The 2017-2018 Academic Year sees the 150th anniversary of Japan's 1868 Meiji Restoration, an epochal political revolution that sparked Japan's remarkable modernization, dramatic cultural transformation, and rapid emergence onto the global stage. To mark this historic date, the Centre for Japanese Research, the Department of History, the Department of Asian Studies, and the Asian Library at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC will partner to present the Meiji at 150 Project, comprised of a year-long series of events.  Updates on the Meiji at 150 Lecture Series and Workshop Series, as well as podcasts, will be posted on the new website, Twitter, and Facebook.