Date: Thursday, November 22, 2018
Time: 6:30 PM Lecture; 7:30 PM Reception
Venue: Asian Centre Auditorium (1871 West Mall)
By: Dr. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
Free and open to the public. Register online at asia.ubc.ca.
About the Presenter:
Dr. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney is the William F. Vilas Research Professor of Anthropology at the University
of Wisconsin. Following from her recent book, Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History, her talk will present the many, often contradictory, meanings assigned to cherry blossoms – from life and love to death – while becoming a symbol of various social groups, and, ultimately, the Japanese as a whole. Her lecture will highlight abuses of this aesthetic during Japan’s military period, and conclude by deliberating on opacity in symbolic communication and its impact on the people.
See the event poster.
Presented by the Department of Asian Studies.