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Results For 2012
Film Screening: Hiroshima
A screening of Hideo Sekigawa's 1953 film, "Hiroshima" organized by Mariko Tamanoi and Toshie Marra
Friday, January 27, 2012
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library

Film Screening: Ashes to Honey
This screening will be followed by a discussion with director Hitomi Kamanaka and Daniel Hirsch, UC Santa Cruz.
Monday, February 06, 2012
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
Film Screening: The Secret World of Arrietty
In partnership with Melnitz Movies, the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies presents a sneak preview of "The Secret World of Arrietty."
Thursday, February 16, 2012
7:30 PM
The James Bridges Theater
English Rakugo with Master Utazo Katsura
English rakugo performance by Master Utazo Katsura.
Friday, February 24, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Broad Art Center 2160E
Before and After Superflat: Contemporary Art in the Post-Bubble, Post-Disaster Society
A book talk with Adrian Favell, Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po, Paris, and formerly Associate Professor and Professor of Sociology at UCLA.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
History Conference Room
Japan in the World
A roundtable discussion of Japanese foreign policy and U.S.-Japan relations. Participants will include Professor Mike Thies, UCLA; Christopher Hughes, University of Warwick; Jun Saito, Yale; Mireya Solis, American University; and Toshiaki Miura, Asahi Shinbun. Moderated by Tom Plate, Loyola Marymount University.
Friday, March 02, 2012
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Nibei Center
Moving Forward: Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake
A photojournalism exhibit co-organized by the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies and The Kahoku Shimpo newspaper.
Sunday, March 04, 2012
Time to be announced.
Fowler Museum
Family Jam: Listen, Learn, Jam: A Bow to Japanese Music
A Fowler Event
Sunday, March 04, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fowler Museum courtyard
Race for Empire
A book talk by Takashi Fujitani, director, Asia Pacific Studies, University of Toronto
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Humanities Bldg. Room 193
New Visions: The Sketch of Mujo
A documentary by filmmaker Omiya Koichi presented by Melnitz Movies and the Paul. I and Hisako Terasaki Center as part of the film series "New Visions of Japanese Cinema"
Friday, March 09, 2012
7:30 PM
The James Bridges Theater
Symposium: Moving Forward: Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake
A half-day symposium with experts on the recovery and reconstruction of Japan. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Fowler Museum
Policing Protest: "Restrictions on Street Demonstrations in Japan"
A lecture by Lawrence Repeta—Professor, Meiji University Faculty of Law, Tokyo
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library
The Use of Japanese Traditional Theater Aesthetics and Techniques in Contemporary Acting and Directing
A lecture-demonstration by Professor Zvika Serper, PhD, including live performance and video.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
7:00 PM
Nibei Foundation
Workshop on Japanese Newspaper Media—Yomidas Rekishikan
Make plans now to attend a workshop on Yomidas Rekishikan, an online archive of Japan’s largest newspaper, The Yomiuri Shimbun, on Friday, March 23.
Friday, March 23, 2012
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library
History and Repetition Today
A keynote lecture featuring Kojin Karatani as part of a three day Nikkei Bruin conference on "Rethinking the Space and Place of Japan." Organized by Torquil Duthie, Seiji Lippit, and William Marotti, UCLA.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Rethinking the Space and Place of Japan: Literature, Art and Thought
A look at "Literature, Art and Thought" in day two of three in the Nikkei Bruin conference on "Rethinking the Space and Place of Japan." Organized by Torquil Duthie, Seiji Lippit, and William Marotti, UCLA.
Friday, April 06, 2012
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Royce Hall Rm 306
Rethinking the Space and Place of Japan: Japanese Arts and Globalizations
A look at Japanese Arts and Globalizations and day three of three in the Nikkei Bruin Conference on "Rethinking the Space and Place of Japan." Organized by Torquil Duthie, Seiji Lippit, and William Marotti, UCLA. Special thanks to the Japanese Arts and Globalizations MRG.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Royce Hall Rm. 306
"Restoring Historicity to Shinto: The Case of Ise"
Talk by Mark Teeuwen (University of Oslo)
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
4:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
Film Screening: I Wish
Presented by Melnitz Movies and the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies as part of the New Visions of Japanese Cinema film series.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
7:30 PM
The James Bridges Theater
Professor Joseph Hankins "Wounded Futures: Pain and the Possibilities of Solidarity"
Talk by Professor Joseph Hankins (Anthropology, U.C. San Diego).
Thursday, May 03, 2012
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
UCLA Haines Hall
Japanese Technology Innovation: A Vision for the Future
Keynote Lecture: 1pm - 3pm
Panel Discussion: 3:30pm - 5pm
Reception: 5pm - 7pm
Saturday, May 05, 2012
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
UCLA Young Research Library
Taro Igarashi
A lecture by Taro Igarashi, a professor at Tohoku University and architectural critic in Sendai, Japan
Monday, May 07, 2012
6:30 PM
Perloff Hall, Decafé
1972
A free exhibit featuring photographs by Noritaka Minami from April 30–June 1
Monday, May 07, 2012
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Perloff Gallery
Modernity’s Rage: Youth Culture, Religion and Rural Reconstruction in Colonial Korea
By Professor Albert L. Park, Claremont McKenna College
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
New Visions of Japan Annual Forum (please RSVP)
The 2011 - 2012 academic year marks the 20th Anniversary of the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies. To commemorate this milestone, the Terasaki Center will be holding its first ever annual forum, New Visions of Japan. Please join us for this special event on Friday, June 1, 2012 at 4 PM.
Friday, June 01, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
New Visions of Japan: Disaster and Recovery
An exhibit that has been installed at the Charles E. Young Research Library Lobby Gallery. The exhibition will remain on view through August 31.
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Charles E. Young Research Library
New Visions: ABOUT THE PINK SKY (Keiichi Kobayashi, 2011)
A film; part of the New Visions of Japanese Cinema
Thursday, June 07, 2012
7:30 PM
The James Bridges Theater
Making Sense of It All: Understandings of War in Japanese Film, 1945-1974
Presented by By Erik Ropers University of Melbourne on Monday, July 2, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at UCLA Bunche Hall 11377.
Monday, July 02, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
International Institute IDP Open House & Fall Reception-Part of 'Welcome Week'!
As part of the campus-wide 'True Bruin Welcome Week' activities, the International Institute Interdepartmental Programs (IDPs) will be hosting an Open House & Fall Reception, to which you are cordially invited.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall

