Events at: Asian Centre, Room 604

Local Japan, Global Japan: Thinking Forward Through the Past

This pre-AAS workshop will consist of two research talks open to the public on March 10 (no RSVP required), followed by a professional development session for graduate students on the topic of job-hunting and networking in Japan on March 11 (RSVP required). Both days will be held primarily in Japanese. Those interested in attending may […]

The Transnational Impact on Identity Formation in Theatre Across the Chinese-Speaking World

The 1980s was the most important decade for global Chinese theatre.  In large part prompted by changes in regional geopolitics, the search for a local identity peaked among the Chinese communities in East and Southeast Asia.  This period coincided with the rise of the professional careers of four important diasporic director-playwrights—Gao Xingjian 高行健 (b. 1940), […]

Turning Your Seminar Paper into a Journal Article

Should you try to turn that paper you wrote for graduate seminar into a journal article? If so, how? What additional work do you need to do to create an article manuscript—and how much? Whose advice should you request during the revision process? To which journal should you send the completed draft? What should you […]

Beyond Monolingual and Monocultural Ideologies: Navigating Japanese as an Additional Language Education in Contemporary Japan

This talk explores how Japanese as an Additional Language education can navigate and move beyond monolingual and monocultural ideologies deeply embedded in contemporary Japanese society. Drawing on current Japanese government policies and K–12 educational contexts, Dr. Yumi Sugihara will first outline the key challenges faced by educators and learners, including the tensions between institutional circumstances […]