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December 17th, 2019
ANNOUNCEMENT

Centre for Japanese Research: 



Rethinking the Cultural Cartographies of Tokyo in Japanese Media
January 31, 2019
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Asian Centre, Room 604


No other city has lent itself to the spatial imaginary of Japanese cultural production than Tokyo. Capital of Japan, undisputed center of politics and business, home of the publishing industry, most populous metropolis in the world: Tokyo maps itself onto the rest of the nation in ways both profound and pervasive. This workshop will explore some of these mappings in media - literally and literarily - through presentations by four leading scholars of Japan. Presentations will be primarily in Japanese, with Q&A in Japanese and English.


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*This workshop is sponsored by the UBC Asian Studies Department and the Centre for Japanese Research





Memorandum of Understanding 
Signing Ceremony
On November 13, past CJR co-director Christina Laffin represented the Centre at a signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute of International Studies at Gakushuin Women's College. Professor Laffin offered a lecture in Japanese on the institutional history of Japanese literary studies outside Japan and plans were made for a series of future events and opportunities involving faculty and students. We look forward to collaborating with Gakushuin Joshidaigaku and are grateful for their willingness to work together in enhancing and supporting research. 


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Left to right, Institute of International Studies Director Jun Konno, President Norishiro Kondo, past CJR co-director Christina Laffin, Professor Emeritus Kazuo Tokuda.





 
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