SEPTEMBER 2012

September 13th, 2012 (Thursday) 6:00 PM
“Translation Studies and Japan”
Lecture by Indra Levy, Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
Venue: Room 403 Kent Hall, Columbia University

September 20th, 2012 (Thursday) 6:00 PM
“Beyond the Metropolis: Second Cities and Modern Life in Interwar Japan”
Lecture by: Louise Young, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Venue: Room 403 Kent Hall, Columbia University

OCTOBER 2012

October 4th, 2012 (Thursday) 6:00 PM
“Sakai Hoitsu and the Invention of Rimpa” (Lecture in Japanese)
Lecture by: Satoko Tamamushi, Musashino Art University
Venue: 612 Schermerhorn, Columbia University

October 11th, 2012 (Thursday) 6:00 PM
“What We Don’t Usually Say in Japanese”
Lecture by: Mutsuko Endo Hudson, Michigan State University
Venue: Room 403 Kent Hall, Columbia University

October 18th, 2012 (Thursday) 6:00 PM
“From Ground Zero to Degree Zero: Akira as Origin and Oblivion”
Lecture by: Christopher Bolton, Williams College
Venue: Room 403 Kent Hall, Columbia University

October 25th, 2012 (Thursday) 6:00 PM (Lecture in Japanese)
“Japanese Buddhist Literature: Setsuwa and Medieval Discourse”
Lecture by: Hiroshi Araki, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Venue: Room 403 Kent Hall, Columbia University

NOVEMBER 2012

November 29th, 2012 (Thursday) 6:00 PM
“Poetry and Portraiture: Immortal Poets, Calligraphy, and the Folding Screen in Japan, ca. 1600”
Lecture by: Tomoko Sakomura, Swarthmore College
Venue: Room 403 Kent Hall, Columbia University