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Tallinn University, 19-21 August 2011 organized by Verena Blechinger-Talcott

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SEVENTH EAJS WORKSHOP FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS AT TALLINN UNIVERSITY

Project directors: Prof. Verena Blechinger-Talcott
Venue: University of Tallinn, Estonia
Time: 19-21 August 2011, prior to the EAJS Conference
Language for applications and during the conference: English

Application Deadline: 30 April, 2011
Send application to: office@eajs.eu

The European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) invites applications from advanced graduate students in all humanities and social science disciplines for the Seventh EAJS workshop for doctoral students. The EAJS will apply for funding from the Japan Foundation and the Toshiba International Foundation to cover the costs of travel and accommodation for the duration of the workshop for a group of about 24 doctoral students and senior scholars who act as advisors.
The EAJS workshops for doctoral students aim to create a European multidisciplinary network of advanced graduate students and senior scholars in Japanese Studies. The informal environment of the workshop provides a unique opportunity for participants to work together intensively to enhance individual projects and engage in concentrated discussions of common themes and methods. Through presentations and focused sessions, students give and receive critical feedback on dissertation projects, fieldwork plans and preliminary results. Students will be asked to read the work of their peers and prepare for workshop presentations linking their own work to the broader international Japanese Studies field. Students will also get a one-to-one supervision with a senior scholar in their respective field.

Eligibility
Full-time graduate students working on Japan, regardless of citizenship, who are enrolled at universities in Europe, and students of European nationality, who are enrolled in graduate programmes outside Europe but have an interest in European Japanese Studies, are eligible. Students travelling to the workshop from outside Europe should expect no more than 500 Euro to be paid toward their transportation costs. Doctoral students from European universities that do not have major centres of Japanese Studies are especially encouraged to apply. Applications are particularly welcome from graduate students in the early-fieldwork through the middle stages of dissertation writing. All applicants are expected to have studied the Japanese language and to use materials written in Japanese as sources for their dissertations. Applicants are expected to provide evidence of Japanese language ability in their applications.

Application and Selection Process
The application, which is to be submitted as an attachment via e-mail to the EAJS Office, should in the first instance consist of

• a covering letter (no more than one page), indicating the motivation for attending the workshop as well as the current state of progress of doctoral work.
• a summary of the dissertation project (450-500 words)
• a brief professional history (CV), including list of publications, if any

Application deadline is 31 April, 2011
Applications should be sent to the EAJS Office

Selected candidates will be notified by June 15, 2011 by Verena Blechinger-Talcott of their ability to participate in the dissertation workshop.

Shortlisted candidates will then be required to send the following texts to Verena Blechinger-Talcott at blechinger-talcott@eajs.eu by July 15, 2011:

• a project outline and progress report (ca. 1500 words) containing major research questions, structure, sources, methodology, difficulties, if any, etc.
• a long essay (3000-3500 words) i.e. any (preliminary) part of the dissertation, e.g. theoretical introduction, research review, data analysis, elaboration of specific questions, and/or arguments etc. The essay should conform to best academic practice (language, referencing, etc).

These two items will be the basis for the group presentations and discussions as well as for the individual supervisions.

Note that this second application stage will not be competitive. Each applicant who sends in a complete and properly elaborated project outline and essay by the deadline will be accepted. However, extension of the deadline will not be possible since all project outlines and essays need to be sent to all participants.

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