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Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies - YCAPS launches a new webinar series "Getting to Know Japan!" #CGPFunded On April 22, 6am EDT/7pm JST, Dr. Kyle Cleveland (Temple University Japan) will lead a seminar on how conceptions of Japanese national identity have evolved as Japan has positioned itself in relation to international norms in a range of contemporary social and political issues. https://www.jfny.org//who-are-the-japanese-an-ethnographi/

Five College Center for East Asian Studies is now accepting applications from K-12 educators and the general public for "Walking the Tokaido: A Self-Guided Multi-Disciplinary Experience." Walk (or run or bike) the 310 miles from Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto at your own speed and learn about Japan while you do it! Registrations will be accepted through June 30, 2021. #CGPFunded https://www.jfny.org/event/walking-the-tokaido/

We are pleased to share Dr. Suzuki's full presentation and discussion with Dr. Kono. Thank you very much for your patience as we resolved our technical difficulties. We hope you will enjoy the lecture with JF Former Fellow Dr. Michiko Suzuki, Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Literature and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis, who discusses depictions of kimonos in modern Japanese literature by focusing on the writer Kda Aya (1904-90), followed by a discussion with Dr. Kimberly Kono, Professor of Japanese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Smith College, where she is also affiliated with the Program for the Study of Women and Gender and the Translation Studies Concentration. Watch here: https://www.jfny.org//reading-kimonos-in-modern-japanese-/

The University of Pittsburgh, one of the CGP Salary Assistance Grant recipients, is seeking a Program Assistant who will be primarily responsible for providing administrative and programmatic support for developing community engagement programming in the field of Japan Studies. To learn more about this position and how to apply, click here: https://cfopitt.taleo.net//pitt_staff_exter/jobdetail.ftl

April 17, 7:30pm ET: Write Out Loud San Diego World Kamishibai Forum’s upcoming webinar will explore kamishibai (a Japanese storytelling form using illustrated boards) performance styles in Slovenia. #CGPFunded https://www.jfny.org//world-kamishibai-forum-kamishibai-i/

April 14, 7pm EDT: Harvard Art Museums will host a lecture The Sound of One Hand Knocking: Kano Sansetsu’s Solitary Encounters by Matthew McKelway in conjunction with their Painting Edo exhibition. #ExhibitionsAbroadSupportProgram https://www.jfny.org//the-sound-of-one-hand-knocking-kano/

On November 14, the Hunter College Japanese Program will host an online symposium and livestream event titled (Re)Envisioning Contemporary Japanese Traditional Performing Arts. This online symposium and livestream event will examine often overlooked non-professional artists, an important part of Japan’s traditional performing arts’ heritage, and consider the ways in which their activities contribute to a greater understanding of Japan’s traditional performing arts. This p...roject is supported by a new grant program, the JFNY Grant for Online Japanese Studies. 1pm - 7pm EST Keynote by: Terence Lancashire (Osaka Ohtani University) Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reenvisioning-contemporary-jap 7:30pm - 9pm EST Performance and a live Q&A with members of the Yamaguchi Sagi kyogen Preservation Society. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yamaguchi-sagi-kyogen-livestre More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/384320595940799 #JFNYFunded

On November 11, 7pm EST, OIST Foundation will host a webinar on island ecology and the impact of climate change on biodiversity in the pacific region. This is the first in a new three-part webinar series by OIST Foundation focused on one of the most important global issues of deep concern to the United States and Japan: climate change, environmental conservation, and its impact. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_l0trQ0LqSMuSMvVMaIjsrw More info: https://www....jfny.org//the-future-of-biodiversity-in-the-p/ #CGPFunded #climatechange

Rkyoku Cinderella @ Budapest Have you heard of Rokyoku before? Rokyoku is a genre of traditional Japanese narrative singing. Japán Alapítvány Budapest produced a video of Rokyoku adapted from Cinderella, with English subtitles. (Please turn on "Subtitles/Closed Captions" for English subtitles.) https://japanalapitvany.hu//r%C5%8Dkyoku-cinderella-%E2%80

Have you seen our new video series, Why Study Japan? Featuring interviews with our Former Fellows, the videos will cover topics such as their experiences on their Japan Foundation Fellowship and their vision for the future of Japanese Studies. Follow along every week! Research Treasure Hunting Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qRF0yPJGf8 Research Treasure Hunting Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfrkrfv6WmA How Schools Can Improve Their Japanese Studies Program...s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpWceD67FTc What can you do with a degree in Japanese Studies?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slLC2J7qPAs See more

Shojo Manga: An Introduction @ New Delhi Enjoy the exhibition "Shojo Manga: An Introduction at The Japan Foundation, New Delhi virtually! This series of videos introduces you to the world of Shojo Manga (or Girl's Manga): https://www.jfindia.org.in//exhibition-shojo-manga-an-int/

Asia Lounge Conversation Series From November 1 to 8, The Japan Foundation Asia Center will present the conversation series, Asia Lounge, as part of the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival. This program will host online conversations between leading filmmakers from various Asian countries and their Japanese peers, including Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tsai Ming-liang, Jia Zhangke, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Kore-eda Hirokazu, and Yoshida Kiju Yoshishige. All the ...talks will be livestreamed and viewers from all over the world are invited to ask questions. Check out the full line-up. Registration is now open: https://jfac.jp/en/culture/events/e-tiff-2020-asia-lounge/

