CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH
Upcoming Events
イベントのお知らせ
Image from the UBC Museum of Anthropology exhibition, "A FUTURE FOR MEMORY" on the 3.11. disaster in Fukushima, Japan.
Zoom Event by the UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA)



Description
Join MOA for a virtual conversation with Kazuki Isomura and Saki Kojo, members of the Lost Homes Scale Model Restoration Project, featured in A Future for Memory: Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake, facilitated by MOA Curator, Fuyubi Nakamura.

『記憶のための未来―東日本大震災後のアートと暮らし』に出展している「失われた街」模型復元プロジェクトのメンバーである磯村和樹さんと向上沙希さんとの対談です。展覧会担当キュレーターの中村冬日が進行役をつとめます。

Date&Time
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 | 6 PM – 7:15 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 | 10AM – 11:15 AM (Japan Time)

6月29日（火）午後6時〜午後7時15分（カナダ太平洋時間・サマータイム）
6月30日（金）午前10時〜午前11時15分（日本時間）

Registration
The event is free and will be held via Zoom. Please register in advance here: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5IpdO2srjItEtBaM8RaZQjmNE2DmPczTn4P

Zoomでのオンラインイベント。登録は必要ですが、無料イベントです。登録はこちらから: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5IpdO2srjItEtBaM8RaZQjmNE2DmPczTn4P

For more information, please visit the CJR Website. | 詳細はCJRのウェブサイトをご覧ください。
Event Recordings
過去のイベント動画
An In-Depth Analysis on Japan's Handling of the Pandemic

Description
As the threat of COVID-19 continues globally, Japan – the country with many densely populated cities and a large elderly population – gathers the world’s attention. While its initial death numbers were relatively low, the country continuously faces challenges with the serge of case numbers and slow vaccination rollout, while still planning to hold the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer. This webinar will provide an in-depth analysis of how Japan has responded to the COVID-19 crisis from a political and historical perspective.

Featuring
Nakano Koichi – Sophia University / 上智大学 (Speaker)
Yves Tiberghien – University of British Columbia (Moderator)
Yingqiu Kuang – University of British Columbia (Graduate Discussant)
 
For more information on speakers and the event recording, please visit the CJR Website.
Co-sponsored with the Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Description
A virtual conversation with Masao Okabe and Chihiro Minato—featured artists in A Future for Memory: Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake, facilitated by exhibition curator Fuyubi Nakamura.

The conversation (pre-recorded in Japanese, with English subtitles) is followed by a live Q+A session with Chihiro Minato (in English).

『記憶のための未来』の出展作家、岡部昌生氏と港千尋氏による対談です。展覧会担当キュレーターの中村冬日が進行役をつとめました。
 
対談は事前に録画されたもので、日本語で行います（英語字幕付き）。対談後には、港千尋氏がライブで英語による質疑応答を行いました。

Featuring 

For more information on the exhibition and other related event recordings, please visit the MOA website.
Online Book Talk with the Former Editor in Chief of The Economist

Description
A webinar with Bill Emmott, the former Editor in Chief of The Economist magazine (1993-2006) and the author of Japan’s Far More Female Future: Increasing Gender Equality and Reducing Workplace Insecurity Will Make Japan Stronger. We discussed gender (in)equality in Japan and its impacts on the Japanese socio-economic state.

Featuring 
  • Bill Emmott - Author of Japan's Far More Female Future & Former Editor in Chief of The Economist
  • Joseph Caron - Former Canadian Ambassador to China and Japan & Honorary Professor at the UBC Institute of Asian Research (Introductory Remarks)
  • Yves Tiberghien - UBC Political Science & CJR Co-Director (Moderator)
  • Sun Park - Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science & Liu Scholar (Graduate Discussant)

For more information on the speakers and the featured book, please visit the CJR Website.
Announcements from Partner Institutions
パートナーからのお知らせ
Japan Foundation Toronto Job Posting Poster
Job Posting from The Japan Foundation, Toronto

Description
The Japan Foundation is an organization promoting cultural exchange between Japan and other countries in order to advance international mutual understanding. The Japan Foundation, Toronto (JFT) is one of 25 overseas offices, offering programs grouped under three main areas: Japanese Language Education, Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange, and Arts and Cultural Exchange.

This job posting is for a full-time Program Officer position for a period of (two) 2 years, renewable up to (four) 4 years. This position is responsible for the administration of Japanese Language Education programs including Japanese Language Courses.

Job Title: Program Officer, Japanese Language Education
Application Deadline: July 7, 2021 9:00 PM EDT
Start Date: August 27, 2021

For more information, please visit: https://jftor.org/job-postings/
Exploring Premodern Japan - Youtube Video Series
Lecture Video Series by a Team in Department of Asian Studies

Description
Open lecture video series that explores the cultures of premodern Japan, created by a team based in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. Find out more on their Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfMvm0JFBb-tv68-nzl_y-A
Ainu Today Website
The First English Knowledge-sharing Platform about Ainu

Description
One of the guest speakers from the CJR's Ainu, Okinawa and Indigeneity Series, Dr. Kanako Uzawa launched the first-ever English knowledge-sharing platform for an international audience to learn about contemporary Ainu voices, issues, and arts. Visit the AinuToday website and learn more about the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

Presented by the Museum of Anthropology

Description
As part of the "Responsive Dialogues: Racism in Canada" series hosted by the UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA), MOA’s Senior Marketing and Communications Manager Bonnie Sun and Dr. Tzu-I Chung, curator of history at the Royal British Columbia Museum, discuss anti-Asian racism, particularly anti-Chinese racism, through the lens of history and the contributions of the first generations of Chinese immigrants to Canada.


For more information about the speakers, please visit MOA's Website.