On Ideology and Ideologues: The Issue of "Japanism" in the Study of Wartime Japan
A colloquium with the 2012-2013 UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. John Person, University of Chicago.
Monday, October 08, 2012
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Sequoia Room
UCLA Study Abroad Fair
We invite you to join in the 26th Annual UCLA Study Abroad Fair. Each year, more than 2000 students visit the fair to learn about the wide variety of study abroad programs available.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom

New Visions of Japanese Cinema Film Series: The Face of Another screening
The Graduate Student Association Melnitz Movies and the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies co-sponsor a film screening of Hiroshi Teshigahara's 1966 film, The Face of Another.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater, UCLA Melnitz 1409
Critical Frameworks of Transmission
The UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies hosts the 17th Annual Graduate Symposium on Japanese Studies.
Friday, October 26, 2012
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Royce Hall, Room 306

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program Intro,Q&A
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1301 Rolfe Hall
Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism, A talk by Mark Rowe
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
243 Royce Hall, UCLA
Japanese Kabuki Music
The Yamato Gaku ensemble presents a lecture and demonstration of kabuki music, featuring guest artist Osho Yamato on the shamisen (plucked lute).
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Schoenberg Music Building (1325)
Language and Culture of Ikema from Miyako Island of Okinawa
Workshop hosted by Professor Shoichi Iwasaki from UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.
Friday, November 16, 2012
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Young Research Library, Room 11360
"Tokyo Boogie Woogie" in California: The 1950 Sacramento Recordings in Japanese and Japanese-American Cultural History
UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies invites Professor Michael K. Bourdaghs from the University of Chicago.
Friday, November 16, 2012
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Young Research Library, Room 11360

Rebirth: Recent Work by Mariko Mori
To take place on Monday, December 3, 2012 from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. at UCLA, Dodd Hall 275.
Monday, December 03, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Spotlight Event(s)
The Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace with Ambassador Ryan Crocker: "The Arab Spring and US Interests"
Thursday, May 30, 2013
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Law School, Room 1357
Film Screening: "Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution"
Monday, June 03, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
STARTALK/NHLRC Heritage Language Teacher Workshop for K-16 Teachers of Less Commonly Taught Languages
Monday, July 22, 2013
Time to be announced.
Royce 314
