CJS Noon Lecture Series | Nourishing Life: Cultures of Food and Health in Early Modern Japan
Joshua Schlachet, Associate Professor, University of Arizona
Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010, Weiser Hall, and virtually on Zoom. If you would like to attend via Zoom,...
CJS Noon Lecture Series | When Self-Empowerment Goes South (or East, More Precisely): Gender, Neoliberalism, and Romance Fraud in Japan
Yutaka Yoshida, Lecturer in Social Sciences, Cardiff University
Please note: This lecture will be held in person in East Hall 4448 and virtually on Zoom. If you are attending in person, we recommend...
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Multiple Ryukyu Histories, ca. 1450–1880
Gregory Smits, Professor of History and Asian Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Please note: This lecture will be held in person (location TBA) and virtually on Zoom. This event is free and open to the public, but you...
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Revisiting the Art of Kusama Yayoi (1929–2026)
Amanda Kennell, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Notre Dame
Please note: This lecture will be held in person in Room 1010, Weiser Hall. It will not be livestreamed or recorded....
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Translating Knowledge, Negotiating Tradition: The Making of the English-language Noh Chiune
Mariko Anno, Toyota Visiting Professor, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan; Associate Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
Please note: This lecture will be held in person (location TBA) and virtually on Zoom. This event is free and open to the public, but you...
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Abundance in the Midst of Polycrisis: Indigenous Science and Multispecies Relations from Japan to India
Ann-Elise Lewallen, Visiting Fellow, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature; Associate Professor, Pacific & Asian Studies, University of Victoria
Across Asia, Indigenous relations with multispecies kin have curated geospatial boundaries and nurtured abundance. Faced with polycrisis...
CJS Noon Lecture Series | The Pathway Islands: Ryukyu, Japan, and Sugar in the Early Modern World
Thomas Monaghan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
In 1691, Satsuma officials brought sugarcane from Ryukyu to the Amami Islands, which the domain called Michi-no-shima, the...
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Oishisa, Mitsuketa! How the Japanese Taste for Sweetness Transformed the Philippine Highlands
Alyssa Paredes, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Please note: This lecture will be held in person (room TBA) and virtually on Zoom. This event is free and open to the public, but you must...
