EASC 595: Translation, Publishing/Editing and Design

Taught by Miya Elise Desjardins (Adjunct Associate Professor of Art History and East Asian Languages and Cultures)

2-Unit Repeatable Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters

*repeatable up to 6 units

This class, conducted as a practicum workshop, allows students to explore the entirety of the publication process of Review of Japanese Culture and Society (RCJS). Students can work solo (graduate students only) or in teams (undergraduate students), in one or more areas of their choice: planning themed issues, editing or contributing to special sections, grant writing/fundraising, permissions work (text and image), translation, peer-review process, content-based editing, copyediting, on-demand publishing, marketing and communication, and graphic design. After an initial in-person class meeting, subsequent sessions (solo or with team members) –90-minute sessions– will be held twice a month via Zoom. Any and all ideas in your preferred area of interest are welcome: please pitch a project!

Students will receive a credit line in the published issue of RJCS to which they contribute for their work as editor, translator, or author; in marketing/communication; or as a designer. The work produced in this class can be featured as professional work on resumes, CVs, and in portfolios. This course is open to upper-level undergraduates in consultation with the instructor.

Fall 2022 Syllabus

The Review of Japanese Culture and Society (RCJS) is a highly-respected and well-established peer-reviewed academic journal with a 30-year history, published by the University of Hawai’i Press, devoted to the scholarly examination of Japanese culture, with an emphasis on visual culture and design. The theme of the 2022 and 2023 issues is “Empires in Motion, Cultures of Crossing.”