Academic Year 2022-23
Spring 2023 CJS Seminars and Related Events
Jan. 17 (Tuesday) / 12 noon – 1 pm HST / Hybrid (no recording) Moore Hall 258 in person. Please find the QR code in the flyer to join virtually / “The U.S. – Japan Alliance and Taiwan” by Prof. Adam Liff, Indiana University. Moderated by Prof. Kristi Govella, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa /Refreshments in Moore Hall 319 after the talk / Co-sponsored with Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs, Center for Chinese Studies, Asian Studies Department, Political Science Department, and East-West Center / Flyer here
Jan. 25 (Wednesday) / 12 noon – 1:30pm / Tokioka Room / CJS Bento Box Series (first in-person!) / Co-sponsored with the Center for Okinawan Studies / “Thinking Okinawa” with PhD candidates Yuko Ida (Educational Foundations) and Tatsuki Kohatsu (Geography and Environment) / Table seating limited to those registered for bentos and invited guests
Feb. 14 (Tuesday) / 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm / Kuykendall 106 / “Friends from a World Unseen: Reflections on Teaching Premodern Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century” by Dr. Pier-Carlo Tommasi / Co-sponsored with the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures and the OFDAS Center for Teaching Excellence / Flyer here
CJS Seminar, Feb. 15 (Wednesday) / 1:30 pm – 3 pm / Campus Center’s Executive Dining Room / “Spirit of Tea and Peacefulness” by Dr. Genshitsu Sen / Refreshments to follow / Co-sponsored with the History Department and the Way of Tea Center / Flyer here
Feb 16 (Thursday) / 3pm – 4:30pm HST / Moore Hall 258 / “Reflections on a Lifetime Relationship with a Japanese Village” by Dr. Joy Hendry, Professor Emerita, Oxford Brookes University / After a viewing of a documentary on her revisit to Kurotsuchi in Fukuoka, Dr. Hendry will share her reflection in conversation with UHM Anthropology Prof. Christine Yano / Co-sponsored with the UHM Department of Anthropology / Flyer here
Feb 16 (Thursday) / 3 :00 pm – 4:30 pm / Art Building Room 101 / “Anime’s (In)Visible Actors: On Transnationality and the Performance in/of Animation” by Dr. Stevie Suan, Hosei University/ Hosted by the Art and Art History Department / Flyer here
Feb. 21 (Tuesday) / 3 pm – 4:30 HST / Moore Hall 258 / Book talk on Japan’s Prisoners of Conscience, Protest and Law During the Iraq War by the author, retired Prof. Lawrence Repeta, Meiji University / UHM Professor Emerita Patricia Steinhoff (Sociology) will provide commentary / Co-sponsored with the William S. Richardson School of Law / Flyer here
Feb 22 (Wednesday) / 12 noon – 1:30 pm / Moore Hall 258 and Zoom / “Translation in Nakashima Naoto’s ‘Waiawa Station'” by Professor Emeritus. Ken Ito, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, with Prof. Andre Haag (EALL) as a discussant / Co-sponsored with the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures / Flyer here
CJS seminar, March 9 (Thursday) / 3 pm – 4:30 pm / Moore Hall 258 / “Trace and Memory: Memorial Photography in Modern Japan” by Prof. Morihiro Satow, Kyoto Seika University / Co-sponsored with the Art & Art History Department / Flyer here /Recording here
March 10 (Friday) / 12 noon – 1 pm / Moore Hall Courtyard / Graduate Student and CJS Faculty Lunch Mixer / CJS Faculty and UHM enrolled graduate students are all invited
CJS seminar, March 30 (Thursday) / 3 pm – 4:30 pm / Moore Hall 258 / “Imagery of the Orchid Pavilion Gathering: Visualizing Tokugawa Cultural Networking” by Dr. Kazuko Kameda-Madar, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu / Flyer here / Recording here
April 14 (Friday) / 12 noon – 1:30pm / Tokioka Room / CJS Bento Box Series / “Virtual (Dis)Embodiment: Performing Androgyny among Japanese Virtual YouTubers,” by Anna Yu (MA student in Asian Studies) and “Japan Dreams of Poke: The Secret Life of Poke in Japan,” by Taiki Sano (PhD student in Anthropology) / Table seating limited to those registered for bentos and invited guests
April 24 (Monday) / 12 pm – 1:30 pm / CR3 / “Distributions of Powers in the Corporation: the U.S. and Japan” / Professor Masumi Ito, Hokusei Gakuen University / Co-sponsored with Pacific-Asian Legal Studies (PALS), William S. Richardson School of Law at UHM / PDF Flyer here
