Book Launch: The Sarashina Diary: A Woman’s Life in Eleventh-Century Japan
On Monday, September 29 Sonja Arntzen, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto, will join us to present on her new, highly acclaimed translation of Sarashina nikki, produced collaboratively with Professor Moriyuki Ito.
Two Lectures with French Scholar Charlotte von Verschuer
6th - 7th Nov 2015
IAR co-sponsored two lectures with French scholar Charlotte von Verschuer through the French Scholars Series, an initiative of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the Consulate General of France in Vancouver
IAR co-sponsored two lectures with French scholar Charlotte von Verschuer through the French Scholars Series, an initiative of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the Consulate General of France in Vancouver
Representations of Women in Courtier Journals: Examining the Chūyūki
17th Nov 2015 10am
Workshop led by Yoshida Sanae (Historiographical Institute, University of Tokyo).
Workshop led by Yoshida Sanae (Historiographical Institute, University of Tokyo).
Book Launch: Courtly Visions: The Ise Stories and the Politics of Cultural Appropriation
20th Nov 2015 4pm
Book launch and lecture by Professor Joshua Mostow (UBC Asian Studies).Courtly Visions: The Ise Stories and the Politics of Cultural Appropriation (2014, Brill). Book launch and lecture by Professor Joshua Mostow (UBC Asian Studies)
Book launch and lecture by Professor Joshua Mostow (UBC Asian Studies).Courtly Visions: The Ise Stories and the Politics of Cultural Appropriation (2014, Brill). Book launch and lecture by Professor Joshua Mostow (UBC Asian Studies)
Book Launch: Propaganda Performed: Kamishibai in Japan’s Fifteen Year War
13th Jan 2015 5pm
Professor Sharalyn Orbaugh (UBC Asian Studies).
Professor Sharalyn Orbaugh (UBC Asian Studies).
The ‘Triple Disaster’ in Japan on March 11, 2011 – Four Years Later
11th March 2015
Special events to mark the 3.11 disaster in Japan.
Special events to mark the 3.11 disaster in Japan.
Canadian Premiere of Minako: Last Geisha of the Yoshiwara
30th Oct 2015 3:30pm
Screening of the documentary movie on the last living geisha of the Yoshiwara district.
Screening of the documentary movie on the last living geisha of the Yoshiwara district.
What’s Queer about Postwar Manga?
4th Nov 2015 12:30pm
Lunchtime Lecture Series with Professor Sharalyn Orbaugh (UBC).
Lunchtime Lecture Series with Professor Sharalyn Orbaugh (UBC).
Textual Representations of Sexual Violence in Heian and Kamakura Monogatari and Beyond
18th Nov 2015 12:30pm
Otilia Milutin
Otilia Milutin