Hayao Miyazaki and Adaptation: Themes of War and Aging in “Howl’s Moving Castle”
Speaker: Miyuki Yonemura Time: Feb. 12 (Wed), 2020; 12:00-1:00 pm Location: Asian Centre Room 604 Abstract: Japanese anime and manga have become gateways for foreign students learning Japanese. Currently, the study of Japanese animated film director Hayao Miyazaki’s works are becoming popular content in Japan and overseas. While the focus on his films serves […]
Japanese Rare Books (Wahon) and Bindings: A Guide to Characteristics and Handling
CJR Lunchtime Lecture Series: Japanese Rare Books (Wahon) and Bindings: A Guide to Characteristics and Handling Dr. Takahiro Sasaki Chair and Professor of the Keio Institute of Oriental Classics Feb 5th, 2020 12:00- 1:00pm Asian Centre Room 604 Japanese rare books (wahon) represent a rich diversity of bindings, sizes, and shapes, as well as […]
Teaching Beyond Textbooks: Introduction of Discourse-Pragmatic Instruction in L2 Classroom
Teaching Beyond Textbooks: Introduction of Discourse-Pragmatic Instruction in L2 Classroom Saori Hoshi, Ph. D. Nov 27, 2019 12:00pm- 1:00pm Asian Centre 604 Over the last few decades, there has been extensive discussion in the field of applied linguistics and language pedagogy as to ways in which classroom learners of foreign languages can be taught to […]
The Literature and Calligraphy Introduced by Kūkai
The Literature and Calligraphy Introduced by Kūkai Dr. Kōno Kimiko Nov 20, 2019 12-1 p.m. C.K. Choi 351 Kūkai (774–835), a monk who visited Tang (618–907) China as part of a diplomatic embassy in the beginning of the 9th century, not only introduced Shingon Mikkyō (the Shingon school of Esoteric Buddhism) to Japan, is also […]
Crossing the Threshold: Home-Leaving and Home-Making in the Works of Japanese Female Directors
Crossing the Threshold: Home-Leaving and Home-Making in the Works of Japanese Female Directors Dr. Colleen A. Laird Wednesday, Oct 30, 2019 12:00-1:00 pm Asian Centre Room 604 In this talk, Dr. Laird will introduce her current work in progress: a study of home in the works of contemporary Japanese women directors. One could say that “home” […]
Relative Risk and AIDS Literature, or Why There Isn’t (Much) AIDS Literature from Japan
CJR Lunchtime Lecture series Speaker: Christopher J Lowy March 19, 12:30-1:30 Asian studies 604 In this talk, I will consider why AIDS literature as a genre was never established in Japan and what this means for the literature that did, and does, address it. I will begin by outlining the history of AIDS in Japanese […]