April 27 (Thursday) / 3 pm – 4:15 pm / Crawford Hall 115 / “Talk Story: The Ethics of Sahred Lives” by Professor Christine Yano, Anthropology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa / Co-sponsored with the UHM Department of Anthropology) / PDF Flyer here
Fall 2022 CJS Webinars
Nov. 16 (Wednesday) / 12 noon – 1:30pm / Virtual / “Contemporary Sagi Kyōgen: Liminal Spaces & Conceptualizing Tradition Outside Kyōgen’s Professional World” by Dr. Alex Rogals, Japanese Studies Fellow, Hunter College/Flyer here/ The recording of Dr. Rogals’s talk is available on our YouTube channel: CJS YouTube
Nov. 2 (Wednesday) / 12 noon – 1:30pm / Virtual / “Marital Surname System in Japan – the Fufubessei Issue and the Disparate Impact of Civil Code Article 750 and Family Registry Law,” by Ms. Reiko Kato, Independent Scholar, Wm. S. Richardson School of Law, J.D. 2016 UH Mānoa/ Flyer here / The recording of Ms. Kato’s talk is available on our YouTube channel: CJS YouTube
Aug. 30 (Tuesday) / 12 noon – 1:30pm / Hybrid presentation / “Contending with the Modern West: Japanese and Yiddish Satires in the Era of High Imperialism,” by Dr. David Gordon, Professor of Asian History at Shepherd University / Flyer here / The recording of Dr. Gordon’s talk is available on our YouTube channel: CJS YouTube
Co-sponsorships and Other Events
Nov. 10 (Thursday) / 12 noon – 1:30pm / Virtual /Bento Box Series/”Making Ikumen Out of You: Will Japan’s Amended Child Care and Family Leave Law Convince More Men to Take Paternity Leave?” by Matthew Gozun (William S. Richardson Law School student) and “Insights on the Possibility of Inclusiveness of Women in Law Studies of Japan” by Makoto Kurokawa (William S. Richardson Law School student) / The Bento Box event will be in an on-screen Zoom meeting workshop format — limited to around 20 participants from the UHM campus community or by invitation — to enable informal and open engagement with the presenters regarding their work / Flyer here/
Sept. 4 (Sunday) / 8:30am – 5:00pm / Location: WSRSL room CR2 (with virtual option) / Symposium hosted by the William S. Richardson School of Law’s (WSRSL) Pacific-Asian Legal Studies program – “共感 Like-Minded Endeavors: Education Programs in the U.S. and Japan Prisons through Film and Lived Experience” / Symposium guide here (in PDF)
Spring 2022 CJS Webinars and New Bento Box Series
March 2 (Wed.) / 12:00pm – 1:15pm HST / Bento Box #1 / Women’s Rights in Japan, Speaker: Nicole Hamamura / The Japanese Self-Defense Forces: Their Evolution and Departure from Its Original Goal, Speaker: Nadine Sauer / PDF flyer here. / (Not recorded.)
March 9 (Wed.) / 12:00 pm – 1:00pm HST / Unpredictable Agents / Panelists: Sanae Nakatani, PhD, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa; Yohei Sekiguchi, PhD, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa; Mari Yoshihara, PhD, Brown University / PDF flyer here. / Link to recording on YouTube here.
April 13 (Wed.) / 12:00 – 1:00pm HST / Projects I Finally Have Time For / Speaker: Robert Huey, PhD, Retired Professor of Japanese, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa / PDF flyer here. / (Not recorded).
April 27 (Wed.) / 12:00 – 1:00pm HST / Women in Japan’s National and International Diplomacy: Choosing the UN / Speaker: Petrice Flowers, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa / PDF flyer here. / Link to recording on YouTube here.
April 28 (Thurs.) / 12:00 – 1:00pm HST / Bento Box #2 / Speaker: Andre Haag, PhD, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa / (Not recorded).
All events for Fall 2020 – Fall 2021 semesters were held remotely, via Zoom Webinar.
Fall 2021 CJS Webinars
Sept. 24 (Fri.) / 1:00pm HST / Monstrous Wives, Murderous Lovers, and Dead Wet Girls: Examining the Feminine Vengeful Ghost in Japanese Traditional Theater and Horror Cinema / Speaker: Jennifer Yoo, PhD Candidate, Department of Theater and Dance / PDF flyer here. / Link to recording on YouTube here.
Oct. 20 (Wed.) / 7:00pm HST / Skirts, Compulsory Make-Up and Maternity Leave: The construction of normative femininity through job-hunting of university students in aging Japan / Speaker: Anna Lughezzani, PhD Candidate in anthropology at University of Padova, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and University of Verona (Italy) / Flyer here. / Link to recording on YouTube here.
