Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. CJS Lecture Series | Epistemology of the Violets: Heuristics toward a Sensorium of Afro-Japanese Co-creativity (April 15, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79852 79852-20509609@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 15, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

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In *Development Drowned and Reborn*, Clyde Woods proposes that we envision new worlds—worlds “more egalitarian and democratic,” and more committed to “sustainability” and “social, cultural, and economic justice”—by way of an epistemology of the blues. The blues are that musical form born in the freedom found in the wake of American slavery. They are characterized by the expressive deviations of the blue note and the transformation of memories of the sounds of the plantation (field hollers, wailings, and so on) into something more mellifluous. Woods contends that, with a bit of synesthesia, the modes of listening and sounding out afforded by the blues might help us make better sense of the world and give us a sense of how a better world might be.
This talk is interested in the formation of what we might call an epistemology of the violets, or that way of seeing and being in the world at the intersection of the blues and the reds, with “red” here serving as a chromatic stand in for the epistemological and sensorial insights embedded in Japanese creative works. To date, Afro-Japanese scholarship has been framed primarily by concepts such as representation and reception. While informative in their own way, such frameworks prime us to think about transferences from one culture (“blues”) to another (“reds”). Addressing collaborations such as the artwork produced by Pharrell Williams and Murakami Takashi, this talk provides general heuristics for those interested in the study of the epistemological possibilities of purple, or a way of seeing and creating possible worlds that is neither red nor blue—neither African American nor Japanese—but both red and blue, the emergence upon their coalescence.

Will Bridges is Associate Professor of Japanese at the University of Rochester. His scholarship has been recognized by the Fulbright Program, the Japan Foundation, the Association for Asian Studies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His first monograph, *Playing in the Shadows: Fictions of Race and Blackness in Postwar Japanese Literature*, was published in 2020 by the University of Michigan Press. He is currently working on two manuscripts. The first is *The Futurist Turn: The Japanese Humanities and the Re-imagining of the Unwelfare State*. The second is *The Black Pacific: A Poetic History*. He is also an author of creative nonfiction.


*This event is cosponsored by the University of Michigan Press.*

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:20:10 -0400 2021-04-15T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-15T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual CJS Lecture Series | The Politics of Volume and the Poetics of Reverberations across the Black Pacific
Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy | Challenges and Opportunities for a Historian of Japan Teaching about Race and Imperialism (April 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83818 83818-21540181@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 29, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

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Part of the Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy webinar series: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/jsap/webinars/

Historically, Cold War Area Studies and the nationalization of Ethnic Studies have contributed to an Orientalist arrangement in which “their” pasts and contemporary conditions have been separated from “ours.” For example, scholars of Asia are not supposed to teach about North American issues, let alone conduct research across national formations. However, this sequestering of “ourselves” from “them” has become increasingly untenable due to globalization and massive demographic changes in North America. This webinar discusses the challenges and possible methods for breaking through the separation of area studies (especially Japanese studies and East Asian studies) and ethnic studies by discussing two courses that I regularly teach -- “Colonialisms in Asia” and “The Asia-Pacific Wars” -- in which race, sex, gender and imperialism are key themes. These are modern phenomena that trouble the regions we Asia “experts” study and the places in which we live, teach and work. But an obscene screen sequesters these two knowledge formations, making it difficult for scholars of Asia to teach critically about racism in North America as well as about the U.S. and Canada as empires. While we Asia “experts” are normally assigned to study the people and nations “over there,” this webinar proposes that we need to refuse the disciplinary practices that the Cold War University has imposed upon us. The webinar will also propose that while important, linking Asian and Asian North American studies can only be one part of confronting the global problems of racism and empires.

Takashi Fujitani is a Professor in Asia-Pacific Studies at the University of Toronto. His research is focused on the intersections of nationalism, race, gender, war, and memory in East Asian history and Asian American history.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:19:17 -0400 2021-04-29T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-29T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Takashi Fujitani
Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy | Confronting the “Ends” of Area: On Transpacific Accountability (May 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83819 83819-21540182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

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Has Japanese Studies ever been a discipline? Who was it for? Conversations about its disciplinary survival continue and repeat attempts to contend with the deconstructive critique of “area.” According to reactions to the deconstructive critique of Area Studies, which began its course in the 1980s, we stand on the epistemological precipice of not simply the decline, but the death of the disciplines that comprise, for example, “Asian Studies” and “Latin American Studies.” Yet, efforts to undo Cold War era formations of knowledge production, in turn, have galvanized projects that seek to validate area studies through the rhetoric of their “re-birth,” often in formats that purport an interdisciplinary awareness to the diversifying demographics of higher education.

In this webinar, our aim will be to openly discuss the contradictions between the goal of “antiracist pedagogy” and the limits and possibilities of “Japanese Studies.” In emphasizing a framework of transpacific accountability that interrogates the “area” model through engaging critical race and Indigenous epistemologies, the webinar proposes a confrontation with the perceived crisis of area fields as an opening for a way to rethink and re-orient antiracist pedagogy. Highlighting a comparative study of race across Japan and Latin America as a case for the transpacific framework, the webinar introduces critical approaches to the histories of racism, militarism, nationalism, capitalism, and heterosexism in research and pedagogy across and after the “ends” of area.

Andrea Mendoza is an Assistant Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature at UC San Diego. Her research areas are in critical race studies, transpacific studies, and East Asian and Latin American literatures and visual cultures.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:19:45 -0400 2021-05-05T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-05T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Andrea Mendoza
Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy | Contrapuntal Imaginations: Reading Empires in an Undergraduate Japanese Studies Class (May 13, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83981 83981-21619291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 13, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

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In Culture and Imperialism (1993), Edward Said introduces the term, contrapuntal reading, as a method to analyze the imbrication between metropolitan and colonial literary texts in the empire. By reading texts contrapuntally, Said argues, we are in a better position to understand the presence of colonialism in British novels such as the reference to Australia in David Copperfield or India in Jane Eyre. Furthermore, contrapuntal reading must take account of both processes, that of imperialism and that of resistance to it. This method of reading is still relevant and can serve as a corrective to today’s liberal discourse of inclusion and diversity. Current DEI efforts in the universities, corporations and elsewhere as a result of systemic racism and exclusion laid bare by the pandemic and police violence are commendable, but have their limits. Much like the push for multiculturalism in an earlier conjuncture, the liberal discourse of DEI runs the risk of reifying differences and (un)consciously upholds the status quo without interrogating and dismantling the very system that made those differences possible in the first place. In the gesture of acceptance and tolerance, liberalism continues to sustain white privilege and espouse colonial benevolence. And if we can place postwar liberalism as the dominant ideology in the United States responsible for establishing Area Studies as part of its anti-Communist effort, a benign racism has been fundamental to the formation of our disciplines and knowledge production.

Contrapuntal reading, I suggest, is useful in understanding the constituting and co-figuring of metropolitan and colonial relations that while addressing the minoritarian position of the colonized, does not normalize the status of the colonizer. Furthermore, contrapuntal reading can be extended to analyze the transition and translation between empires, or what I am calling the transimperial to contextualize, for example, the shift from Japanese to American empire in postwar East Asia. Contrapuntal reading, however, is not simply descriptive in pointing out the presence and traces of empire in metropolitan and colonial texts. It requires imagination (and luck!) in juxtaposing and associating texts that are normally taught separately in different contexts to illuminate their contrapuntal relations. This webinar will present concrete examples from literature, film, popular culture and social theory intended for undergraduate teaching.

