Reginald Jackson to present on portrayals of slavery in medieval Japanese performance on October 28

The Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS) will present a lecture by Reginald Jackson, University of Michigan, on Wednesday, October 28 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. online (registration required). Professor Jackson will present "Staging Enslavement: Gestural Economies and the Question of Personhood in Medieval Japanese Performance."

Abstract: How might dramatic portrayals of slavery help us rethink the relation between labor, personhood, and performance? I consider such portrayals through readings of the writings of master Noh actor, playwright, and theorist Zeami Motokiyo (1363–1443), and the play Jinen Koji (Genuine Preacher Jinen), a Zeami revision in which enthralling dances liberate a slave. The play’s plot is simple: Filial girl sells herself into slavery to pay for parents’ funeral rites. Daring Buddhist preacher dances to purchase her freedom. But what might these coupled exchanges say about calibrated gestures’ capacity to reshape how human life was valued within medieval Japan? What types of physical exertions, emotional transactions, and potentials for solidarity does the figure of the slave mobilize—and toward what ends? I argue that Zeami deploys spectacles of gestural economy to question economies of enslavement, rewrite histories of dispossession, and pose alternatives to performers’ dehumanization.

CLLC to present language skills and competencies workshop on October 13

The Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures (CLLC) will present a workshop featuring OSU's Janice Aski, professor and director of the Italian language program, and Stephanie Ford, Center for Career and Professional Success, on Tuesday, October 13 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. online (space limited, registration required). Professor Aski and Dr. Ford will present "World Langage Skills and Competencies Workshop."

Abstract: Are you majoring/minoring in a world language? Do you want to learn how to explain the valuable skills and competencies that you have developed and can offer to potential employers? This is the workshop for you.

Undergraduate Fellowship Office to hold info session, workshop on Critical Language Scholarship competition

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program application has recently opened and the Undergraduate Fellowship Office will host an information session on Wednesday, October 14 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. as well as a workshop on Wednesday, October 28 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. to support interested undergraduate students.

The CLS is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Students spend eight to ten weeks abroad studying one of 14 critical languages. The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains and cultural fluency.

CLLC to hold GoinGlobal career workshop on October 21

The Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures (CLLC) will present the "GoinGlobal Career Workshop" by OSU's Alex Lane, Center for Career and Professional Success, on Wednesday, October 21 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. online (registration required).

Abstract: As Buckeyes, we all love Columbus and Ohio, but that doesn't mean we will all live and work here forever. If you have dreams of joining the thousands of Ohio State alums living around the country and the world, then you should be thinking about getting an internship in one of your dream locations.

In this session, we will go over GoinGlobal, an online, free-to-use platform, which contains a wealth of information for students looking to obtain internships anywhere around the globe. Whether you're an international student looking for companies that have a history of hiring international workers, a cross country transplant looking to continue your tour of the US, or an Ohioan looking to explore different countries, GoinGlobal can help you find internships and careers that fit your desires. GoinGlobal also offers valuable country and city-specific guides, which are written by people that live and work there, that are full of cultural, financial, professional and day-to-day living information to help you feel like a local before you even step foot in your new city.