Nov. 10 (Wed.) / 12:00pm HST / Decadent Yet Ideal: Style and Function of Female Images in Prints by Keisai Eisen (1790 – 1848) / Speaker: Sawako Chang, PhD, Leiden University / Flyer here. / Link to recording on YouTube here.
Fall 2021 Other events
Sept. 16 (Thurs.) / 2:00pm – 3:00pm HST / Prince Akihito Scholarship Orientation organized by Marsha Yokomichi, JASH. / Flyer for general information here.
Spring 2021 CJS Webinars
Feb. 10 (Wed.) / 3:00pm – 4:30pm HST / Speaker: Mire Koikari, Professor of Women’s Studies, UH Mānoa / PDF flyer here. / Replay link.
March 3 (Wed.) / 12 noon – 1:30pm HST / “This Here Now, Japanese Building and the Architecture of the Individual;,” by Kevin Nute, Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, UH Mānoa / PDF flyer here. / Replay link.
March 11 – Online film screening + Q&A with director of “Fukushima 10 Years Later: Voices from the continuing nuclear disaster” / Q&A replay link.
April 7 (Wed.) – Rescheduled from original date of March 31 / 12 noon – 1:30pm HST / “Japan’s Response to Trump’s ‘America First’: Long-term Implications,” by Tsuneo Akaha, Professor Emeritus, Middlebury Institute of International Studies / PDF flyer here. / Replay link.
April 28 (Wed.) / 12 noon – 1:30pm HST / The War Crimes Documentation Initiative (WCDI) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa / PDF flyer here. / This webinar was not recorded.
Spring 2021 Other events
Jan. 15 (Fri.) / 5:00pm – 6:30pm / CJS Graduate Student Mixer via Zoom
March 25 (Thurs.) / 2:00pm – 3:00pm / Japanese Business Etiquette – what to do (and what not to do), a workshop for UHM undergraduate students / see flyer for workshop details.
Fall 2020 CJS Webinars
Oct. 14 (Wed.) / 12 noon – 1:30pm HST / “Situating Gender and Law in Japanese Legal Education: Preliminary exploration and comments,” by Mark Levin, Professor of Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, UH Mānoa / Recording available on CJS’ YouTube channel here.
Oct. 28 (Wed.) / 12 noon – 1:30pm HST / “Why It Matters: The long-term impact of the protest cycle of the late 1960s-early 1970s on Japanese society today,” by Dr. Patricia Steinhoff, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UH Mānoa / Recording here.
Nov. 18 (Wed.) / 12 noon – 1:30pm HST / “Schoolgirl Spotting in Early-Twentieth Century Japanese Fiction: Re-reading Mushakōji Saneatsu’s Omedetaki hito,” by Francesca Pizarro, Ph.D. candidate, East Asian Languages and Literatures, UH Mānoa / Recording here.
Fall 2020 Other events
Sept. 9 (Wed.) / 5:00pm / CJS Graduate Student Mixer/ via Zoom meeting
Summer 2020 Co-sponsorships
July 1 (Wed.) / 11:00am-12:00pm/ Virtual Public Seminar sponsored by the East-West Center: “Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy Amid COVID-19 and Beyond,” by Dr. Kristi Govella (Assistant Professor, UHM Asian Studies Program) and Dr. Crystal Pryor (Director at Pacific Forum) / Replay link here.
Spring 2020 CJS Seminars
CJS seminars are held in the Tokioka Room (Moore Hall 319) unless otherwise noted.