Leo Ching is Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University. His research interests include colonial discourse studies, postcolonial theory, Japanese mass culture, and theories of globalization and regionalism.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 06 May 2021 09:18:36 -0400 2021-05-13T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-13T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Leo Ching, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University
CGIS Winter Advising (May 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83938 83938-21619171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

As studying abroad becomes more of a possibility for U-M students, particularly for Winter 2022, CGIS will be offering a 2-day Winter Advising event where students can learn more about major-specific programs such as programs in the environment, pre-health, and public health and interest-specific program sessions such as studying abroad in the UK and English-Taught programs in Asia to name few. The LSA Scholarship Office and the Office of Financial Aid will join us on May 20th to help answer questions you may have on funding your semester program abroad as well as walking you through the application process! First Step sessions will be offered each day of the event as well. Each info session will be interactive. Each session will offer an opportunity to interact with advisors and address questions or concerns you may have regarding study abroad. To get a general idea of participation, please RSVP below and select info sessions that you'd be interested in. We'll send you a Zoom link as we get closer to the event!

DISCLAIMER: With each passing term, a small yet increasing number of our programs seem to offer the possibility of receiving students, so CGIS proceeded with very cautious optimism that students will be able to study abroad in the coming academic year. CGIS and the University of Michigan continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation as it develops worldwide. Parents and other concerned parties who would like to receive this information should ask their students to share the updates with them. Students planning to participate in CGIS programs worldwide are advised to continue to closely monitor the latest developments and to adhere to any national and international public health directives issued by their host country or institution. CGIS will contact students who have opened or submitted an application to a CGIS program if and when updates are available.

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Presentation Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:02:10 -0400 2021-05-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-19T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation Flyer
CGIS Winter Advising (May 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83938 83938-21619172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

As studying abroad becomes more of a possibility for U-M students, particularly for Winter 2022, CGIS will be offering a 2-day Winter Advising event where students can learn more about major-specific programs such as programs in the environment, pre-health, and public health and interest-specific program sessions such as studying abroad in the UK and English-Taught programs in Asia to name few. The LSA Scholarship Office and the Office of Financial Aid will join us on May 20th to help answer questions you may have on funding your semester program abroad as well as walking you through the application process! First Step sessions will be offered each day of the event as well. Each info session will be interactive. Each session will offer an opportunity to interact with advisors and address questions or concerns you may have regarding study abroad. To get a general idea of participation, please RSVP below and select info sessions that you'd be interested in. We'll send you a Zoom link as we get closer to the event!

DISCLAIMER: With each passing term, a small yet increasing number of our programs seem to offer the possibility of receiving students, so CGIS proceeded with very cautious optimism that students will be able to study abroad in the coming academic year. CGIS and the University of Michigan continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation as it develops worldwide. Parents and other concerned parties who would like to receive this information should ask their students to share the updates with them. Students planning to participate in CGIS programs worldwide are advised to continue to closely monitor the latest developments and to adhere to any national and international public health directives issued by their host country or institution. CGIS will contact students who have opened or submitted an application to a CGIS program if and when updates are available.

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Presentation Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:02:10 -0400 2021-05-20T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-20T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation Flyer
Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy | Kaleidoscopic Vision: Okinawa Amidst Competing Transpacific Politics (May 20, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83982 83982-21619292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 20, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

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In the Asia Pacific, the Ryukyu Kingdom was a major trading nation during the early modern period and Okinawa was the “Keystone of the Pacific” that served as a launching pad for America’s Cold War during the postwar era. The Satsuma domain invaded the Ryukyus in 1609 and turned it into a “hidden colony” vis-a-vis Ming/Qing China so that it could continue to funnel Chinese goods and culture into its domain via the Ryukyus without offending either China or the Tokugawa bakufu’s “closed country” (sakoku) policy. After the newly established Meiji government invaded the Ryukyu Kingdom and annexed it as Okinawa Prefecture in 1879, it once again kept it as a “hidden colony” vis-a-vis the international community. Today, modern Japan, and now also the US, continue to hide Okinawa’s colonial condition in order to concentrate US military bases on the islands in the interests of both.

Ifa Fuyū (1876-1947), the “father of Okinawan studies,” argued that Ryukyuan political and cultural life peaked in the 16th century when it could openly dazzle with the kaleidoscopic brilliance of all cultures that touched the lives of the Ryukyuan people. However, from the 17th century forward, Okinawa could only be seen in the ever shifting shadows of a constellation of moving sovereign states. Its dynamism—its “doubleness”—has been routinely flattened out into a singularity that is consumed by surrounding sovereign powers. This can be seen in Okinawa’s modern-day postcolonial predicament of a concentrated US military base presence that is enabled by the popular will of the Japanese people. For American statesmen, Okinawa is simply “one part of Japan” and therefore not a US problem, and for more progressive politics, Okinawa is victim to US (military) imperialism and white supremacy. For Japanese statesmen, Okinawa is simply ignored, and for more progressive politics, Okinawa is again victim to US (military) imperialism and white supremacy. However, Okinawans have recently been problematizing the fact that it is the Japanese government who funds the US military bases and decides to concentrate them in Okinawa, and the will of the Japanese people who are happy with this arrangement that guarantees Japanese economic and political stability.

Hence, when thinking of Okinawa transpacifically, which Okinawa do we prioritize? The Okinawa in the shadows of the US, or the Okinawa in the shadows of Japan? In this webinar, I will put Ifa in conversation with his contemporary W.E.B. Du Bois to imagine a global politics of the color line in which doubleness is not suppressed but becomes a driving liberatory force for what Ifa called an “age of sweetness” (ama yū) after colonialism.

Annmaria Shimabuku is the Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor at NYU. Her research is centered in the intersection of postcolonial Japanese Studies, Okinawan Studies, and literary/political theory.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 06 May 2021 09:29:42 -0400 2021-05-20T19:00:00-04:00 2021-05-20T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Annmaria Shimabuku, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, New York University
Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy | Multiculturalism in Japan: The Contradiction of Samba Matsuri (May 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84085 84085-21619929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 27, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

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Today’s globalism and cosmopolitanism highlight nations’ economic ties by commodifying the diversity of peoples, cultures, and languages present in their own borders, becoming a local multiculturalism. In Japan, this extends to highlighting the heterogeneous population of a country that others consider homogeneous. In this presentation, I examine the consumption of a Brazilian national imaginary in Japan, not as a country of “poverty and crime” but as “Brasil Fantástico!”: land of samba, açaí, eternal summer, and carnaval. I argue that the use of samba in matsuri stereotypes, contrasts, and further essentializes Japan’s multiculturalism in its presentation of a sexualized, racialized Brazilian musical form. In particular, I’ll discuss the historicity of the Asakusa Samba Matsuri and the fantastical presentation of samba as a redemptionary medium in Shiozaki Shōhei’s Akaneiro no yakusoku: samba do kingyo (Goldfish Go Home, 2012).

