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Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan. Advancing the study of Japan through research, education, and engagement.

[Courtesy announcement] CJS is co-sponsoring a dance talk next Thursday, 11/20, at 6:30 p.m. in 1014 Tisch Hall. Please join us for "The Beauty of Ambiguity – Fūryū and Being As It Is," by Ayako Kato! Learn more at smtd.umich.edu/event/20-novem…

UMCJS's tweet image. [Courtesy announcement] CJS is co-sponsoring a dance talk next Thursday, 11/20, at 6:30 p.m. in 1014 Tisch Hall. 

Please join us for "The Beauty of Ambiguity – Fūryū and Being As It Is," by Ayako Kato!

Learn more at smtd.umich.edu/event/20-novem…

Join us next Thursday for the talk "Acknowledgment and Moral Accountability within Japanese Activist Spaces," by CJS postdoctoral fellow Dr. Felicity Stone-Richards. ⏰12:00 p.m. ET, 11/20 🗺️Weiser 1010 or on Zoom Learn more at myumi.ch/5k4pV @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Join us next Thursday for the talk "Acknowledgment and Moral Accountability within Japanese Activist Spaces," by CJS postdoctoral fellow Dr. Felicity Stone-Richards. 

⏰12:00 p.m. ET, 11/20
🗺️Weiser 1010 or on Zoom 

Learn more at myumi.ch/5k4pV

@iiumich

Tomorrow! Join us in Weiser Hall 1010 or on Zoom for our next CJS lecture. Learn more at myumi.ch/jJ6Xq

Join our next lecture! Nov. 6, 12:00 p.m. ET. "Japan's Mountain in Nepal: The First Ascent of Manaslu and Reconciliation with Postwar Asia," by Prof. Miriam Kingsberg Kadia. 🗻 Held in Weiser 1010 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/mRJD4 @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Join our next lecture! Nov. 6, 12:00 p.m. ET. "Japan's Mountain in Nepal: The First Ascent of Manaslu and Reconciliation with Postwar Asia," by Prof. Miriam Kingsberg Kadia. 🗻 Held in Weiser 1010 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/mRJD4

@iiumich


Join our next lecture! Nov. 6, 12:00 p.m. ET. "Japan's Mountain in Nepal: The First Ascent of Manaslu and Reconciliation with Postwar Asia," by Prof. Miriam Kingsberg Kadia. 🗻 Held in Weiser 1010 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/mRJD4 @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Join our next lecture! Nov. 6, 12:00 p.m. ET. "Japan's Mountain in Nepal: The First Ascent of Manaslu and Reconciliation with Postwar Asia," by Prof. Miriam Kingsberg Kadia. 🗻 Held in Weiser 1010 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/mRJD4

@iiumich

Yumishi, our CJS mascot, wishes everyone a Happy Halloween! 🎃 ハッピーハロウェン!

UMCJS's tweet image. Yumishi, our CJS mascot, wishes everyone a Happy Halloween! 🎃 ハッピーハロウェン!

Tomorrow! We invite you to a lecture by our Toyota Visiting Professor, Prof. Matthew Fraleigh.📚Weiser 555 and Zoom, Thursday, Oct. 30, 12:00 p.m. ET.

Join us next Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET for a talk by Prof. Matthew Fraleigh, "Finding Refined Friends: The Magazine Gayū (1951–70) and Sinitic Poetry in Postwar Japan." 📘In 555 Weiser & on Zoom Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/g3MeJ @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Join us next Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET for a talk by Prof. Matthew Fraleigh, "Finding Refined Friends: The Magazine Gayū (1951–70) and Sinitic Poetry in Postwar Japan." 📘In 555 Weiser & on Zoom

Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/g3MeJ

@iiumich


Courtsey announcement: There will be a free showing of the Japanese horror film Tetsuo: The Iron Man this Friday, Oct. 31! 🎃 Hatcher Library, Central Campus, at 10:00 a.m.

Halloween, 10/31: Drop by the Hatcher Gallery to watch one or more frightening foreign-language movies on Halloween! 10:00 a.m. — Tetsuo the Iron Man — Japan 11:25 a.m. — Bacurau — Brazil 1:45 p.m. — Possession — UK & Germany The details: myumi.ch/z9gQr

UMichLibrary's tweet image. Halloween, 10/31: Drop by the Hatcher Gallery to watch one or more frightening foreign-language movies on Halloween!