Jan. 24 (Fri.) / 12:00-1:30pm / “Localizing Collectivism: Do-It-Yourself DNA in Modern and Contemporary Art in Japan“, by Dr. Reiko Tomii, Art Historian (Video recording available on the John Young Museum of Art and University Galleries’ YouTube channel)
Feb. 11 (Tues.) / 12:00-1:30pm / CJS Professional Development: Social Media for Academics in Japanese Studies, from Joan Pan (CJS Graduate Assistant and PhD candidate in Geography and Environment)
Feb. 20 (Thurs.) / 1:30-2:45pm / “Spirit of Way of Tea,” by Dr. Genshitsu Sen, 15th generation Grand Tea Master / Location: Center for Korean Studies Auditorium
Feb. 26 (Wed.) / 12:00-1:30pm / “Traditional Sino-Japanese Art as a Source of Modern American Architecture,” by Dr. Kevin Nute, Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture, UHM
Mar. 3 (Tues.) / 12:00-1:30pm / “War Crimes Trials in Japanese Literature: The Question of Korean Representation on the War Criminal Docket,” Dr. Younglong Kim, UHM visiting scholar
**Postponed** April 2 (Thurs.) / 12:00-1:30pm / “Situating Gender and Law in Japanese Legal Education: Preliminary exploration and comments,” Professor Mark Levin (UH William S. Richardson School of Law)
Spring 2020 Co-sponsorships and Other Events
Jan. 15 (Wed.) / 5:00-6:30pm / Public lecture co-sponsored with the Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu and the East-West Center: “The Role of the Japan-U.S. Alliance in the Face of U.S.-China Strategic Rivalry,” by Yoichi Kato, Senior research fellow at the Asia Pacific Initiative (API) / Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, Koi Room (Garden Level)
Jan. 22 (Wed.) / 5:00-6:30pm / CJS Grad Student Networking Event / Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room)
Jan. 24 (Fri.) / 3:00-5:00pm / Public lecture co-sponsored with UHM Dept. of Sociology: “Citizen Science and Politics of Environmental Knowledge – How can citizen science—research by people who are not professional scientists— advance goals of environmental justice and social transformation?,” by Dr. Aya Kimura, Professor of Sociology at UHM / Saunders Hall 244
Jan. 26 (Sun.) / UH Tea Club Hatsugama / By invitation only
Feb. 25 (Tues.) / 12:00 – 1:30pm / Public lecture by Dr. Paula Harrell: “Facing History, Looking to the Future: Chances from China-Japan Détente as China takes the lead in Asia,” co-sponsored with the Asian Studies Program / Tokioka Room
Feb. 25 (Tues.) / 5:00-6:30pm / Public lecture by Dr. Bonnie Wade: “Japanese composing for traditional instruments in the modern era,” co-sponsored with UHM Music Dept. / Tokioka Room
**Postponed** April 7-9 / 2020 SPAS Graduate Student Conference / Details to be announced later; refer to the 2019 webpage here.
Fall 2019 CJS Seminars
Sept. 11 (Wed.) / 12:00-1:30pm /”Dearest Lenny: Letters from Japan and the Making of the World Maestro,” by Dr. Mari Yoshihara
Oct. 11 (Thurs.) / 12:00-1:30pm / “Tadaima! What can Transnational History Reveal?,” by Tom Coffman
Fall 2019 Co-sponsorships and Other Events
Sept. 4 (Wed.) / 5:00-6:30pm / CJS Grad Student Networking Event / Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room)
Summer 2019 Co-sponsorships
Aug. 20 (Tues.) / 3:00-5:00pm / Public lecture: Narrating Transpacific Imperial History, by Dr. Eiichiro Azuma / Hamilton Library room 301
Aug. 20-22 / Inaugural Conference of the Empire Studies Initiative: “War and Society in Imperial Japan”/ Hamilton Library
Spring 2019 CJS Seminars
CJS seminars are held in the Tokioka Room (Moore Hall 319) unless otherwise noted.
January 7 (Monday) / 12:00-1:30pm / “Political Origins of Cybersecurity Capacity: Lessons from Japan and South Korea,” by Dr. Benjamin Bartlett, Postdoctoral fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
January 9 (Wednesday) / 12:00-1:30pm / “From Artistry to Ethnography in Early Japanese Photographs,” by Dr. David Odo, Director of Student Programs & Research Curator of University Collections Initiatives, Harvard Art Museum
January 16 (Wednesday) / 12:00-1:30pm / “Movement-countermovement dynamics in Japanese nuclear power politics,” by Dr. Tobias Weiss, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich
February 6 (Wednesday) / 12:00-1:30pm / “Recruit the Women:’ The life and career of Lt. Ethel B. Weed in Post-WWII Japan,” by Dr. Malia McAndrew, 2018-2019 East-West Center Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor of History at John Carroll University
February 14 (Thursday) / 1:30-2:45pm / “Spirit of Tea and Peacefulness,” by Dr. Genshitsu Sen, Urasenke Chado Tradition 15th-generation Grand Tea Master and Professor of Japanese Culture & History and Visiting Colleague
February 28 (Thursday) / 4:00-5:30pm / “Moments Gathered on a Paper Screen: Scrapbooks and the Sharing of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan,” by Dr. Robert Campbell, Director-General of the National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL), Tokyo
March 12 (Tuesday) / 12:00-1:30pm / Public lecture as part of a two-day preinaugural symposium for the new multi-year research and resource-development initiative entitled, “Studies of the Empire of Japan and its Legacies: New Directions and New Perspectives”
April 24 (Wednesday) / 4:00pm / “Serendipity and Sociology: Five Decades of Studying Japanese Society,” by Dr. Patricia Steinhoff, Professor of Sociology, UH Mānoa. See transcript here.
