September 2007
12th - UMMA Public Lecture - "Participating in Out of the Ordinary/Extraordinary: Japanese Contemporary Photography," Kunié Sugiura, Artist; 7pm; Room 1636 (SSWB) For more information on the UMMA exhibition, visit: http://www.umma.umich.edu/. (Co-sponsored by CJS and the Japan Foundation.)
13th - Noon Lecture - "Shadow & Ephemera," Kunié Sugiura; Artist; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB). For more information on the UMMA exhibition Out of the Ordinary/Extraordinary: Japanese Contemporary Photography, visit: http://www.umma.umich.edu/. (Co-sponsored by the UMMA and the Japan Foundation.)
20th - Noon Lecture - "Tokyo after the War: A Young Officer and an Old Philosopher," Albert Stunkard, M.D.; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Pennsylvania; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
27th - Noon Lecture - "Periodic Struggles: Labor, Science, and Menstruation Leave in Modern Japan," Izumi Nakayama; Assistant Professor, Department of History, Furman University; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
28th - Free Film - Swing Girls, Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi, 2004, 105 min.; In Japanese with English subtitles; 7pm; Askwith Auditorium, Lorch Hall
October 2007
1st - Noon Lecture - "Security in East Asia in the Turbulent Post-Cold War Period," Makoto Iokibe, President, National Defense Academy, Japan; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
Abstract: The most important security issue in the twentieth century will be the relationship between China and the democratized world. Japan's foreign policy should revolve around maintaining friendly relationships with both the US and China. A continued alliance with the US and further cooperation with China ought to be the two pillars of Japan's foreign policy. Japan and China should collaborate as co-chairs of East Asia and lead the region in positive directions. Considering the international relations of the Asia-Pacific region from a macro-perspective, it is imperative that Japan, the US and China continue to have dialogues and share their views to build common frameworks for various important issues. That should be how a new international order will be build in the region. Stability in the Asia-Pacific region in the twenty first century will not be achieved without the cooperation of the three key actors, Japan, the US and China.
Makoto Iokibe (B.A., M.A. and Ph.D., Faculty of Law, Kyoto University) has taught at Hiroshima University and Kobe University and has been a visiting fellow at Harvard University and London University. He has held his current position since 2006. Prof. Iokibe was appointed chairman of a subcommittee of the “Prime minister’s Commission on Japan’s Goals in the 21st Century” in the Obuchi cabinet. His award winning books include Sengo nihon gaiko-shi (Diplomatic History of Postwar Japan) and Beikoku no nihon senryo seisaku (U.S. Occupation Policy for Japan). He is currently editing Nichibei gaiko shi (History of U.S.-Japan Relations).
4th - Noon Lecture - "A Joint-Societal Experiment of Cross-National Trust in East Asia:
Japanese, Chinese, and Taiwanese," Toshio Yamagishi; Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, Hokkaido University, Japan; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB) (Co-sponsored by the U-M Research Center for Group Dynamics.)
5th - Free Film - Singing Lovebirds (Oshidori utagassen), Directed by Masahiro Makino, 1939, 69 min.; In Japanese. This film does not have English subtitles. Handouts will be provided.; 7pm; Askwith Auditorium, Lorch Hall
11th - Noon Lecture - "Martial Ways, Whys & Whens: Military Science & Martial Art in Traditional Japan," Karl Friday; Professor, Instructional Coordinator & Associate Head; History Department; University of Georgia; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
12th - Free Film - The Performers (Hana to namida to honoo), Directed by Umetsugu Inoue, 1970, 94 min.; In Japanese with digital subs in English; 7pm; Askwith Auditorium, Lorch Hall
18th - Noon Lecture -"Playbills, Ephemera, and the Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Japan," Jonathan Zwicker; Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, The University of Michigan; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
19th - Free Film - Tokyo Kid, Directed by Torajiro Saito, 1950, 79 min.; In Japanese with digital subs in English; 7pm; Askwith Auditorium, Lorch Hall
25th - Noon Lecture - "Japanese Diplomacy -Japan U.S. Relations and East Asia Issues," Consul General Tamotsu Shinotsuka; Consulate-General of Japan in Detroit; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB) (Co-sponsored by the Consulate-General of Japan in Detroit.)
