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EVENTS & PROGRAMS
The Center for Japanese Studies sponsors and organizes more than fifty events per year. They include lectures, films, conferences, demonstrations, performances, receptions, exhibits, etc. All events are admission free and most are open to the public.
The CJS Noon Lecture Series features approximately twenty Japan scholars and specialists each year from a wide variety of academic and professional backgrounds. The talks take place on Thursdays during the fall and winter terms at 12 noon in Room 1636 of the School of Social Work Building.
The CJS Free Film Series, offered each summer and fall, features 16mm and 35mm films from Japan shown on the big screen in Askwith Auditorium in Lorch Hall. The Summer Series typically begins in July and normally features four to six films. The Fall Series normally begins at the end of September and features eight to twelve films. CJS also occasionally presents, supports, or provides other Japanese film-related events.
CJS also hosts conferences and workshops. In 2004, CJS hosted a conference organized by a former visiting professor titled Researching Social Class in Japan. In September 2007, CJS hosted and co-sponsored the workshop, "The Language of Clothes: Status, Gender, and Law in the History of Attire in Japan, China, and Great Britain, from Ancient through Modern Times." In addition, CJS provides information on other Japan studies conferences around the world through electronic sources.
CJS presents special one-time events such as: Momoi in America, a series of events featuring actress/director Kaori Momoi (November 2007); X-Treme Private Documentary: Kazuo Hara + Michael Moore (May 2007); an evening Q&A with Japanese entertainment celebrity, Kent Derricott (October 2005); a series of events with acclaimed film director Kiju Yoshida and actress Mariko Okada (November 2003); and Onnagata: The Making of a Woman with Onoe Umenosuke (October 2003). In addition to the one-time events, CJS hosts annual events such as a Mochitsuki which is open to the public and features mochi-making in the traditional way, games, music, and other forms of entertainment.
CJS sponsors various exhibits of Japanese and East Asian art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Occasional lectures, panel discussions, and symposia are also organized by Center staff and faculty. In addition, the Center hosts welcome receptions for Toyota Visiting Professors and other social functions for the Japan studies community at the University of Michigan.
Japan’s Long Nineteenth Century: An Interdisciplinary Workshop and Practicum
University of Michigan Faculty Sponsors: Jonathan Zwicker (Asian Languages & Cultures) and Maki Fukuoka (Asian Languages & Cultures)
Faculty Participants: Daniel Botsman (History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Susan Burns (History, The University of Chicago), Katsuya Hirano (History, Cornell University), and Tetsuo Najita (Emeritus, History, The University of Chicago)
Overview: The workshop will run for six days (June 7-12, 2010) and will be structured around a series of working papers drafted by the faculty participants. These papers will be pre-circulated and the morning sessions will be devoted to an intensive discussion of the papers with a focus on general questions of method and the framing of lines of inquiry.
The afternoon sessions will be practica devoted to hands-on work with faculty and curators with a variety of forms and formats of material related to the study of nineteenth-century Japan drawn from The University of Michigan’s museums and libraries. These practica are intended to highlight the role that archival material plays in the thinking and rethinking of historical material and the central role we envision a sustained engagement with a variety of source material must play in any extended meditation on the narratives of nineteenth-century history.
The workshop will be aimed primarily at graduate students and advanced undergraduates both from The University of Michigan and from other institutions. Limited support for student participants will be available.
Click on this link (http://19cjapan.ii.lsa.umich.edu/) to visit the workshop's website and for more registration information.
November 2009 Events
November 06, 2009
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM, Askwith Auditorium, Lorch Hall, 611 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
CJS Free Film ~ TOKYO DRIFTER (Tokyo Nagaremono)
Description:
Directed by Seijun Suzuki; 1966; 83 min.; DVD; In Japanese with English subtitles.
November 12, 2009
12:00PM - 01:00PM, Room 1636, School of Social Work Building, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor
Description:
Free and Open to the Public.
November 19, 2009
12:00PM - 01:00PM, Room 1636, School of Social Work Building, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor
Description:
Free and Open to the Public.
December 03, 2009
12:00PM - 01:00PM, Room 1636, School of Social Work Building, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor
"Sitting Pretty: Portrait Photography and Gender in Meiji Japan," Karen Fraser - CJS Noon Lecture
Description:
Free and Open to the Public.
Suite 4640, 1080 S. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
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