Hosted by the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center.
Kersey said he hopes his first book encourages scholars from different disciplines to form new connections.
Ono, a Japanese-American broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, will receive the award and give a speech in honor of the celebrated Japanese American philanthropist later this spring.
International Institute senior Jasmine Mundo graduates this June with plans to study in Japan.
Winner of the $1 million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture, philosopher and literary critic Kojin Karatani was Terasaki Professor of U.S.-Japan Relations at UCLA in 2016–17.