26th - Free Film - Suicide Club (Jisatsu Saakuru), Directed by Shion Sono, 2002, 99 min.; In Japanese with English subtitles.; 7pm; Askwith Auditorium, Lorch Hall
November 2007
1st - Noon Lecture - "Robo sapiens japanicus: Humanoid robots and the posthuman family," Jennifer Robertson; Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of Michigan, Editor, Colonialisms; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
2nd - Free Film - Three Resurrected Drunkards (Kaettekita Yopparai), Directed by Nagisa Oshima, 1968, 80 min.; In Japanese with English subtitles.; 7pm; Askwith Auditorium, Lorch Hall
8th - Noon Lecture - "The Emotional Expressions of the Japanese," David Matsumoto; Professor, Psychology Department, San Francisco State University; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
9th - Free Film - Swallowtail Butterfly, Directed by Shunji Iwai, 1996, 148 min.; In Japanese with English subtitles.; 7pm; Askwith Auditorium, Lorch Hall
15th - Noon Lecture - "Photographic Immortality: General Nogi, Shizuko, and Their Iei," Maki Fukuoka; Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, The University of Michigan; 12noon, Room 1636 (SSWB)
December 2007
January 2008
5th - CJS Event - Mochitsuki; 1-4pm; International Institute Gallery, School of Social Work Building, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor
17th - Noon Lecture - "Moneylenders, Merchants & Samurai: Rethinking the Social Impact of Cash in Medieval Japan," Ethan Segal; Assistant Professor, Department of History, Michigan State University; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
24th - Noon Lecture - "Politics of Enshrinement: War Dead and War Criminals at the Yasukuni Shrine," Akiko Takenaka; Assistant Professor/Post-Doctoral Scholar, Department of the History of Art, The University of Michigan; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
31st - Noon Lecture - "'Kissing Is a Symbol of Democracy!' US Popular Culture and the Creation of a Culture of Romance in Occupied Japan," Mark McLelland; 2007-08 Toyota Visiting Professor, CJS; Lecturer in Sociology, The University of Wollongong, Australia; 12noon, Room 1636 (SSWB)
February 2008
7th - Noon Lecture - "Komatsudani Then and Now: Continuity and Change in Japanese Early Childhood Education," Joseph Tobin;
Basha Professor of Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, Arizona State University; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
14th - Noon Lecture - "Culture and Self: Autonomy and Relationship in Japanese Society and Culture," Shinobu Kitayama; Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Michigan; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
15th - Dance Event - Noism08; Jo Kanamori artistic director; Presented by the University Musical Society; 8pm; Power Center; Click here for more information.
21st - Noon Lecture - "Mixed Messages: Classical Literature in 17th and 18th Century 'Books for Women,'" Jamie Newhard; Assistant Professor, Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
March 2008
6th - Noon Lecture - "The Virtual City: Akihabara, Anime, and Otakudom," Susan Napier; Professor; German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature Department; Tufts University; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
13th - Noon Lecture - "Reenacting a Failed Revolution: The February 26 Incident in Theatre and Film Since 1960," David Goodman; Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 12noon: Room 1636 (SSWB)
15th - Event - 15th Annual Michigan Japanese Quiz Bowl
20th - Noon Lecture - "U.S.-Japan Relations in Transition: Security and Political Economy," Ellis Krauss; Professor, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California San Diego; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
27th - Noon Lecture - "Book Adventures: The Business and Culture of Publishing in Modern Japan," Sari Kawana; Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages, University of Massachusetts Boston; 12noon; Room 1636 (SSWB)
