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CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH
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**Please note that CJR newsletter will be biweekly in this school year,
with occasional special announcement in between.**
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Research Internship Opportunity:
Mitacs Canada (Summer 2021)
Application Deadline: September 23, 2020
Are you an undergraduate student interested in researching equity, diversity, and inclusion in academia?
Seeking students at institutions outside Canada to join Dr. Christina Laffin for a 12-week research internship in Vancouver during Summer 2021.
Research project: East Asian Religious Studies: Who Gets Included?
Funding: Stipend from Mitacs Canada covers airfare, housing, transport, health insurance, food, incidentals
What will we do?
Collect data on scholars of East Asian religions, design and carry out interviews, compile data, create visuals, and disseminate as Open Educational Resources.
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Virtual Book Launch Series
Christian Sorcerers on Trial:
Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident
Description
The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) at the University of British Columbia presents a series of online book launches to celebrate recent publications in the field of premodern Japan.
For our September event, CJR will be featuring Fumiko Miyazaki and Kate Wildman Nakai, along with Jolyon Thomas. Authors of Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident along with Mark Teeuwen, Professors Miyazaki and Nakai will be discussing their book with Professor Thomas as the facilitator.
Featuring
- Fumiko Miyazaki, Professor Emerita, Keisen University, Tokyo
- Kate Wildman Nakai, Professor Emerita, Sophia University, Tokyo.
- (Facilitator) Jolyon Thomas, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
TimeThu, Sept 24, 2020 5-6:15PM in Pacific Time
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Publication: Japan's Leadership in the Liberal International Order: Impact and Policy Opportunities for Partners
On January 24-25 2020, the Centre for Japanese Research hosted a two-day international conference titled "Japan's Leadership in the Liberal International Order." The conference was hosted by the UBC Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) at the Institute of Asian Research, led by CJR Co-Director, Yves Tiberghien. Since 2016, Japan has shown remarkable leadership in trade, global finance and economics, and the environment, and has helped to stabilize relations with China, and initiated strategic engagement with India and ASEAN. The workshop explored the history of Japanese global leadership, its significance to current global trade leadership, and the potential for Japan-Canada relations, such as over reform of the World Trade Organization. The workshop included keynote remarks by His Excellency Ambassador Kawamura Yasuhisa, remarks by SPPGA Honorary Professor Joseph Caron (former Ambassador to Japan), and was conducted with academics from other leading universities and think tanks in Canada, Japan, and the United States. With the support and collaboration from the authors and our joint partners, the revised papers have been published on the SPPGA website in July.
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Event: Kuzushiji and Premodern Japanese Studies: Learning Resources and Artificial Intelligence Initiatives
On July 23 2020, the Centre for Japanese Research hosted Dr. Tarin Clanuwat from the National Institute of Informatics for a virtual event titled "Kuzushiji & Premodern Japanese Studies: Learning Resources and Artificial Intelligence Initiatives." Reading kuzushiji is an essential skill for the study of premodern Japan but gaining kuzushiji proficiency can be a challenge. This talk offered a brief introduction to approaches to learning how to decipher kuzushiji. Dr. Clanuwat showed attendees various online and offline kuzushiji learning resources and demonstrated how to use KuroNet, an artificial intelligence based kuzushiji recognition system used to transcribe premodern Japanese documents. She also discussed current limitations and future possibilities in kuzushiji recognition systems.
The event recording is now available on the SPPGA Youtube Channel and the List of Resources is on our website.
Please feel free to share the video and resource list with others, including on social media.
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