page last updated November 25, 2024
The Center for Japanese Studies sponsors a series of public lectures by faculty members and visiting scholars on various topics from recent research to personal impressions of current events in Japan. The Center also provides workshops on topics of interest to graduate students focusing on Japan, including careers in Japanese studies, scholarships, and overseas study programs.
For accessibility access, please contact the Center at 956-2665 or at cjs@hawaii.edu. For information on visitor parking at UHM, please visit the campus commuter services page here.
Event Archive: AY 2023-24 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018
Fall 2024
CJS Seminars
Oct. 14 (Mon.) / 1:30pm-3:00pm / Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room) / “What Haruki Murakami talks about when he talks about freedom,” by Dr. Chikako Nihei
Nov. 8 (Fri.) / 1:30pm-2:30pm / Moore Hall 258/ “East Asia career experiences with the US Foreign Service: a Conversation with USFS retirees, Mr. Jim Forbes and Mr. Frank Stanley” / Watch Recording
Bento Box Series
Nov. 26 (Tues.) / 12:00-1:30pm / Hybrid – Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room) or Zoom (online) / “CJS Graduate Student Panel Discussion: Funding for UHM Graduate Students in Japanese Studies” by former CJS grant recipients, Aya Shirayama, Jane Traynor, JD Parker, Tatsuki Kohatsu
Co-sponsorships and Other Events
Oct. 4 (Fri.) / 2:00pm-3:00pm / Zoom (no recording) / Orientation (Q&A) session for the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship
Oct. 25 (Fri.) / 9:00am-2:00pm / Campus Center Ballroom / Nippon Culture Day
Oct. 26 (Sat.) / 10:00am-1:00pm / UH Mānoa Campus / Discover UH Mānoa
Oct. 29 (Tue.) / 11:00am-12:00pm / Zoom / JSPS Japan Research Fellowship – Info. Session / Co-sponsored by the UHM Office of Graduate Education, JSPS San Francisco Office, and CJS / Link to the recording here
Nov. 2 (Sat.) / 9:00am-12:00pm / William S. Richardson School of Law Classroom 2 / “Baehr v. Lewin Revisited: Japan’s Same-sex Marriage Cases and the Fight for Constitutional Protections of Marriage Equality” by The Honorable Steven H. Levinson and The Honorable Sabrina Shizue McKenna
Nov. 4 (Mon.) / 12:00pm-1:30pm / Sakamaki Hall A-201 / “Patterns of Life: The Construction of Yamanokuchi Baku’s Poetic Persona” by Hilson Reidpath (PhD candidate in EALL)
Nov. 19 (Tues.) / 3:00-4:30pm / “Making an Ethnic Boundary between Ryukyu Cuisine and Washoku: A Case Study of UNESCO Intangible Cultural List” by Aya Shirayama (PhD Candidate of Sociology) / Kuykendall 209
Dec. 2 (Mon.) / 1:30-2:30pm / “Christianity Transplanted and Transformed: The Case of Kagawa Toyohiko and the Friends of Jesus Movement” by Dr. Mark Mullins, Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Auckland / Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room)
Dec. 6 (Fri.) / 3:00-4:30pm / Center for Korean Studies (CKS) Auditorium / “Passing, Posing, Persuasion: Cultural Production and Coloniality in Japan’s East Asian Empire” by Dr. Christina Yi, Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Literature at the University of British Columbia and Dr. Andre Haag, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature at UHM / EALL Talk Series co-sponsored by CJS and CKS