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 20 May 2021 09:12:43 -0400 2021-05-27T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-27T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Zelideth Rivas, Associate Professor of Japanese, Marshall University
Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy | Getting Started: Challenges and Opportunities in Anti-racist Pedagogy in Premodern Japanese Literature (June 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84094 84094-21620027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

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Teaching about race and ethnicity through premodern Japanese literature poses a formidable challenge. This is not only because we lack a robust body of scholarship trained on this lens to assign on syllabi, but also because we have lacked academic gatherings such as RaceB4Race, where medievalists working on Europe have begun to think about the possibilities of race as an analytical category in relation to medieval texts. This presentation is therefore a call to getting started, to think creatively about how we can incorporate existing scholarship on social marginality, precarity, and otherness (on outcastes and pollution, on Hansen’s disease, on slavery and indentured servitude, on illness, on animals) to help students make broader connections.

Vyjayanthi Selinger is an Associate Professor of Asian Studies at Bowdoin College. Her research examines literary representations of conflict in medieval Japan, war memory, legal and ritual constraints of war, Buddhist mythmaking, and women in war.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 21 May 2021 11:25:50 -0400 2021-06-03T12:00:00-04:00 2021-06-03T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy | Getting Started: Challenges and Opportunities in Anti-racist Pedagogy in Premodern Japanese Literature
Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy | Pedagogy for Solidarity: Teaching Japanese American Incarceration and Social Justice (June 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84197 84197-21620751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 10, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

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Part of the Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy webinar series: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/jsap/webinars/

This webinar will focus on the "pedagogy" part of the series title, "Japanese Studies Antiracist Pedagogy." I invite us to think together about what antiracist course design entails, and how it can--and must--be baked into a course at every level, from its learning goals and structures to assignments, discussions, readings, and classroom policies. I will draw from my experiences teaching at a small U.S. Midwestern liberal arts college, for a 100-level course titled "Reading the World: Social Justice," my version of which is themed around narratives of Japanese American incarceration during World War II. The course explores these narratives as an active and enduring presence in the lives and politics of the present--in the United States, at its borders, and beyond them. My students and I consider Japanese American incarceration in conversation with Indigenous sovereignty and settler colonialism; the incarceration of Japanese Latin Americans; present-day activism around migrant detention at the U.S.-Mexico border; and the ongoing work of redress and repair with respect to structural/interpersonal racism and antiblackness in the United States.

I will discuss the writing and discussion prompts I use to engage students across different levels of familiarity with literary analysis/Japanese American studies/social justice, as well as my errors and successes in developing a classroom community that strives to be antiracist in its daily praxis; emphasizes experimentation over mastery; and scaffolds opportunities for students to bring the world into the classroom, and their learning into the world. The heart of this webinar is not mine alone: Several of my students have volunteered their experiments and reflections so that, as teachers and learners, we can see what the theory behind an antiracist syllabus creates in practice--what messy realities we might anticipate as part of the learning process, and how the seeds of a syllabus can be nurtured and extended through students' challenges, amendments, and additions.

Mika Kennedy is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Kalamazoo College. Her research examines narratives of Japanese American incarceration, and she is the curator of Exile to Motown: Japanese Americans in Detroit.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:07:47 -0400 2021-06-10T12:00:00-04:00 2021-06-10T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Mika Kennedy, Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Kalamazoo College
Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy | Fugitive Planning and Potentials for Study: Lessons from the Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy Project (JSAP) (June 17, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84246 84246-21620804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 17, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

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Part of the Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy webinar series: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/jsap/webinars/

What should an antiracist practice entail within the context of Japanese studies? What conceptual, political, and interpersonal tools might hinder or support such a project? And what pitfalls and possibilities should be avoided or embraced in pursuing better ways of learning and living? Given the racist origins and supremacist legacies of Japanese studies, approaching this field through an antiracist lens can seem fraught, if not doomed. Nevertheless, our Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy Project (JSAP) represents an experiment that attempted to do just this. As part of this project, we taught a mixed undergraduate/graduate course in the Winter semester of 2021, “Antiracism and Japanese Culture,” which entailed teaching and learning a number of lessons about “Japan,” analytical tools, politics, and the various intellectual and institutional constraints that shape our understanding. This webinar features presentations and reflections on the JSAP enterprise by the project’s co-organizers, Sophie Hasuo, Reginald Jackson, and Rachel Willis. In addition to explaining the course’s specific pedagogical underpinnings, goals, and organization, we will also discuss various philosophical and pragmatic aspects of developing such a collaborative project. Influenced by Moten and Harney’s notion of fugitive planning in The Undercommons, we outline lessons learned from working together to imagine how best to study and thrive within and beyond the ivory tower.

Reginald Jackson is an Associate Professor of Pre-modern Japanese Literature at the University of Michigan. His research is at the intersection of literature, art history, and performance studies.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:30:07 -0400 2021-06-17T12:00:00-04:00 2021-06-17T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy | Fugitive Planning and Potentials for Study: Lessons from the Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy Project (JSAP)
CJS Lecture Series | The Link Between Marriage and Fertility and Changing Pathways to First Marriage in Japan (September 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84198 84198-21620754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

The low prevalence of cohabiting unions and non-marital childbearing in Japan is inconsistent with the expectations of prominent theories of family change in low fertility societies. In this study, we use data from large national surveys to describe growing heterogeneity in pathways to first marriage in Japan, focusing on the temporal ordering of cohabitation, pregnancy, marriage, and first childbirth.

Jim Raymo is Professor of Sociology and the Henry Wendt III ’55 Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. Raymo’s research focuses primarily on evaluating patterns and potential consequences of major demographic changes in Japan. He has published widely on key features of recent family change, including delayed marriage, extended coresidence with parents, and increases in premarital cohabitation, shotgun marriages, and divorce. In other lines of research, he has examined health outcomes at older ages in Japan and their relationship with family, work, and local area characteristics and has examined multiple dimensions of well-being among the growing population of single mothers and their children in Japan.

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This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:31:05 -0400 2021-09-09T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-09T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Jim Raymo, Professor of Sociology and the Henry Wendt III ’55 Professor of East Asian Studies, Princeton University
CJS Lecture Series | Difficult Subjects: Religion and Public Schools in Contemporary Japan (September 16, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84200 84200-21620755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 16, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

As part of a new national policy of “making persons” (hitozukuri) who could support Japan’s rapid economic growth, in the mid-1960s Japan's Ministry of Education adopted a new objective centered on fostering students as “reliable human figures” (kitai sareru ningenzō). Despite the explicit legal prohibition regarding religious education in Japan’s constitution, policy makers clearly expected public schools to inculcate both personal piety and professional diligence as part of this new orientation. This talk shows how public education aligned with religious indoctrination as policy wonks temporarily partnered with clerics to advance a type of non-confessional training known as “religious sentiment education” (shūkyō jōsō kyōiku).

Jolyon Thomas is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom in American-Occupied Japan (2019) and Drawing on Tradition: Manga, Anime, and Religion in Contemporary Japan (2012).

