:”Jazz Discourse in Early Occupied Japan’s Mass Print Media“ on Monday, May 6, at 12:30-1:30pm (EST) online. Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/8404739029?omn=91817058510 The event […]
Recipients of the 20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2024
We are delighted to announce the following recipients of the 20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2024. Congratulations! The Award, first offered in 1999, is co-sponsored by the Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries. Each year these partners accept applications for grants to support research in the […]
Call for Applications: 20th Century Japan Research Awards, 2024
The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for two $1,500 grants to support research in the Libraries’ Gordon W. Prange Collection and East Asian Studies materials on topics related to the period of the Allied Occupation of Japan and its aftermath, 1945-1960. The application deadline is Wednesday, January 31, 2024. […]
Call for Applications: 20th Century Japan Research Awards, 2023
The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for two $1,500 grants to support research in the library’s Gordon W. Prange Collection and East Asia Collection on topics related to the period of the Allied Occupation of Japan and its aftermath, 1945-1960. Holders of the Ph.D. or an equivalent degree are eligible […]
A Talk by Timothy Smith (University of North Carolina) is now available on YouTube
We are happy to announce that the lunchtime talk by Timothy Smith, Ph.D. candidate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and recipient of a 20th Century Japan Research Award, is now available on the Prange Collection’s YouTube channel. His talk was entitled, “Clean Minds, Messy Realities: Shifting Trends in Contemporary Tenrikyō.” It was […]
Interview with Timothy Smith, Research Award Recipient 2019
Each year, the recipients of the 20th Century Japan Research Awards visit the University of Maryland to use the materials in the Gordon W. Prange Collection. They often spend a week or more on campus. At the end of their stay, they are asked to reflect on their research experience. One of the two recipients of […]
Call for Applications: 20th Century Japan Research Awards, 2020
The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for two $1,500 grants to support research in the library’s Gordon W. Prange Collection and East Asia Collection on topics related to the period of the Allied Occupation of Japan and its aftermath, 1945-1960. Holders of the Ph.D. or an equivalent degree are […]
A Talk by Alisa Freedman (University of Oregon) is now available on YouTube
We are happy to announce that the lunchtime talk by Dr. Alisa Freedman, Professor of Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender at the University of Oregon and recipient of a 20th Century Japan Research Award, is now available on the Prange Collection’s YouTube channel. Her talk was entitled, “New Women for Democratic Japan: Rise of […]
Interview with Alisa Freedman, Research Award Recipient 2019
Each year, the recipients of the 20th Century Japan Research Awards visit the University of Maryland to use the materials in the Gordon W. Prange Collection. They often spend a week or more on campus. They are interviewed at the end of their stay about their research experience. One of the two recipients of the award […]
A Talk by Timothy Smith : Clean Minds, Messy Realities: Shifting Trends in Contemporary Tenrikyō
Mr. Timothy Smith, a Ph.D Candidate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and recipient of a 20th Century Japan Research Award, will give a talk on “Clean Minds, Messy Realities: Shifting Trends in Contemporary Tenrikyō” on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 12:30-1:30pm in 2120 Francis Scott Key Hall, University of Maryland. The event is free and open […]
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