2015/16 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: Five Long, Short Years: Our World, Our Fukushima

18 January 2016 5:00 pm

Venue: Auditorium, Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver
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2015/16 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: Five Long, Short Years: Our World, Our Fukushima features guest speaker Professor Dr. Norma Field, Professor Emerita of Japanese Studies at the University of Chicago.

2016/17 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: Postwar Tokyo: Capital of a Ruined Empire

17 November 2016 6:00 pm

Venue: Auditorium, Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver
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In this talk, Dr. Seiji M. Lippit discusses Postwar Tokyo. The capital of what had once been a massive overseas empire was reduced to ruins by the unrelenting Allied aerial bombardment and now faced occupation by a foreign military power for the first time in the nation’s history.

2017/18 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: Stolen Secrets: Intercepting Dispatches Between Wartime Berlin and Japan

13 March 2018 6:00 pm

Venue: Auditorium, Asian Centre
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Britain was woefully equipped in terms of Japanese language expertise in December 1941, in spite of earlier efforts to alert the government to the need to start training people to speak and read Japanese.

2018/19 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: The Social and Political Lives of Japanese Cherry Blossoms

22 November 2018 6:30 pm

Venue: Auditorium, Asian Centre
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Dr. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney’s talk will present the many, often contradictory, meanings assigned to cherry blossoms – from life and love to death – while becoming a symbol of various social groups, and, ultimately, the Japanese as a whole.

WORKSHOP: Rethinking the Cultural Cartographies of Tokyo in Japanese Media

31 January 2020 2:00 pm

Venue: Asian Centre, Room 604
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January 31, 2:00pm – 4:30pm Asian Centre, Room 604 No other city has lent itself to the spatial imaginary of Japanese cultural production than Tokyo. Capital of Japan, undisputed center of politics and business, home of the publishing industry, most populous metropolis in the world: Tokyo maps itself onto the rest of the nation in […]

Japanese Rare Books (Wahon) and Bindings: A Guide to Characteristics and Handling

05 February 2020 12:00 pm

Categories: Featured Japanese

. This lecture will introduce the types of wahon binding and their characteristics while enabling us to practice handling through interaction with a range of old books.

Information Luncheon: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

06 February 2020 12:30 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building
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Interested in studying in Japan or collaborating with Japanese scholars? JSPS offers funding for grad students, postdocs, and professors in all fields. Learn more from International Program Associate Mr. Hideki Kunii and JSPS alumni. You are welcome to remain for the “”Paper,” Binding, Book: Perspectives from Japan, India and Tibet” event at 1:30pm! Sponsored by […]

“Paper,” Binding, Book: Perspectives from Japan, India, and Tibet

06 February 2020 1:30 pm

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Learn about Japanese paper production, binding techniques, and book formats with book history expert Dr. Takahiro Sasaki (Keio University)–presenting in Japanese with English translation. Join our discussion with UBC Asian Studies professors Dr. Adheesh Sathaye, Dr. Dagmar Schwerk, and Dr. Hasan Siddiqui.

2019/20 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: What Aborigines Sang: Aynu, Yukar and Some Problems in Japan Studies

10 February 2020 6:30 pm

Venue: Asian Studies Auditorium
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In this talk, Professor Ketelaar will draw on his most recent research into the concepts of the barbarian and the frontier in the construction of Japanese national identity and history.

2020 Japanese Fun Night

28 February 2020 5:00 pm

Venue: Asian Studies Auditorium
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Join the Japanese programme on February 28 for our largest annual event, the Japanese Fun Night! Food, drinks, great prizes, and the chance to spend time with your fellow students, friends, TAs and senseis.