January 16, 2018
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
In this talk, first, I will explain my interpretation of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze’s work that I presented in my book, Don’t Move Too Much: Gilles Deleuze and the Philosophy of Becoming (2012, in Japanese). Second, I clarify my recent project which explores the philosophy of …
January 17, 2018 to January 17, 2018
2:00 PM to
Together with the Graduate Student Association of Political Science and International Relations, we are proud to feature author Mireya Solís and her new book, Dilemmas of a Trading Nation: Japan and the United States in the Evolving Asia-Pacific Order. Japan and the United S…
January 25, 2018
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
In 1907, three sets of eighth-century objects were discovered from underneath the bronze pedestal of the seated Vairocana Buddha in the Great Buddha Hall, Tōdaiji, Nara prefecture. The objects were initially identified as examples of “platform pacifying objects” (chindangu), but their ac…
February 1, 2018
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
If Queer Theory now “has a history,” as many have begun to argue in recent years, that history is not limited to the US context. It was also big in 1990s Japan, when key works by Eve Sedgwick, Judith Butler, Leo Bersani, Gayle Rubin, David Halperin, and others were translated into Japane…
March 9, 2018 to March 9, 2018
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The main objective of this one-day workshop is to discuss fundamental dynamics and new developments of monetary and financial relations between Japan and East Asia ranging from RMB internationalization, emergency funding mechanism, and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Thematically,…
7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Kat McDowell will be releasing her album TEN with a special performance, featuring some of her amazing musician friends, at Hotel Café on Saturday, March 24th! Born in Tokyo and raised in New Zealand, Kat McDowell makes music with an Ocean Pop sound …
March 30, 2018
4:15 PM to 5:45 PM
After the Onin War (1467-1477) ravaged the capital city of Kyoto and destabilized the Ashikaga Shogunate, provincial cities became increasingly significant as centers of trade and artisanal production. Archaeological evidence from castle towns such as Azuchi, Bungo Funai, and Ichijōdani illuminate a…
April 14, 2018
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Veteran actress Kirin Kiki, who won the Best Actress Award at the 30th Nantes Festival of the Three Continents for Still Walking, embarks on her first pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine, during the ceremonial rebuilding of the shrine that happens once every twenty years. The screening of&n…
April 16, 2018
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
What is justice and what is reconciliation? Reconciliation, like justice, never exists in a vacuum and rarely exists as a goal on its own; it is inherently linked to other political, economic, or social values. In the immediate post-war, countries involved with war crimes trials debated the question…
April 23, 2018
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Film screening and Q&A with Film Director Janice Tanaka. JANICE TANAKA brings thirty years of filmmaking experience in the Asian American community as a producer, director, TV executive and tenured professor. Tanaka both graduated from and taught at USC’s prestigious School of C…
April 27, 2018
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Presently approximately one out of every thirty children born in Japan has one parent who is not Japanese. Mixed race Japanese individuals are fast becoming a part of the Japanese mainstream and one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. What is mixed race Japanese identity, from…
