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CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH
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Centre for Japanese Research:
November events!
Fumihiko Maki: Towards humane architecture
Tuesday, Nov 6, 2018
Time: 6:30pm
UBC Robson Square
Presented by SALA and Revery Architecture, the 2018 Arthur Erickson lecture features renowned architect Fumihiko Maki.
The principal of Tokyo-based firm Maki and Associates, Fumihiko Maki has been recognized with many of architecture's highest accolades, including the Pritzker Prize in 1993, and the AIA Gold Medal in 2011. With a career spanning six decades, Maki's work merges Japanese architectural traditions with Modernist influences.
Tickets will be available beginning Monday, October 29 at 12:30 p.m.
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here for full details
Christian Books in Pre-modern Japan: Printing, Prohibition, & Circulation
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM
Room 604, Asian Centre (1871 West Mall)
Dr.
M. Antoni Ucerler (University of San Francisco)
In 1590 the Jesuits in Japan imported a Gutenberg printing press from Portugal and began using metal type to print books in Japanese. Besides Christian devotional works, the Jesuits also printed grammars and dictionaries of the Japanese language. Join Professor M. Antoni Ucerler (University of San Francisco) in an evening about texts, censorship and Christianity in Japan.
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New Explorations in Tea History: Putting Women and Children First
Friday, November 9, 2018
Time: 4:30 PM
C. K. Choi Building, Room 120 (1855 West Mall)
Dr. Rebecca Corbett (University of Southern California)
In her recent book, Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan
, Rebecca Corbett writes women back into the history of chanoyu
(Japanese tea ceremony) and shows how tea practice for women was understood, articulated, and promoted in the Edo (1603-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) periods. Viewing chanoyu
from the lens of feminist and gender theory, she sheds new light on tea's undeniable influence on the formation of modern understandings of femininity in Japan, and corrects the male-centered narratives that dominate writing about tea history. Her current research project likewise focuses on a hitherto unexplored aspect of Edo period tea culture: children's participation. Using the tea gatherings of Tagami Kikusha (1753-1826) - a nun who practiced calligraphy, painting, and music (shichigenkin
), and a broad range of poetry including haikai
, waka
, and kanshi
, in addition to chanoyu
- Corbett will discuss a world of tea practice in which play and children's edification were the main functions.
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The Social and Political Lives of Japanese Cherry Blossoms
John Howes Memorial Lecture in Japanese Studies
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Time: 6:30 PM
Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall
Dr. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney (Ohnuki Emiko) (University of Wisconsin)
Following from her recent book, Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History, Dr. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney's talk will present the many, often contradictory, meanings assigned to cherry blossoms - from life and love to death - while becoming a symbol of various social groups, and, ultimately, the Japanese as a whole. Her lecture will highlight abuses of this aesthetic during Japan's military period, and conclude by deliberating on opacity in symbolic communication and its impact on the people. Refreshments available!
Registration is required. Click
here for full details
That's all for now
Have a great week!
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