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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Noon Lecture Series | A Queer Girl in Modern Japan: Yoshiya Nobuko
DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010\, Weiser Hall\, and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/W6ZPD.\n   \n   The talk explores the life and work of popular writer Yoshiya Nobuko (1896–1973)\, known for her serialized fiction\, modern fashion\, and lifelong relationship with a same-sex partner. The talk considers her work through the lens of the *shōjo* (girl) as a term of genre\, identity\, and perspective on 20th-century Japan.\n   \n   Sarah Frederick teaches Japanese literature and cinema at Boston University’s Department of World Languages and Literatures\, of which she is currently associate chair. She is the author of *Turning Pages: Reading and Writing Women’s Magazines in Interwar Japan* (University of Hawaiʻi Press\, 2006)\, and articles in *positions: East Asian Cultures Critique\, US Japan Women’s Journal\,* and *Japan Forum.* She has also published a translation of Yoshiya Nobuko’s short story *Yellow Rose* (Expanded editions\, 2016). She has also written on the travel writings of Yoshiya Nobuko\, Isabella Bird\, and Natsume Sōseki\, including a GIS-aided map of Natsume Sōseki’s trips to Kyoto.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142556
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Japanese Studies,LGBT,Literature,Asian Languages And Cultures
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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DTSTAMP:20260406T160037
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T190000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening:CJS Winter 2026 Film Series | *School in the Crosshairs (ねらわれた学園)*
DESCRIPTION:Obayashi’s first groundbreaking idol picture is a dazzling mix of special effects and blue-screen artifice—a stylistic flair perfected in his debut *House\,* now utilized for the onset of an alien invasion. Ordinary schoolgirl Yuka’s new term comes to an odd start when she inexplicably stops an accident by using latent psychic powers. Troubled by her newfound abilities\, Yuka also senses a strange force starting to take hold of the school\, with students turning into mind-controlled fascists\, patrolling school halls\, stifling dissent\, and mandating the re-education of freethinkers. *School in the Crosshairs* is a cosmic overload of extraterrestrial tyrants\, preternatural powers\, and Obayashi’s uniquely clever filmmaking\, underlaid by an existential cry for free will.\n   \n   Attendance is free and open to the public\, and no prior registration is required. Seating is first-come\, first-served\, and doors open at 6:30 PM.\n   \n   Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Read more about the film\, including ratings\, at\n   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125434/\n   \n   Learn more about the CJS Winter 2026 Film Series at: https://myumi.ch/AZ8Ep\n   This film series is in partnership with Marquee Arts.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*
UID:142759-21891344@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142759
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Film Series,Free,Japanese Studies
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260330T130724
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T193000
SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:2026 International Institute Graduation and Reception Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:The International Institute announces the 2026 Graduation Ceremony. If you are a graduating student who plans to attend the ceremony\, please RSVP at https://myumi.ch/pVeNj. \n\nMichigan Theater\n603 East Liberty Street\nAnn Arbor\n\nCaps and gowns will be recommended\, but not required.\n\nIncludes all Fall 2025\, Winter 2026\, and Summer 2026 graduates from the undergraduate Program in International and Comparative Studies (PICS)\, the Masters in International and Regional Studies (MIRS) and II Area Studies majors\, minors\, and graduate certificate programs including the following centers: African Studies Center\; Center for European Studies\; Center for Japanese Studies\; Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies\; Center for South Asian Studies\, Center for Southeast Asian Studies\; Center for Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies\; Global Islamic Studies Center\; and Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.\n\nFull graduation details at https://myumi.ch/E8XRp
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147224
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:international institute,Graduation,Area Studies
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260227T094340
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:The 31st Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference (CATJ 31)
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the 31st Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference (CATJ) to be hosted jointly by the University of Michigan and Oakland University on Oct. 31\, 2026. The conference will be held at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, MI. \n\nThe conference theme is “Reimagining Japanese Language Education: Challenges\, Opportunities\, and Transformations\,” seeking to provide opportunities to learn and discuss a rich array of topics\, including pedagogical challenges\, broader curricular challenges\, the survival of individual programs\, and program advocacy.\n\nWe welcome all current and future Japanese language professionals from the Midwest region and beyond across the US and Canada\, as well as various institutions\, including K-16 schools. \n\nDr. Suwako Watanabe\, the department chair and Professor of Japanese at Portland State University and a Board member of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)\, will be a plenary speaker.   \n\nFor further information or inquiries\, please contact event organizers Akiko Imamura\, Ph.D. (University of Michigan)\, at aimamura@umich.edu\, and Akiko Kashiwagi-Wood\, Ph.D. (Oakland University)\, at kashiwag@oakland.edu
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145929
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:conference,Culture,Education,japan,Japanese Studies,Language,center for japanese studies,Asian Languages And Cultures,Ann Arbor
LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenburg
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