There is an interesting thread going on at PMJS (Premodern Japanese Studies), a network and listserv for scholars in a variety of humanities-related fields. The thread was started by Chris Kern of Ohio State/Waseda.
Lots of good comments there. Here are three things it mentions that I'm adding to my library:
We have a problem - in theory
Paula Curtis
on the blog "What can I do with a BA in Japanese Studies?" (its URL tells it all: shimpaideshou: "bit of a worry, you know")
"Future Philology? The Fate of a Soft Science in a Hard World"
Sheldon Pollock
Critical Inquiry 35 (Summer 2009):
931-96
The link goes to JSTOR.
"Theory and the Early Modern: Some Notes on a Difficult Relationship,"
Michael Moriarty
Paragraph, 29:1 (Mar 2006), pp. 1-11
The link goes to Project Muse.