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This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:32:22 -0400 2021-09-16T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-16T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Jolyon Thomas, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
CJS Lecture Series | Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community (September 23, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84105 84105-21620253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 23, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Based upon his latest book, Professor Samuels will explore the history of the Japanese intelligence community from the late 19th to the early 21st centuries across wars and peace. He will examine where matters stand today now that the Japanese government has begun to enhance intelligence reform.

Richard J. Samuels is Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2005 he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2011 he received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, an Imperial decoration awarded by the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Prime Minister. From 2015 to 2019 he was an Albert Einstein Visiting Fellow at the Free University of Berlin, where he completed Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community (Cornell University Press-- and, in translation, Nikkei Books). Special Duty was named one of the “Best of Books, 2019” by the journal Foreign Affairs.

In 2013, Cornell University Press published his book about the political and economic effects of Japan’s March 2011 catastrophes: 3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan. Dr. Samuels’ prior book, Securing Japan: Tokyo’s Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia, was named one of the five finalists for the 2008 Lionel Gelber Prize for the best book in international affairs. Another, Machiavelli’s Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan, a comparative history of leadership in Italy and Japan, won the 2004 Jervis-Schroeder Prize for the best book in International History and Politics from the American Political Science Association.

His 1994 study, “Rich Nation, Strong Army”: National Security and the Technological Transformation of Japan won the 1996 John Whitney Hall Prize of the Association of Asian Studies and the 1996 Arisawa Memorial Prize of the Association of American University Presses. His book, The Business of the Japanese State: Energy Markets in Comparative and Historical Perspective received the Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize in 1988.

Professor Samuels has also published widely in peer reviewed journals such as International Security, International Organization, The Journal of Japanese studies, and Political science Quarterly, as well as in policy journals such as The Washington Quarterly, The National Interest, and Foreign Affairs.

Please register for the Zoom event here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h9IVRf0HTl-gMvpXJ91BTA

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:10:51 -0400 2021-09-23T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-23T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Richard J. Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CJS Lecture Series | Differences between Japan and China: Perspectives from Japanese Journalism, 1980 - Present (September 30, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84335 84335-21623366@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 30, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Note that this event begins at 7pm, Ann Arbor time. This talk will be delivered in Japanese with English translation.

This lecture covers differences between Japan and China, including relationships between the press and government, questions of Western and non-western tradition, etc. This talk is informed by Aso’s work in journalism and the NPO AsiaCommons.

This speech mainly discusses the differences in the mentalities of the Chinese and Japanese public through reviewing and revisiting the anti-Japanese protests in China in 2004 and 2012. Such demonstrations seem to have more impact on the Japanese people than on the Chinese people. It is said that after these protests, the Japanese society basically feels dismayed at the Chinese people. My talk is to explore the reasons for such differences. I will address some interviews I had with the artists living in Beijing Artist Village in the 1990s and civil society in the 2000s in order to illustrate the unique relationship between the Chinese government and its citizens as well as the ideas of Japanese people about this issue. In addition, with the above analysis and conclusions, I will talk about the future non-governmental exchanges between China and Japan and Japan’s considerations on Hong Kong and Taiwan, the Chinese ethnic relationship, and its democratization progress. If there is enough time, I will introduce the NPO activities we have sponsored and organized.

Seiichiro Aso was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1966 and graduated from the Department of Literature, Tokyo University. He has written many articles about Chinese civil society, Chinese modern art, and interpersonal relationships between Japan and China. Aso established NPO AsiaCommons, which promotes interpersonal relationships in East Asia.

His publications include "The Beijing Art Village”, “The Passion of Chinese”, “Modern China which Japanese news media does not report”, among others. He recently delivered two lectures, “Interpersonal Relationships between Japan and China” and “Modern Chinese Culture” at Kanagawa University and Saitama University.

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This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:59:49 -0400 2021-09-30T19:00:00-04:00 2021-09-30T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Seiichiro Aso, Journalist, Japan
CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Gender and Voting Preferences in Japan, Britain, and the United States (October 14, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84203 84203-21620759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 14, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note that the time of this lecture is 7:00 pm Ann Arbor time, 8:00 am in Tokyo (10/15/2021).

This talk examines why a gender difference in vote choice emerged – and varies – in the US, but not in Japan or Britain.

Gill Steel is Professor of Political Science at the Institute for the Liberal Arts, Doshisha University. Her recent work includes What Women Want. Voting Preferences in Japan, Britain, and the United States (forthcoming); editing Beyond the Gender Gap in Japan (2019); and co-editing 現代日本社会の権力構造 (2018) with Masahiko Asano; Power in Contemporary Japan (2016).

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:09:52 -0400 2021-10-14T19:00:00-04:00 2021-10-14T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Gill Steel, Professor of Political Science, Institute for the Liberal Arts, Doshisha University, Japan
CJS Lecture Series | Judging Inequality: Japan in Comparative Perspective (October 28, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84107 84107-21620255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note the 7pm (in Ann Arbor) start time for this lecture.

When and how does economic inequality become salient to have a meaningful effect on political attitudes and behavior? What are the mechanisms? The presentation will explain how people define and judge economic inequality, which in turn shapes political outcomes such as redistributive preferences and democratic discontent, with a focus on Japan and other advanced democracies.

Yeonju Lee is an Assistant Professor at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study at Waseda University, Japan. She is also affiliated with the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion at Harvard University. Her research examines the nexus between capitalism and democracy with a focus on the political origins and consequences of economic development and inequality in comparative perspective. Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and an M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School.

This event is cosponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.

Please register for this zoom workshop here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vm2q0a96RJiIjBz-21Ezgg

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:39:24 -0400 2021-10-28T19:00:00-04:00 2021-10-28T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Yeonju Lee, Assistant Professor, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Japan
WCED Lecture. Silver Democracy: Youth Representation in Aging Japan (November 2, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87996 87996-21648239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Young people are underrepresented in most political institutions. Yet, there is a lack of research on either the causes behind the shortage of younger politicians or the potential consequences for policy outcomes. Understanding whether younger and older policymakers behave differently in office is especially important in advanced democracies such as Japan that confront declining birthrates and rapidly aging populations. In these countries, politicians face soaring welfare costs and tough decisions about how to allocate scarce resources between the needs of younger working families and elderly retirees. Without the presence of more young people in public office, there is a concern that the decisions made by mostly older politicians will lead to welfare policies that favor the elderly at the expense of younger families. Older politicians may also be less willing than younger politicians to address long-term issues such as welfare reform, which will have a greater impact on younger generations.

In McClean's book project, he uses original, municipal-level data in Japan to examine whether institutional factors can help explain the variation in the age of politicians across elected offices, whether voters have preferences concerning their representatives’ ages, and whether the shortage of younger politicians matters for welfare policy. In this talk, he will focus especially on this last question by discussing how the age of politicians affects how they allocate government spending on social welfare between age groups and over time.

Charles McClean studies comparative politics in advanced democracies with a focus on political institutions, representation, social welfare, local politics, and Japan. Substantively, he is interested in age and representation, the age orientation of welfare programs, and how societies confront the challenges of aging populations. His research uses both quantitative and qualitative methods by combining quasi-experimental analysis of observational data, text analysis, and survey experiments together with interviews with Japanese local and national politicians. Prior to coming to Michigan, McClean earned his PhD in political science from UC San Diego in 2020 and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at Harvard University (2020-21).

