2019 - 2020 Events

Terasaki Center For Japanese Studies

Established in 1991, the UCLA Terasaki Center has been a platform for research on Japan. Our distinguished faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, and the board of advisors have been contributing to the field of Japanese studies for over 20 years.

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The Terasaki Center sponsors a vast array of events throughout the year. With its colloquium series, the Center brings academics from diverse fields to UCLA each year. Special workshops and annual conferences bring leading scholars to discuss topics relating to Japan.

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Center programs were established with strong support from the local community to promote research and instruction in Japanese studies, with a recent focus on the profound transformations unfolding in contemporary Japanese society.

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Understanding Japan/Japanese culture within a global context.

The Terasaki Center is actively expanding support for faculty and graduate students, building relationships with other universities as well as Japan and Japanese Studies related organizations, and enhancing its role in the community.

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News — 2019 - 2020 Events

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

FALL QUARTER

October 9, 2019 | 5:30 - 8:30 PM
Shusenjo: The Main Battleground Of The Comfort Women Issue

James Bridge Theater

October 11 - 13, 2019
Butoh Workshop With Nakajima Natsu

UCLA Glorya Kaufman Hall studio 214

October 21, 2019 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Distant Listening: Conceptions Of Sound And Language In Japanese Sinitic Poetry
Professor Matthew Fraleigh, Brandeis University
Bunche 10383

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October 28, 2019 | 8:45 AM - 6:00 PM
Poetics and Politics of the Imagining(s) of Japan
24th Annual Japan Studies Graduate Conference at UCLA
Royce 314

November 4, 2019 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Candidates' Facial Attractiveness And Electoral Success: Evidence From Japan's Upper House Elections
Professor Masahiko Asano, Takushoku University and Professor Yoshikuni Ono, Tohoku University
Bunche 10383

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November 18, 2019 | 3 - 6 PM Spirit Of Japan: “Shinto & Gagaku” – Japanese Traditional Religion And Music –
with representatives from Meiji Jingu
Royce

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