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 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 Benjamin […]
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 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 the […]
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 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 pandemic […]
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 [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 event, […]
Zoom webinar refresher
(Last updated: July 22, 2020) Adapted from: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004954946-Joining-and-participating-in-a-webinar-attendee- Navigation Menu: Joining a webinar by invitation link Waiting for the host to start the webinar Webinar controls (Windows/MacOS) Webinar controls (Android/iOS) Joining a webinar by invitation link To join the webinar, click the link that the host provided you or that you received […]
CJR Events Code of Conduct
(Last updated: July 22, 2020) Centre for Japanese Research Events Code of Conduct The Centre of Japanese Research (CJR) events team at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and welcoming environment through activities which embrace a spectrum of human attributes, perspectives, and disciplines in the study of Japan. […]
Virtual Book Launch – Christian Sorcerers on Trial
Virtual Book Launch – Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident 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 September event, co-authors Fumiko Miyazaki and Kate Wildman Nakai will be discussing […]
Kuzushiji and Premodern Japanese Studies: Learning Resources and Artificial Intelligence Initiatives
Kuzushiji and Premodern Japanese Studies: Learning Resources and Artificial Intelligence Initiatives Graduate student workshop with Dr. Tarin Clanuwat Click here for the List of Resources. Please feel free to share the video and resource list with others, including on social media. When: July 23 5:00 pm PDT Where: Zoom (details to follow) How: Register by […]