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Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

Recent News

Denise Saint Arnault named interim director of CJS

Professor Saint Arnault will serve during the 2023-24 academic year.

Announcing the Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japanese Studies (Academic Year 2024–2025)

We are accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japanese Studies for the 2024–2025 academic year. Application Deadline: December 6, 2023.

The Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) promotes and disseminates research on Japan, fosters communication among diverse disciplines, and encourages new approaches in the understanding of Japan and its place in the world.

Founded in 1947, CJS is the oldest interdisciplinary center in the United States with a mission to promote research and teaching in Japanese studies.

CJS is home to faculty and students from a variety of disciplines and professional schools, artists and scholars visiting from near and far, and community organizations engaged in Japan-related activities in Michigan.

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Events

Sep
28
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Significance of Positive Human Factors Contributing to Safety 12:00 PM
Room 110 Weiser Hall
Oct
05
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Contested Bodies: Female Imagery in Pre-War Okinawa 12:00 PM
Room 110 Weiser Hall
Oct
12
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | The Themepark of Nuclear: An Exhaustive Survey on Nuclear Power Plant Visitor Centers in Post-Fukushima Japan 12:00 PM
Room 110 Weiser Hall
Oct
26
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | The Power of the Pad: Menstrual Products and Embodied Femininity in Japan 12:00 PM
Room 1010 Weiser Hall
Nov
02
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Listening to the “Explosive Sound” of U.S. Military Aircraft in Wartime Japan 12:00 PM
Room 110 Weiser Hall
Nov
09
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | The Curious Case of Aoto Fujitsuna 12:00 PM
Room 1010 Weiser Hall