Mita est.
Categories: edjukashun, gradjumaketed
- Published:
- 31 . July . 2011 – 7:12 pm
- Author:
- By CP
Summer Semester Grant – Amount applied for, with documentation
Academic expenses:
$2859
Living expenses:
$4524
Total requested:
$7383
Amount received:
$500
Categories: edjukashun, money in money out
- Published:
- 6 . May . 2011 – 6:20 pm
- Author:
- By CP
Assignment:
What’s Due:
When It’s Due:
Paper: Something on religious vs regional identity in pre-modern Maharashtra
First draft,20 pages
18 April
Paper: Ongoing creolization between Vodou and ‘Western’ esotericism
20 – 30 pages
06 May
Paper: Something on religious vs regional identity in pre-modern Maharashtra
Final draft,20-25 pages
06 May
Short essay on pedagogy
1 – 2 pages
06 May
Book Review on Magic as Metaphor in Anime, Cavallaro
600 – [...]
Categories: miscellany
- Published:
- 11 . April . 2011 – 1:08 pm
- Author:
- By CP
For various reasons, it turns out that I need three more Religious Studies classes (instead of the two I previously thought), before I graduate. Rather than try to cram into the Spring Semester all three graduate classes, plus TAing, plus writing my thesis, plus job hunting, it makes more sense to push my thesis–and therefore [...]
Categories: miscellany
- Published:
- 23 . October . 2010 – 11:13 am
- Author:
- By CP
“I want to thank you for your interest in the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies and I am pleased to inform you that your proposal was accepted for the upcoming conference to be held in Fort Worth, TX on September 24 & 25.”
Oh crap… Guess this means I’d better write the presentation, huh?
Categories: edjukashun
- Published:
- 31 . July . 2010 – 10:01 am
- Author:
- By CP
Domination and Diminution: The Shrinking of the Shamaness into the Anime Miko
R. Christopher Feldman
M.A. candidate
Asian Cultures and Languages
University of Texas at Austin
The figure of the miko or shrine maiden is a popular trope in contemporary Japanese popular culture. Dressed in their traditional red and white outfits, these characters are usually depicted as virginal, often prepubescent [...]
Categories: edjukashun
- Published:
- 30 . June . 2010 – 10:55 am
- Author:
- By CP
First end-of-semester since I started back to school, where I don’t feel at least relieved, if not downright celebratory. Instead I feel like I did 15 rounds with Ali, Holyfield, AND Mike Tyson, and maybe Bruce Lee as well.
Categories: edjukashun
- Published:
- 19 . May . 2010 – 10:50 am
- Author:
- By CP
I am now registered in Fall for phase one (research phase) of my MA Thesis on Shamanism in Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture.
Categories: edjukashun
- Published:
- 29 . April . 2010 – 4:02 pm
- Author:
- By CP