Welcome to BAJS
The British Association for Japanese Studies is a UK-based association of scholars and researchers dedicated to the development of Japanese Studies. Our aim is to promote teaching and research on Japan by coordinating events such as academic conferences and circulating information about the field.
Our website is here to inform non-members about the association and its activities, as well as provide BAJS members with an effective and useful method of keeping up to date with Japanese Studies in the UK.
Latest News
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8th EAJS Workshop for Doctoral Students
The European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) invites doctoral students in all humanities and social sciences to apply for the 8th EAJS Workshop for doctoral students.
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BAJS Engages with Social Media
As part of the Association's strategy to reach as wide a constituency as possible, BAJS now has a Facebook page. 'Like' the Association there to receive updates on our activities.
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BAJS Joins the Conversation
The British Association for Japanese Studies is now on Twitter. Follow @bajs17 for news on Association and other Japanese Studies-related events.
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Japan Society Awards 2011
Congratulations to BAJS member Dr David Hughes (Department of Music, SOAS; dh6@soas.ac.uk), who has received the 2011 Japan Society award for "outstanding contributions to Anglo-Japanese relations and understanding" via his long-term "significant contribution to knowledge and understanding of varied Japanese musical traditions and practice".
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2012-13 Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships
The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures offers one Fellowship for a maximum period of one year and two or three short-term Fellowships of three months to half a year each. Both schemes will take place between September 2012 and August 2013. The appointed fellows will be provided with office space at the Sainsbury Institute's Norwich headquarters and encouraged to organise a workshop in Norwich towards the end of their tenure. The Institute now invites applications for its 2012-13 Sainsbury Fellowships.
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Special Translation Studies stream at BAJS 2012
Throughout the conference, there will be a specialised stream entitled ‘Japan Translates the World/The World Translates Japan’. Papers are welcome on any aspect of Translation Studies as it relates to Japanese Studies.
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2012 BAJS Conference Call for Papers
The 2012 BAJS Conference will take place at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, on 6-7 September 2012. Papers and panels are welcome from any field of Japanese Studies.