This lecture is part of the WCED series on "Capitalism and Democracy." 2022 will mark the 30th anniversary of the publication of Capitalist Development and Democracy (by Dietrich Rueschmeyer et. al. in 1992) and the 80th anniversary of the publication of Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy (by Joseph Schumpeter in 1942). It is thus a perfect occasion to think anew about how capitalism and democracy interact. At WCED we will be hosting a series of events with “Capitalism and Democracy” as our annual theme.

This hybrid event will be presented in person at 1010 Weiser Hall and via Zoom. Register for the live-stream at https://myumi.ch/bvQPw

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@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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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:49:08 -0400 2021-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 2021-11-02T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Charles T. McClean
EIHS Lecture: Women in Post-311 Disaster Japan and the Politics of Recovery (November 4, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85457 85457-21626476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

Format: This event will take place via Zoom webinar. Register here: https://myumi.ch/xm1G9

Description: In the disruption caused by any disaster, there is always the possibility of new forms of political engagement. Out of chaos can come anger and sometimes new forms of action around the recognition of grievances that have become more obvious. In the best of possible cases, actors form new alliances and collective goals, as well as strategies to reach those goals. Under these conditions, “recovery” can take ambiguous meanings because recovery often means a return to an older state of affairs, the state of affairs that led to the disaster in the first place, and maybe even the suppression of these new politics. Showing video clips from the largest collection of digital video narratives of the 2011 triple disasters in northern Japan (Voices from Tohoku), Professor Slater will point to the important intersection between politics and recovery in two ways as experienced by women in the area. First, he will look at the top-down efforts by the Japanese state to “manage” the immediate recovery period (the politics of recovery) and then later on, the way in which different groups of Japanese women sought to recover some sense of political agency as raw emotions of 2011 faded into the 10-year anniversary of the disaster (the recovery of politics).

Biography: David H. Slater is a professor of cultural anthropology at Sophia University, Tokyo. His research interests include capitalism, youth, labor, semiotics, and urban space. Recently, his work has focused on the 3.11 Tohoku disasters. He is archiver and curator of Voices from Tohoku: Digital Archive of Disaster, Recovery and Mobilization, the largest collection of digital oral narratives of the 3.11 triple disasters (https://tohokukaranokoe.org/).

This event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:47:59 -0400 2021-11-04T16:00:00-04:00 2021-11-04T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion
CJS Lecture Series | Japanese Contemporary Literature: Perspectives and Aporia in the Global 21st Century (November 11, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84202 84202-21620758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note that the start time here is 12:00 pm Ann Arbor time and 6:00 pm, Paris, France.

In this lecture, we examine how Japanese Contemporary Literature faces new challenges of the 21st Century, through time, space and institutional paradigms. At this very moment when the writing/reading frames are competing with the image and digital shifts, Japanese Contemporary Literature needs to reinvent new devices linked on one hand with global reception, and on the other hand with the experience and representation of tragedies, especially and recently The Great East Japan Disaster (2011). We shall question these dynamics at work.

Cécile Sakai, Professor at Paris University, member of the Center for Researches on East Asian Civilizations (CRCAO, UMR 8155), is a specialist of Japanese Modern Literature, working on the Sociology of Literature, Poetics, and Translation Studies. She has published papers and books on Popular Literature and on Kawabata’s Poetics.

She has co-edited (with Corinne Quentin) a collection of Japanese essays and fictions on the Great East Japan Disaster : L’archipel des séismes – Ecrits du Japon après le 11 mars 2011, Editions Philippe Picquier, March 2012. Among other co-editions : Edogawa Ranpo ou les méandres de la littérature policière, Editions Le Lézard Noir, 2018, and Pour une autre littérature mondiale – La traduction franco-japonaise en perspective, Editions Philippe Picquier, Feb. 2021.

She has also published about 20 translations of works by Kawabata Yasunari, Tanizaki Jun.ichirô, Kôno Taeko, Enchi Fumiko, Tsushima Yûko, Abe Kôbô, etc.

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If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:34:29 -0400 2021-11-11T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-11T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Cécile Sakai, Professor, Paris University, France
CJS Art of the Camera Film Series | Nobody Knows (Dare mo Shiranai) (November 14, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70770 70770-17644295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 14, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Inspired by a real-life incident of child abandonment, this piercing family drama is a testament to the everyday resilience of four young siblings left to survive on their own in a Tokyo apartment. When young single mother Keiko (You) leaves home to pursue a mysterious job and a new romance, 12-year-old Akira (Yuya Yagira) must look after his younger sisters and brother, keeping the household together as money dwindles and months pass without word. With wrenching clarity and unvarnished lyricism, Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters) captures the precarious balancing act of hope and vigilance that sustains children forced to grow up much too quickly.

Cinematographer: Yutaka Yamazaki

Read more about the film, including ratings, at the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408664/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Full series details and film trailers here: https://www.michtheater.org/cinematography/

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Film Screening Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:17:41 -0500 2021-11-14T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-14T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Film Screening Nobody Knows (Dare mo Shiranai)
Virginia Martin Howard Lecture Series: Jen Shyu (November 16, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89034 89034-21660282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

The Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments and Center for World Performance Studies present a talk by groundbreaking vocalist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer Jen Shyu. For this talk, Shyu will discuss her previous ethnographic research and her use of non-western musical instruments in composing and performing, including the Japanese biwa and Taiwanese moon lute.

Jen Shyu ("Shyu" pronounced "Shoe" in English, Chinese name: 徐秋雁, Pinyin: Xúqiūyàn) is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, 2019 United States Artists Fellow, 2016 Doris Duke Artist, and was voted 2017 Downbeat Critics Poll Rising Star Female Vocalist. Born in Peoria, Illinois, to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrant parents, Shyu is widely regarded for her virtuosic singing and riveting stage presence, carving out her own beyond-category space in the art world. She has performed with or sung the music of such musical innovators as Nicole Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, Wadada Leo Smith, Steve Coleman, Vijay Iyer, Bobby Previte, Chris Potter, Michael Formanek and David Binney. Shyu has performed her own music on prestigious world stages such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rubin Museum of Art, Ojai Festival, Ringling International Arts Festival, Asia Society, Roulette, Blue Note, Bimhuis, Salihara Theater, National Gugak Center, National Theater of Korea and at festivals worldwide.

A Stanford University graduate in opera with classical violin and ballet training, Shyu had already won many piano competitions and performed the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto (3rd mvmt.) with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra by the age of 13. She speaks 10 languages and has studied traditional music and dance in Cuba, Taiwan, Brazil, China, South Korea, East Timor and Indonesia, conducting extensive research which culminated in her 2014 stage production Solo Rites: Seven Breaths, directed by renowned Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho. Shyu has won commissions and support from NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, MAP Fund, US-Japan Creative Artists Fellowship from Japan-US Friendship Commission and National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works, Exploring the Metropolis, New Music USA, Jazz Gallery, and Roulette, as well as fellowships from the Fulbright Scholar Program, Asian Cultural Council, Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Korean Ministry of Sports, Culture, and Tourism.

