PFA Fellowship

[Mark Nornes]

A sweet opportunity from the Pacific Film Archive and the Department  
of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Berkeley. What a wonderful idea!

Markus

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The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Center for
Japanese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, invite
applications for fellowships to support research in Japanese film at
Berkeley?s Pacific Film Archive (PFA).  The PFA holds over one thousand
Japanese films, most dating from the 1950s through the 1980s,  
representing
major studios and a wide range of directors. The goal of the  
fellowship is
to allow scholars (including graduate students) to further their own
research by examining the PFA's collection of 35mm prints of rarely seen
films. Fellows will be required to complete a basic questionnaire  
about each
print viewed and to produce a filmography and/or brief essay, to be  
kept on
file with the PFA. To the extent possible, applicants should list the
specific films they wish to view, and describe the general organizing
principle of their film selection and final filmography/essay (i.e., by
theme, director, actor, time-period, genre, etc.). Preference will be  
given
to applicants requesting the viewing of films not yet catalogued.  
Some films
in the collection may not be accessible due to conservation issues,  
and only
six films may be viewed per week. Viewing films available on video/ 
dvd is
discouraged. The collection can be searched at
http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/resources/pfa_filmcollection/index.html or
http://lib.berkeley.edu <http://lib.berkeley.edu/> . For more  
information on
holdings, prospective applicants may contact Nancy Goldman,
pfalibrary at berkeley.edu, or Mona Nagai, mona at berkeley.edu.

The fellowship generally supports residency for between two and eight  
weeks,
during the spring (February 16-May 18, 2007) or summer (June 11- 
August 17,
2007). The deadline for spring residency is November 29; for summer
residency it is March 1. Transportation, room and board, and a small  
stipend
will be provided. For inquiries please contact Alan Tansman, at
tansmana at berkeley.edu. Send description of project, CV, and names and
contact information of two references to Alan Tansman 104 Durant Hall UC
Berkeley Berkeley CA 94708-2230, or to tansmana at berkeley.edu.