HIF 23rd Annual Summer Intensive Japanese Language Program with Homestay

Hokkaido International Foundation (HIF) is offering an 8-week intensive and proficiency-oriented program combined with homestay from June 12–August 8, 2008. In addition to the language program, students have the opportunity to study and practice traditional Japanese arts: calligraphy, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, kimono culture and etiquette, go, pottery making, etc. This program consists of 6 levels of small classes (Intermediate to High-Advanced) that enable participants to enhance their communicative skills in all aspects of Japanese. HIF welcomes applications from college students and professionals from all over the world. Program cost: $4,350 including tuition, teaching materials, and homestay fee. Application deadline: February 19, 2008 (postmarked). Contact: Hokkaido International Foundation, 14-1, Motomachi, Hakodate, Hokkaido 040-0054 Japan. Tel.: 81-138-22-0770. Fax: 81-138-22-0660. jj@hif.or.jp. www.hif.or.jp/en.

Kambun Workshop, USC, Summer 2008

The USC Project for Premodern Japan Studies, in collaboration with the University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute, is pleased to announce the fifth in its series of summer workshops on reading Sino-Japanese (Kambun) for graduate students and faculty. This year's workshop will be devoted to reading and translating materials from the Heian and Kamakura periods, focusing on conditions under which retired monarchs led the court. The workshop will be held from July 14 to August 8, 2008, on the USC campus in Los Angeles. Professor Motoo Endo of the University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute will join Professor Joan Piggott in leading the workshop. Sessions will be held Monday through Friday. Participants can apply for convenient apartment-style housing on the USC campus. The cost of the program, including fees and lodging, will be about $2,900. Participants must be fluent in spoken Japanese and need a general knowledge of Classical Japanese, and they should have completed a basic course in Kambun or Classical Chinese. Application form: (www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/history). Further information: Prof. Joan Piggott, History Department, Social Sciences Building, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0034. Tel.: 213-821-5872. joanrp@usc.edu.

M.A. in Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada

The Department of Pacific and Asian Studies is a dynamic, interdisciplinary department with a strong specialization in interdisciplinary research in the modern period. We now offer a Master of Arts degree in two areas of specialization: Area Studies—social, historical, cultural and political conditions—and Literary and Textual Studies—literary, artistic, and popular cultural forms of expression Within these two areas, our particular research strengths are contemporary Asian fiction, cinema and popular culture, social theory, Chinese and Japanese linguistics, indigenous identities, gender, contemporary theatre, global and local intersections, Asian-Canadian studies, and religion. Our graduate students have an excellent track record of obtaining financial support to conduct original, thesis-based research in the Asia-Pacific region on a topic of their choosing. The department makes every effort to provide strong financial support to deserving candidates. Students may qualify for Faculty of Graduate Studies University Fellowships, research and teaching assistantships, and several internal department scholarships. Graduate students have also been successful in obtaining funds from external sources. Consistently ranked as one of Canada's top comprehensive universities, UVic is known for the academic excellence and accessibility of its faculty, its extensive cooperative education and professional programs, and its friendly atmosphere.

Students are normally admitted for study in September. The deadline for students from outside Canada is December 15 for the following September. The deadline for application within Canada is January 15. Applicants are encouraged to contact faculty members who share their interests. A two-page statement of research interest must be included in the application. Application forms for admission, which include the indication of need for financial assistance, can be obtained directly from the Graduate Admissions and Records office: http://web.uvic.ca/gradstudies/prospective/application.html. Further information: Joanne Denton, Graduate Secretary, paciasia@uvic.ca, or Dr. Leslie Butt, Graduate Advisor, lbutt@uvic.ca. Department: http://web.uvic.ca/pacificasia/.

Princeton in Ishikawa Program

PII is an eight-week intensive Japanese language program, offering 2nd- and 3rd-year Japanese courses in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. In eight weeks, the PII program covers the equivalent of one academic year of Japanese language study at Princeton University. This program is run in cooperation with the Ishikawa Prefectural Government. www.princeton.edu/~pii/. pii@princeton.edu.

2008 Summer M.A. Program in Japanese Pedagogy at Columbia University

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures) invites applications for the 2008 Summer M.A. program in Japanese Pedagogy. The program runs from Monday, June 2 to Friday, August 1, 2008. Degree candidates may fulfill the requirements for the M.A. degree in three consecutive summers or in any three summers within a period of six years by taking eleven courses and writing an M.A. thesis which is required to have a focus on a particular area of Japanese pedagogy. Students take courses for six weeks in one summer and nine weeks during the other two summers. Non-degree candidates can only take the Elementary Japanese Pedagogy course. Special admission requirements: B.A. or equivalent from an accredited institution in the U.S., Japan, or elsewhere, proficiency in English (for native Japanese speakers: 570/IBT88/CBT230 TOEFL or above) or Japanese (for non-native Japanese speakers/ACTFL: Advanced-High or above). Online application: https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=COL-GAS. Application deadline: February 15, 2008. Successful applicants will be notified of their admission by the middle of March. On-campus housing is available during the summer. Contact: Shigeru Eguchi, Administrative Director of the 2008 Summer M.A. Program in Japanese Pedagogy, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALAC), 407 Kent Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. se53@columbia.edu. Tel.: 212/854-3523; Fax: 212/678-8629.

www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/japanese/pedagogy.html.