Shyu has produced seven albums as a leader, including the first female-led and vocalist-led album Pi Recordings has released, Synastry (Pi 2011), with co-bandleader and bassist Mark Dresser. Her critically acclaimed Sounds and Cries of the World (Pi 2015) landed on many best-of-2015 lists, including those of The New York Times, The Nation, and NPR. Her latest album Song of Silver Geese (Pi 2017) is receiving rave reviews and was also included on The New York Times’ Best Albums of 2017.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 08 Nov 2021 10:44:00 -0500 2021-11-16T18:00:00-05:00 2021-11-16T19:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for World Performance Studies Livestream / Virtual Photo credit: Steven Schreiber
CJS Lecture Series | The Massacre and the Conspiracy: Locating the Japanese Diaspora in Seventeenth Century Southeast Asia (November 18, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84106 84106-21620254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

In 1621, Japanese soldiers participated in a massive Dutch East India Company invasion of the Banda islands in Southeast Asia. Pressed into service as executioners, they were involved in the opening act of a violent campaign to pacify a key territory in the Dutch empire. Just two years later, Japanese soldiers found themselves facing the executioner’s blade as they were accused of plotting against the Company on the nearby island of Ambon. These two episodes in 1621 and 1623 encapsulate the Dutch East India Company’s shifting relationship with the Japanese recruits that it transported to Southeast Asia to wage war on its behalf. This talk will explore the Company’s short-lived experiment with recruiting Japanese military labor and how this can be located within the wider history of the Japanese diaspora in seventeenth century Southeast Asia. In the last part of the talk, I will turn to examine the surprising resilience of Japanese communities both in the Dutch overseas empire and more generally across the region.

Adam Clulow is a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The Company and the Shogun: The Dutch Encounter with Tokugawa Japan (Columbia University Press, 2014), which won multiple awards including the Jerry Bentley Prize in World History from the American Historical Association, and Amboina, 1623: Conspiracy and Fear on the Edge of Empire (Columbia University Press, 2019). He is creator of The Amboyna Conspiracy Trial, an online interactive trial engine that received the New South Wales Premiers History Award in 2017, and Virtual Angkor with Tom Chandler, which received the American Historical Association’s Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Innovation in Digital History and the 2021 Digital Humanities and Multimedia Studies Prize from the Medieval Academy of America.

Please register for this zoom event here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B9t1CWWgRaqLTYF_ssg3ag

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:11:38 -0500 2021-11-18T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Adam Clulow, Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Why Asian Studies? ALC Undergraduate Information Session (November 19, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89051 89051-21660335@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 19, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Why should you study Asian Studies? Find out at the ALC Information Session and ask our Director of Undergraduate Studies any questions you have.

Register at myumi.ch/w1DnG

Topics that will be covered:
◾ Asian Studies major
◾ Asian Languages and Cultures minor
◾ Asian Studies minor
◾ Language learning opportunities
We hope to see you there!

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:33:21 -0500 2021-11-19T12:30:00-05:00 2021-11-19T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Asian Languages and Cultures Livestream / Virtual Event Poster with Info from Description
CJS Lecture Series | Japan as a Marine Tourism Mecca (December 2, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84696 84696-21624447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note the start time for this event is 7pm, Ann Arbor time.

Most visitors come to Japan for the history and culture (both traditional and modern), but Japan has much more to offer. Niseko, Hokkaido, for example, has become an international skiing destination. Kirk Patterson thinks that Japan has what it takes to become a marine tourism mecca, attracting people from around the world who want to swim, surf, kayak, sail, fish….or just enjoy leisurely strolls on beautiful beaches….and savor delicious Japanese seafood in the evening.

Kirk Patterson had a 25-year management career in Tokyo, including cofounding Japan’s first investor relations company; being AIG’s Regional VP for Corporate Communications in Japan and Korea; and serving as president/dean of Temple University Japan. He took early retirement in 2007 to pursue his long-delayed desire to become an offshore sailor, returning to Canada and spending four years teaching himself how to sail. He then sailed to Hawaii (where he spent a year working as a Waikiki bartender) and then on to Japan, devoting three years to a full circumnavigation of the country (the first by a foreigner) and then another three years cruising western Japan. He swallowed the anchor two years ago and now, based in Fukuoka, operates Konpira Consulting, a marine-tourism company.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:12:36 -0400 2021-12-02T19:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Kirk R. Patterson, former President/Dean, Temple University Japan
CJS Lecture Series | Creation of and Participation in Networks: Visiting the Japan Biographical Database (December 9, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84239 84239-21620796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please take note of the 7pm (Ann Arbor time) starting time.

For the edited volume Women and Networks in Nineteenth Century Japan (University of Michigan Press, 2020) ten scholars gathered to identify and examine women’s involvement in networks. With the aim to heighten awareness of the gendered history of research on networks, all ten authors thus placed women in the center of their analyses. The result paints a heterogeneous picture which preempts the determination of one simple network pattern or a uniform type of networks particular to “women.” Rather the diversity indicate that not gender alone but many other factors play into the individual’s form of participation in networks. In the presentation, I take this specific result of the volume further by making a comparison of the involvement in networks by a husband and a wife: Rai Shizu and Rai Shunsui. I do with the help of the visualization tools of the Japan Biographical Database.


Bettina Gramlich-Oka is Professor of Japanese History at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University. Some of her publications include Thinking Like a Man: Tadano Makuzu (Brill, 2006) and the coedited volume Economic Thought in Early Modern Japan (Brill, 2010). In the past years, her research centers on the exploration of networks of the Rai family from Hiroshima during the Tokugawa period. The development of the online Japan Biographical Database (https://proxy.qualtrics.com/proxy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjbdb.jp%2F&token=cC8PSwwI5mKuO7eTtsIPENF1WA0Jspur9zV%2B3UAd1Ig%3D) is part of this endeavor, as well as the coedited volume with Anne Walthall, Miyazaki Fumiko, Sugano Noriko, Women and Networks in Nineteenth Century Japan (University of Michigan Press, 2020). Gramlich-Oka is currently the chief editor of Monumenta Nipponica

Please register for the Zoom event here:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Fhy9la3qQSyAk8yeM7hKhg

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:15:36 -0400 2021-12-09T19:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Bettina Gramlich-Oka, Professor of Japanese History, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, Japan
CJS Art of the Camera Film Series | To the Ends of the Earth (Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari) (December 12, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70771 70771-17644296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 12, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Yoko (Atsuko Maeda in her third collaboration with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa) is a cautious, introverted, and determined to host of a popular TV travel show. On assignment in Uzbekistan — accompanied by her cynical director (Shota Sometani), a cameraman (Ryo Kase), an AD (Tokio Emoto), and a local Japanese speaking guide (Adiz Radjabov) — she searches for a mythical, fish, samples culinary delicacies, and seeks out other wonders in a land that often appears strange and hostile. But everything goes wrong. She’s unable to find the fish, she almost chokes on half-cooked food, and, frustrated by the failed filming, decides to set aside her host duties and take a stroll on her own. Lost in the streets of a foreign city, she finds herself adrift and alone, confronting her fears and hidden aspirations.