Spring 2019 Co-sponsorships and Other Events
Jan. 22 (Tues.) / 5:00-6:30pm / CJS Grad Student Networking Event / Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room)
Jan. 30 (Wed.) / 6:30-8:30pm / Rakugo performance (Japanese comedy) from Katsura Sunshine (in English)/ Orvis Auditorium 2411 Dole Street, UH Mānoa Music Department
April 17 (Wed.) / 3:00-4:30pm / “The ‘Japanese Turn’ in Fine Dining in the United States 1980-2017,” by Dr. Samuel Yamashita, Professor of History at Pomona College
Fall 2018 CJS Seminars
CJS seminars are held in the Tokioka Room (Moore Hall 319) unless otherwise noted.
Sept. 21 (Friday) / 12:00-1:30pm / “Two Centuries of Language and Cultural Contact on the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands,” by Dr. Daniel Long, Professor of Japanese Linguistics, Tokyo Metropolian University
Sept. 27 (Thursday) / 12:00-1:30pm / “The controversies surrounding Ainu skeletal remains, indigenous rights, and research ethics,” by Dr. Noriko Seguchi, Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University
Nov. 16 (Friday) / 12:00-1:30pm / “From the ‘Illegal Travelers’ to the ‘People of the Founding Year:’ The Gannenmono and the Tokugawa-Meiji Transition,” by Dr. Mark McNally, Professor of History, UH Mānoa
Fall 2018 Co-sponsorships and Other Events
Sept. 4 (Tues.) / 3:00-5:00pm / Seminar – Pineapple Growers, Women Pioneers, and Imperial Adventurers — New perspectives on overseas Japanese in the history of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific / Hamilton Library 301
Sept. 6 (Thurs.) / 3:00-5:30pm / Workshop – Pineapple Growers, Women Pioneers, and Imperial Adventurers / Sakamaki Hall A-201
Sept. 14 (Fri.) / 4:30-6:00pm / CJS Grad Student Networking Event / Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room)
Oct. 5 (Fri.) / 3:00-5:00pm / International Public Symposium – “Post-WWII Occupation of Japan: The Censors and U.S. Censorship Policies”/ Hamilton Library Room 306
Nov. 8 (Thurs.) / 5:00-7:00pm / Memorial for Sharon Ann Minichiello, Ph.D. / Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room)
Spring 2018 CJS Seminars
CJS seminars are held in the Tokioka Room (Moore Hall 319) unless otherwise noted.
Feb. 5 (Mon.) / 3:00-4:30pm / Panel on Takie Lebra: Reflections on a Legacy
Mar. 2 (Fri.) / 3:00-4:30pm / Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Lecture / “Artistic Engagement with Maritime Pathways,” by Dr. James Jack, 2007-2009 Crown Prince Akihito Fellow / Location: Center for Korean Studies’ Auditorium
Mar. 9 (Fri.) / 12:00-1:30pm / “Destiny: The Secret Operations of the Yodogō Exiles,” by Dr. Patricia Steinhoff, Professor of Sociology, UH Mānoa
Mar. 13 (Tues.) / 3:00-4:30pm / “Hogaku goes global: NHK Blends in Japan’s cultural diplomacy,” by Dr. Hiroko Nagai, Assistant Professor, Japanese Studies Program at Ateneo De Manila University / Location: Center for Korean Studies’ Auditorium
April 25 (Wed.) / 12:00-1:30pm / “Building PerformCT – a case study of traditional Japanese theater in Digital Humanities,” by Dr. Beng Choo Lim, Assistant Professor, Department of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore
Spring 2018 Co-sponsorships and Other Events
Jan. 24 (Wed.) / 5:00-6:30pm / CJS Graduate Student Networking / Tokioka Room
Feb. 23 (Fri.) / 3:00-4:30pm / EALL-CJS talk: Nakai Masakazu and the Theory Complex in Japan, Dr. Aaron Gerow, Yale University / Moore Hall 258
Feb. 28 (Wed.) / 3:00-4:40pm / UHM Library Public Lecture with Dr. Robert Campbell, Director-General of the National Institute of Japanese (NIJL), Tokyo / Hamilton Library 301 / Registration is closed and the event is full.
Mar. 3 (Sat.) / 9:00am-3:00pm / UH Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal – Chrysanthemum Rising, a discussion on sexuality & civil rights in Japan and Okinawa / William S. Richardson School of Law Classroom 2
Mar. 14-16 (Wed.-Fri.) SPAS Graduate Student Conference