Read the essay Killer Joe's: 1960s Japanese Expanded Cinema in Discotheques by Julian Ross, the co-curator of the exhibition More Than Cinema at Pioneer Works. This essay traces the overlooked history of the 1960s and 1970s underground discotheques that became the breeding ground for Japanese Expanded Cinema: https://pioneerworks.org//japanese-expanded-cinema-killer/ Pioneer Works has reopened and More Than Cinema has been extended until November 22: https://pioneerworks.org//motoharu-jonouchi-and-keiichi-t/ Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver's installation Cinematic Illumination is concurrently exhibited at @MuseumofModernArt through February 2021: https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5205

Afterlife: Translation, The Memory Police, and Global Japanese Fiction [Date] Tonight! October 28, 6PM (EDT) *Please check your time zone! [Fee] Free [Place] YouTube Live... [Link] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OteotahisSQ Dr Stephen Snyder, translator of The Memory Police, will discuss the reception of the novel in the English-speaking world, 25 years after its original publication. Bring your questions about Japanese literature in translation, as the lecture will be followed by a live Q&A, moderated by Allison Markin Powell, who is known for translating books by Hiromi Kawakami, Fuminori Nakamura, among others. We hope that this new series will illuminate what exactly Japanese Studies can teach us, not only about Japan but about the world. If you have any questions, let us know through Eventbrite: https://afterlife-translation-memory-police.eventbrite.com/ or in the YouTubeLive chat.

Join our free online session for a discussion with musicologists about meanings hidden in the music of anime such as Ghibli works, Cowboy Bebop, and Your Name! [EP3] The Power of Music in Anime [Date] Thursday, November 19, 8PM (EST) *Please RSVP from the link below.... For our third session, three musicologists in U.S academia will unravel the power of music in anime. You may love anime soundtracks as much as the anime itself, but have you ever thought about the role of music in storytelling, how the music affects the work itself, and what meanings might be hidden in the music? Come join the panel discussion with Stacey Jocoy, Kunio Hara, and Rose Bridges as they discuss how directors and composers collaborate to create the music, examining the role of music in storytelling, and the uses of music in beloved anime such as My Neighbor Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies, Cowboy Bebop, Your Name, and other animes. The discussion will be followed by a live Q&A. The date and time of the event are Eastern Time. Please check your local time zone. RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ep3-the-power-of-music-in-anim

[Online Talk] Painting Edo: Early Modern Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection Tuesday, October 27, 6:30 PM EDT Japan Society will hold an online talk related to the exhibition #PaintingEdo. Japan’s Edo period (16151868) was an immensely innovative time, during which painters produced a wide spectrum of visually alluring works. In this talk, Dr. Rachel Saunders, the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Curator of Asian Art at the Harvard Art Museums, takes an in depth look at some re...markable Edo period paintings from the extraordinary Robert and Betsy Feinberg collection. Free sign up: https://boxoffice.japansociety.org//cfa59857-f150-31d5-508 You can also explore the exhibition virtually on Google Arts & Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com//painting/7gLik8DGHAoaLg

The Japan Foundation, Madrid offers the following online activities for Spanish speakers. ... 1. October 27, 2020 Online Conference "Toko-no-ma: The Value of the Domestic Object in the Configuration of the Japanese Film Space" 2. November 3, 2020 Online Conference "When Nature Becomes Art: The Japanese Garden" All these conferences start at 6pm Madrid time (12pm or 1:00pm in New York). Please check your local time zone. All events are free, but participants must register beforehand. For more information, visit The Japan Foundation, Madrid’s webpage: www.fundacionjapon.es 1. Japanese Literature: The Beauties of Nature by JapaTora * 2. Online Conference "Zen Culture and Its Influence on the Traditional Arts of Japan" 3. Tutorial: How to Write in Japanese Using Your Computer’s Keyboard All these videos are already available on the YouTube channel of The Japan Foundation, Madrid along with many others: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUVifacSlzXUsVIpPciU_Bw * Subtitles available in Spanish and Japanese. By using YouTube’s automatic subtitling option, English subtitles are also available.

Surreal and mesmerizing Oyamada Hiroko’s second novel, THE HOLE, was reviewed in @nytimes! Read the review: https://www.nytimes.com//b/review/hiroko-oyamada-hole.html The English publication was supported through the Support Program for Translation and Publication on Japan.

**TODAY** [EP2] Through a Glass Darkly: Identity Crises in Ghost in the Shell and Neon Genesis Evangelion [Date] October 20, 8PM (EDT) [Fee] Free... [Place] YouTube Live [Link] https://youtu.be/Ajo2egl6UFg *Please check your time zone! Let's analyze two iconic anime: Ghost in the Shell & Evangelion! Join us to understand them from an academic perspective! These works are two massive monuments in the anime canon, both emerging as cyberpunk epics in the mid-1990s, each addressing issues of identity and the potential for technological interventions. However, they both manage to do so in different ways and with differently composed subjects. This discussion will address both the interesting similarities, but more compellingly, the particular differences with which Oshii and Anno understood this cyberpunk discourse. Two expertsDr. Susan Napier and Dr. Stevie Suanwill help us to unravel these complex and fascinating anime works! Dr. Frenchy Lunning will moderate the discussion. The discussion will be followed by a live Q&A. The date and time of the event are Eastern Time. Please check your local time zone.

A new exhibition at Katonah Museum of Art (Katonah, NY), "Hands & Earth: Perspectives on Japanese Contemporary Ceramics," opens TODAY! Drawn from the Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection of Japanese Ceramics, this exhibition presents works by some of 20th- and 21st-century Japan’s most renowned artists. While the exhibition focuses on contemporary clay art, the 41 works on display also provides a survey of Japan’s ceramic tradition over the past 80 years. #JFNYFunded http://www.katonahmuseum.org/exhibitions/ Reservations are required to visit the museum. To learn more about the museum's safety policy, check out their website: http://www.katonahmuseum.org/visit/