Cinematographer: Akiko Ashizawa

Read more about the film, including ratings, at the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8681422/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3

Full details and film trailer here: https://michtheater.org/to-the-ends-of-the-earth

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Film Screening Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:05:14 -0500 2021-12-12T14:30:00-05:00 2021-12-12T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Film Screening To the Ends of the Earth (Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari)
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 10, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 10, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-10T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-10T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 11, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-11T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-11T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 12, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-12T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-12T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 13, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 13, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-13T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-13T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Too Young to Run? Voter Evaluations of the Age of Candidates (January 13, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89290 89290-21661821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 13, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note: Due to updated guidance from the University in regards to the Covid Policy, this lecture will be only in a webinar format . Please register here to attend: https://myumi.ch/d99yG

In Japan, as in most countries, elected officials tend to be older than most of the constituents they represent. Is this because voters generally prefer older politicians to younger ones? In this study, we manipulate the photos of hypothetical candidates via age regression and progression software in a survey experiment to examine age biases and stereotypes among Japanese voters.

Charles McClean is the Toyota Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan’s Center for Japanese Studies. His research focuses on the politics of age and aging, political institutions, social welfare, representation, and local politics. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at Harvard University. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from UC San Diego, an M.A. in Regional Studies: East Asia from Harvard University, and a B.A. in International Relations and Japanese from Tufts University.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required if you intend to participate virtually. Once you've registered, the joining information will be sent to your email. Webinar registration link to be announced. The Center for Japanese Studies will follow state, local, and University of Michigan guidelines for in-person events.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:57:52 -0500 2022-01-13T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-13T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Charles McClean, Toyota Visiting Professor, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 17, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 17, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-17T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-17T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-18T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-18T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 19, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-19T18:00:00-05:00 2022-01-19T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 20, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 20, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-20T18:00:00-05:00 2022-01-20T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-24T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 25, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-25T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 26, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674648@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-26T18:00:00-05:00 2022-01-26T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
“Remembering my Father Fred T. Korematsu and Furthering His Civil Liberties Legacy” (January 27, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90353 90353-21670447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies

Karen Korematsu is the Founder and Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute. She and the Institute are devoted to furthering the memory of Fred Korematsu, the case Korematsu v. the United States, a case said to be a “civil liberties disaster”, and for advancing civil rights and civil liberties, equity and justice.

Fred T. Korematsu was one of many American citizens of Japanese ancestry who were incarcerated during World War II. He is famous for his defying the government’s order to report to an assembly center. Fred Korematsu appealed his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled against him in 1944. Years later, his conviction was vacated by the U.S. District Court of Northern California. Fred’s courage and activism were recognized by his receipt of the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Clinton in 1998. Fred T. Korematsu is the first Asian American honored by a state for a day in his name.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Jan 2022 09:55:21 -0500 2022-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-27T13:30:00-05:00 Jeffries Hall Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Lecture / Discussion Korematsu Poster
CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Reading Japanese Hihyō in the Postcritical Age (January 27, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90323 90323-21670353@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note: Due to updated guidance from the university in regards to the COVID policy, this lecture will be only in a webinar format. Please register here to attend: https://myumi.ch/kyyzy

If we are to read and criticize a piece of writing, how would we do it? For contemporary academics in the humanities, the question emerges urgently. This talk tracks the rise of hihyō as a critical reading practice in late nineteenth-century Japan and conjectures about what "being critical" might mean and could become.

Prof Goto's research focuses on modern Japanese literature during and since the Meiji period (1868–1912). She is particularly interested in the emerging process of criticism as an intellectual practice in late nineteenth-century Japan. She is currently working on her book project, Critical Failures: Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism in Late Nineteenth-Century Japan. Goto received her doctoral degree in East Asian Studies at Princeton University. Before joining the University of Kentucky, she taught at the University of Virginia and the City University of New York.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required if you intend to participate virtually. Once you've registered, the joining information will be sent to your email. Webinar registration link to be announced. The Center for Japanese Studies will follow state, local, and University of Michigan guidelines for in-person events.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:00:03 -0500 2022-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-27T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Reading Japanese Hihyō in the Postcritical Age
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 27, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-27T18:00:00-05:00 2022-01-27T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 31, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 31, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-31T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 1, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-01T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 2, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-02T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-02T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Japan: People, Society, Tradition and its Relations with the US (February 3, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89291 89291-21661822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 3, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note: Due to updated guidance from the university in regards to the COVID policy, this lecture will be only in a webinar format. Please register here to attend: https://myumi.ch/gNN8R

Japan, being an island country, is geographically isolated from the rest of the world and hence has developed homogeneous society and very unique culture and tradition. Relatively crowded society makes Japanese people value harmony, be respectful and humble. The US has consistently been the most important and popular country for Japan.

Yusuke SHINDO, a career diplomat of Japan, joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 1986. At the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry, he was, among others, in charge of economic development assistance, trade negotiations, climate change and arms control. He served several overseas postings such as Saudi Arabia, Germany, Los Angeles, Indonesia, Geneva and Pakistan. In July of 2021, he moved to Michigan from Pakistan as Consul General of Japan in Detroit.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:00:29 -0500 2022-02-03T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-03T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Japan: People, Society, Tradition and its Relations with the US
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 3, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674662@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-03T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-03T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 7, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 7, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-07T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 8, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-08T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 9, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-09T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 10, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674663@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-10T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-10T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 14, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 14, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-14T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 15, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-15T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 16, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-16T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-16T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Dancing in a Swirl of Imagery: A History of Butô Book Talk (February 17, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89294 89294-21661824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 17, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note: Due to updated guidance from the university in regards to the COVID policy, this lecture will be only in a webinar format. Please register here to attend: https://myumi.ch/rqqkA

Butô is one of the most important performing arts of the latter half of the 20th century. In this talk, I will consider some of the most important names in the first and second generation of butô with a special emphasis on the techniques the artists used to create new movements and achieve an unprecedented depth of performance. The the talk will open out into a consideration of the place of butô in a global history of the integration of the body-mind.

Bruce Baird teaches Japanese studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a focus on butô, Japanese intellectual history, and new media studies.

Cosponsored by the Center for World Performance Studies.

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required if you intend to participate virtually. Once you've registered, the joining information will be sent to your email. Webinar registration link to be announced. The Center for Japanese Studies will follow state, local, and University of Michigan guidelines for in-person events.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:26:12 -0500 2022-02-17T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-17T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Bruce Baird, Associate Professor, Director, East Asian Languages and Cultures; Program Director, Japanese Language & Literature, University of Massachusetts Amherst
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 17, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674664@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 17, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-17T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-17T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 21, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 21, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-21T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 23, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674652@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-23T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-23T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 24, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-24T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-24T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CJS Thursday Lecture | Rabelais, Rakugo and Me (February 24, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89357 89357-21662302@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note that the start time of this lecture is 7pm, Ann Arbor time.

Each culture has its official side and popular side. Beneath the serious Japan of the tea ceremony and Zen lies a hidden laughing Japan represented by rakugo, a comical monologue. As a pupil of a rakugo performer and as a novelist, I also have been a Rabelaisan from a young age. This presentation will show you how Japanese humor could be married with the western carnivalesque tradition.

