This talk will entertain questions concerning the “coming” of Ryukyuan people, Ryukyuan culture, and Ryukyuan language(s) into the geographic locale known as the Ryukyu Archipelago. People, culture, language, and geography: how did these four contribute to what is now known as “the Ryukyuans”?
Speaker: Dr. Leon A. Serafim
Associate Prof, Japanese
East Asian Lang. & Lit., UHM
Date: November 20, 2009 (Friday)
Time: 3:00-4:30 pm
Location: Moore 319 (Tokioka Room)
Co‐sponsored with the Center for Japanese Studies, UHM
Event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Center for Okinawan Studies, tel. 956‐0902 / 956-5754. For disability access, please contact the Center for Okinawan Studies. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution