JJRS + NIRC

To add more detail, applicants should specialize in theology or the study of Christianity. This is a tenured or tenure-track position.

TWO DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN EAST ASIAN RELIGIONS (296038) | University of Oslo Job title: TWO DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN EAST ASIAN RELIGIONS (296038), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, April 6, 2026

Job alert!

We are looking for talented PhD researchers to write a dissertation on Benzaiten worship in modern Japan or Mazu pilgrimages in Taiwan, as part of the ERC project "Maritime Goddesses: Transnational Connections, Blue Environments, and Ritual Care in East- and Southeast Asia" (MARGO).

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We are hiring. Follow the link for details.

Just a reminder that the JJRS is always open for manuscript submissions. See our website for details on how to submit your manuscript.

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The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing. All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.

Happy to see this, written with the excellent @mattseybold.bsky.social , out in the world. Solidarity to everyone fighting for education and civil society!

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Buy the book here:

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A pleasure to talk about our edited volume with Raditya for this recent podcast!

I recorded a podcast with @jolyonbt.bsky.social a couple weeks ago for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social hosted by @radityanuradi.bsky.social about The New Nanzan Guide. Listen here:

Time to update the style guide.

Follow in the footsteps of 高本漢 -- Ph.D. positions inPhD position(s) in Arabic, English, Japanese, Latin or Sinology at U. Gothenburg: tinyurl.com/3prfpjrv

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Masato Kato, "Review of: Rin Ushiyama, Aum Shinrikyō and Religious Terrorism in Japanese Collective Memory" [149-153]
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Jessica Starling @jstarling.bsky.social, "Review of: Stephen G. Covell @kazookoshin.bsky.social, The Teaching and Teachings of Temple Buddhism in Contemporary Japan" [145-148]
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Bryan D. Lowe @bryandaniellowe.bsky.social, "Reflections on Esoteric Hegemony in Medieval Japan and the Modern Academy" [127-143]
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Matthew Keller, "Inari Origin Stories: Crafting Narrative in Medieval Japan" [105-126]
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Victoria R. Montrose @torimontrose.bsky.social, "From Disciples to Dissidents: Student Protests and Reform Movements in Meiji-Era Buddhist Universities" [79-103]
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Was disappointed by the lack of salmon in this article.

Mark Teeuwen @markteeuwen.bsky.social, "Saimon Recitations: Two Examples from Oku Mikawa"　nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...

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Dan Sherer, "Prayer for the Devil: Religion and the Regime of Oda Nobunaga" [1-32]
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Happening in 1 hour. Go to our website for a link to join online.

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New JJRS issue (52) just dropped!

Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
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Thank you for all your hard work.

The job of editors is more important than ever before.

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When an author requests to move a table in the final galley proofs.

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

On December 19th (Japan Time), @jolyonbt.bsky.social will give a talk at the NIRC about his current research on the politics of religion and education in postwar Japan.

See the link below to join in person or online.

A beautiful essay about the demise of higher education.