Anna Ogino is Professor of French literature at Keio University. A specialist in the French 16th century, she earned her PhD from Sorbonne University. Her thesis on François Rabelais’s satirical eulogy has been published in Japan. As a novelist, she won the 105th Akutagawa Prize and is author of more than thirty books, sadly none of which is translated in English. She is also a disciple of rakugo master, Kingentei Basho 11th of this name. She once asked Basho in how many years she could be promoted to the rank of master. The answer was… in thirty years.

This event is cosponsored by the U-M Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

Zoom registration is here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6Rrx24yNRIWRXWVEOey9zA

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:24:09 -0500 2022-02-24T19:00:00-05:00 2022-02-24T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Anna Ogino, Professor of French Literature, Keio University, Japan
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 7, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 7, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-07T12:00:00-05:00 2022-03-07T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 8, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-08T12:00:00-05:00 2022-03-08T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 9, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674654@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-09T18:00:00-05:00 2022-03-09T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Democracy without Policy Competition: Voter Preferences and Single-Party Dominance in Japan (March 10, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89292 89292-21661823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 10, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note: Due to updated guidance from the university in regards to the COVID policy, this lecture will be only in a webinar format. Please register here to attend: https://myumi.ch/488kQ

Based on a nationwide survey administered before the House of Representatives election in Japan, which was held on October 31, 2021, we examine voters’ multidimensional preferences for policies based on conjoint analysis. A specific aim is to examine a puzzle in contemporary Japanese politics: why the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) dominates elections in Japan, despite proposing policies that seem to be unpopular with voters.

Yusaku Horiuchi is a Professor of Government and the Mitsui Professor of Japanese Studies at Dartmouth College. His research focuses on applying experimental designs and statistical methods to a range of empirical questions in political science. His substantive research interests include political behavior, public opinion, electoral institutions, and Japanese politics.

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

This event is cosponsored by the U-M Center for Political Studies.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required if you intend to participate virtually. Once you've registered, the joining information will be sent to your email. Webinar registration link to be announced. The Center for Japanese Studies will follow state, local, and University of Michigan guidelines for in-person events.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:25:50 -0500 2022-03-10T12:00:00-05:00 2022-03-10T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Yusaku Horiuchi, Professor of Government and the Mitsui Professor of Japanese Studies, Department of Government, Program in Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 10, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674667@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 10, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-10T18:00:00-05:00 2022-03-10T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 14, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 14, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-14T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 15, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21704489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2022-03-15T10:00:00-04:00 Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 15, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-15T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 16, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674655@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-16T18:00:00-04:00 2022-03-16T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
Asian Language Fair (March 18, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/91745 91745-21682699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 11:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Are you interested in learning more about the Asian languages taught at the University of Michigan? The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures invites you to the Asian Languages Fair, featuring representatives from the Chinese Language Program, Japanese Language Program, Korean Language Program, South Asian Language Program, and Southeast Asian Language Program.

You are invited to come learn about opportunities at UM to study the following languages: Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, and Vietnamese. There will also be opportunities to win raffle prizes.

All attendees will be required to check-in with staff and present their ResponsiBlue Screening Check results for the day.

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Fair / Festival Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:54:25 -0400 2022-03-18T11:00:00-04:00 2022-03-18T14:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Asian Languages and Cultures Fair / Festival Language Fair Poster
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 21, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668882@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 21, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-21T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-21T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 23, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-23T18:00:00-04:00 2022-03-23T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 28, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 28, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-28T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-28T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 30, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674657@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-03-30T18:00:00-04:00 2022-03-30T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CANCELED--CJS Thursday Lecture Series | The Painted Okinawan Female Body: The Struggles of Okinawan Identity and Politics (March 31, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91089 91089-21676643@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 31, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

We regret that we have had to cancel this lecture.

The paper explores how the Okinawan female body has been appropriated not only as a trope of the relationship between subjugated Okinawa and its ruler, mainland Japan, but also as a site where intricate issues of discrimination, gender, power and Okinawan identity converge.

Eriko Tomizawa-Kay is lecturer in Japanese Language and Culture, at School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, the University of East Anglia. She specializes in modern Japanese art history, particularly nihonga (Japanese style painting).
She is the organizer of 2019 international conference, entitled "Okinawan Art in its Regional Context: Historical Overview and Contemporary Practice". The conference report (Japanese/English) will be available on the website shortly as Sainsbury Institute Occasional Papers 2. Her publications include ‘Reinventing Localism, Tradition, and Identity: The Role of Modern Okinawan Painting (1630s - 1960s)’ In East Asian Art History in a Transnational Context, edited by Tomizawa-Kay, E. & Watanabe, T. Routledge, 2019.

Image credit: Naha City Museum of History

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:52:30 -0500 2022-03-31T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-31T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Image credit: Naha City Museum of History
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (April 4, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 4, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-04-04T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-04T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (April 6, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674658@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-04-06T18:00:00-04:00 2022-04-06T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CJS Thursday Lecture Series | The Japanese Way of Well-being and the Self: An Examination of Local and Working Communities (April 7, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89667 89667-21664758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 7, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note that the start time is 7pm, Ann Arbor time.

Recently, cultural analysis has focused on dynamics within groups, such as regional areas where socio-ecological functions are shared, and workplaces where common goals are pursued. Those groups provide both independence-oriented goals to fulfil individuals' need for control and interdependence-oriented goals to maintain social harmony and cooperation. Especially in Japan, where group-level interdependence has traditionally been valued, these two orientations are sometimes in conflict due to individuals' increasing independence as a result of globalization. Using a series of organizational data from Japan, we found that individuals, having to undergo fair evaluation systems and competition, do not explicitly feel advantaged by interdependence. Nonetheless, interdependence still provides positive outcomes, such as improved physical health and resilience to risk (e.g., flexibility under the COVID-19 pandemic). This means that interdependent cultural values (e.g., social capital within a group, family-like social ties) function as a social infrastructure for well-being in Japan. This presentation will also focus on the similarities in cultural values (e.g., low mobility, group activity orientation, concern for reputation by others) between the workplace and local farming areas. The implications of this way of being, such as seeking happiness and health, will be discussed.

Yukiko Uchida is Professor of Cultural and Social Psychology at the Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University. Upon receiving her PhD in social psychology from Kyoto University in 2003, she started her academic career as a visiting researcher at the University of Michigan and Stanford University. Since 2008, she has been based at the Kokoro Research Center. As a cultural psychologist, she studies the psychological mechanisms behind the experience of emotions like wellbeing. She is a 2019-2020 Berggruen fellow at CASBS at Stanford University.

A former member of the Cabinet Office of Japan’s Commission on Measuring Wellbeing, Prof. Uchida’s research focuses on cultural variations in emotion and social relationships, the role of practices and meanings in constructing psychological functions and self-systems, the meanings of happiness and unhappiness, emotion, empathy, emotional support, and effect of each on social relationships.

Learn more about her work at http://kokoro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en2/staff-en/yukiko-uchida-en/

Zoom registration at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GJ-UFpc0S_SjVHHqsRDSLQ

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

This event is cosponsored by the U-M Department of Psychology.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:20:59 -0400 2022-04-07T19:00:00-04:00 2022-04-07T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Yukiko Uchida, Professor of Cultural and Social Psychology, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (April 11, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 11, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-04-11T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-11T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (April 13, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674659@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-04-13T18:00:00-04:00 2022-04-13T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO