Ainu, Okinawa and Indigeneity: Ainu: 150 years of resilience
Part of the Ainu, Okinawa and Indigeneity Series. Monday, March 15, 12-1pm Ainu: 150 years of resilience Dr. Kanako Uzawa, Independent scholar and performer Lecture recording (with English closed captions) Webinar format (audience not visible; questions welcome via Q&A). Description The Ainu people of northern Japan were officially recognized as Indigenous peoples by the Japanese […]
Ainu, Okinawa and Indigeneity: An Introduction to Upopoy
Part of the Ainu, Okinawa and Indigeneity Series. Tuesday, February 23, 5-6pm An Introduction to Upopoy, a “Symbolic Space for Ethnic Harmony” 民族共生象徴空間ウポポイの概要 Dr. Kitahara Jirota mokottunas, Hokkaido University 北原モコットゥナㇱ 北海道大学アイヌ・先住民研究センター Recorded lecture in Japanese with English subtitles, followed by live discussion with translation. [Available until April 15] Lecture recording (with English closed captions) Webinar […]
Ainu, Okinawa and Indigeneity Series
Building on from the important and hugely successful Hokkaidō 150: Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in Modern Japan and Beyond organized in March 2019, this series examines histories of colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples. Shortly over a month after our Hokkaidō 150 event, the Japanese Diet on April 19, 2019 approved a bill to […]
Virtual Book Launch – Flowering Tales
The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) at the University of British Columbia presents a series of online book launches to celebrate recent publications about premodern Japan. For our February event, author Takeshi Watanabe will be discussing Flowering Tales: Women Exorcising History in Heian Japan in conversation with Sonja Arntzen and Gustav Heldt.
Narrating Women: Historical Imagination and the Writing of History
Narrating Women: Historical Imagination and the Writing of History Description The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) at the University of British Columbia is delighted to announce a roundtable on the role of the historical imagination in historiography, focusing on approaches to writing women’s history. Our three roundtable members, Professors Gaye Rowley, Amy Stanley, and Marcia […]
Book Talk – Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State
Event recording is now available! Event recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1jNIfCcfXs [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1jNIfCcfXs[/youtube] We would like to thank all the speakers, audience, and the two co-hosting centres (CCR and CKR) for joining us live on December 10, 2020. Book Authors: Ashley Esarey (University of Alberta) Mary Alice Haddad (Wesleyan University) Stevan Harrell (University of Washington) Book Contributors: Daniel […]
Book Talk – The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan with the Author Tobias Harris
Event recording is now available! Event Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gogOHVum0b0&feature=youtu.be [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gogOHVum0b0[/youtube] We would like to thank our guest speaker Tobias Harris for the incredible discussion! His book is available for orders – https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-iconoclast/ Description Join UBC Centre for Japanese Research in the book talk – The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan with […]
Japan’s Role in the Global Order at a Pivotal Time: Evaluating Abe’s Legacy, Suga’s Early Steps, and the Post-US Elections Landscape
Event recording is now available! Event Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek2SdHLauEo [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek2SdHLauEo[/youtube] Description: A lot has happened in the past few months in the world of Japanese politics: Abe Shinzō’s sudden resignation, Suga Yoshihide taking the office of Prime Minister, and the US-election projecting a drastic change in its foreign affairs – all the while the COVID […]
Virtual Book Launch – Agents of World Renewal
Virtual Book Launch – Agents of World Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan Description The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) at the University of British Columbia presents a series of online book launches to celebrate recent publications about premodern Japan. For our November event, author Takashi Miura will be discussing Agents of World […]
Virtual Book Launch – Reflecting the Past
Virtual Book Launch – Reflecting the Past: Place, Language, and Principle in Japan’s Medieval Mirror Genre [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjN6jzKE10A[/youtube] [The recording is only available until November 15th] Description The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) at the University of British Columbia presents a series of online book launches to celebrate recent publications about premodern Japan. For our October […]