March 2025
Etoki (Picture-Storytellers) from Japan
The 2024-2025 Soshitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture Etoki (Picture-Storytellers) from Japan Performance and Music by Yamaoka Bumyō, Masuda Eishin, and Nagino Akihito with Hanging Scrolls of the Life of Prince Shōtoku Tuesday, 11 March 2025 (Doors open at 4:30PM EDT) Exhibition of Prince Shōtoku Paintings 5:00PM EDT Performance 6:00PM EDT The Forum, Columbia University (605 W. 125th St.) Pre-registration is required. Click here to register.
Find out more »Every Work has Several Faces: A Conversation with Yolo Tawada about Writing and Translation
Pre-registration is required. Check back for RSVP link. Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Heyman Center for the Humanities Thursday, 27 March 2025, 7:00PM EDT The Lantern, Lenfest Center for the Arts, Columbia University (615 West 129th Street)
Find out more »Literarture for the Masses: Japanese Period Fiction, 1913-1941
Pre-registration required. Click here to register. Monday, 31 March 2025, 5:00PM EDT Kent Hall, Room 403
Find out more »April 2025
Douglas Brooks, Ways of Learning: An Apprentice Boatbuilder in Japan
James Reichert Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures Stanford University Pre-registration required. Click here to register. Monday, 31 March 2025, 5:00PM EDT Kent Hall, Room 403
Find out more »“The History of World Literature Must be Rewritten”: Shin Nihon bungaku and the Translation of Afro-Asian Literature
Christopher L. Hill Professor of Comparative Literature and Modern Japanese Studies University of Michigan Pre-registration required. Click here to register. Friday, 4 April 2025, 6:00PM EDT Kent Hall, Room 403
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