10:00 a.m. — Tetsuo the Iron Man  — Japan
11:25 a.m. — Bacurau — Brazil
1:45 p.m. — Possession — UK & Germany

The details: myumi.ch/z9gQr


Join us next Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET for a talk by Prof. Matthew Fraleigh, "Finding Refined Friends: The Magazine Gayū (1951–70) and Sinitic Poetry in Postwar Japan." 📘In 555 Weiser & on Zoom Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/g3MeJ @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Join us next Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET for a talk by Prof. Matthew Fraleigh, "Finding Refined Friends: The Magazine Gayū (1951–70) and Sinitic Poetry in Postwar Japan." 📘In 555 Weiser & on Zoom

Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/g3MeJ

@iiumich

The II is hosting "Have Funding - Will Travel" on Monday, Nov 10 from 4-6 PM on the 10th Floor of Weiser Hall. This is a funding opportunity expo for all U-M students! Please RSVP (there will be food!): myumi.ch/EPnG7

UMCJS's tweet image. The II is hosting "Have Funding - Will Travel" on Monday, Nov 10 from 4-6 PM  on the 10th Floor of Weiser Hall. This is a funding opportunity expo for all U-M students!
Please RSVP (there will be food!): myumi.ch/EPnG7

Join us tomorrow! (10/16) This talk will be held in Weiser 747 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/kPrbk

Please join us next Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET for a lecture by one of our postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Thomas Monaghan! This talk will be held in Weiser 747 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/kPrbk @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Please join us next Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET for a lecture by one of our postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Thomas Monaghan! This talk will be held in Weiser 747 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/kPrbk
@iiumich


Please join us next Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET for a lecture by one of our postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Thomas Monaghan! This talk will be held in Weiser 747 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/kPrbk @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Please join us next Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET for a lecture by one of our postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Thomas Monaghan! This talk will be held in Weiser 747 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/kPrbk
@iiumich

Please join us tomorrow (10/9) for our next Noon Lecture in Weiser 555!

Join us next Thursday (10/9) at noon in Weiser 555 for the CJS lecture, "Scripting Suicide in Japan," by Prof. Kirsten Cather. Learn more at myumi.ch/R3EbQ Please note that this lecture will be held in person only and will not be livestreamed or recorded. @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Join us next Thursday (10/9) at noon in Weiser 555 for the CJS lecture, "Scripting Suicide in Japan," by Prof. Kirsten Cather. Learn more at myumi.ch/R3EbQ

Please note that this lecture will be held in person only and will not be livestreamed or recorded. @iiumich


Tonight! 🎑 Join us from 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. at the Detroit Observatory!

Join us next Monday, Oct. 6, from 8-10:30 p.m. for a night of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon! 🌕 Enjoy presentations, music, and telescope observing. All are welcome as walk-ins; no registration is required! 🔭 Learn more at myumi.ch/QwJ1y @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Join us next Monday, Oct. 6, from 8-10:30 p.m. for a night of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon! 🌕 Enjoy presentations, music, and telescope observing. All are welcome as walk-ins; no registration is required! 🔭
Learn more at myumi.ch/QwJ1y

@iiumich


Join us next Thursday (10/9) at noon in Weiser 555 for the CJS lecture, "Scripting Suicide in Japan," by Prof. Kirsten Cather. Learn more at myumi.ch/R3EbQ Please note that this lecture will be held in person only and will not be livestreamed or recorded. @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Join us next Thursday (10/9) at noon in Weiser 555 for the CJS lecture, "Scripting Suicide in Japan," by Prof. Kirsten Cather. Learn more at myumi.ch/R3EbQ

Please note that this lecture will be held in person only and will not be livestreamed or recorded. @iiumich

Join us next Monday, Oct. 6, from 8-10:30 p.m. for a night of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon! 🌕 Enjoy presentations, music, and telescope observing. All are welcome as walk-ins; no registration is required! 🔭 Learn more at myumi.ch/QwJ1y @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Join us next Monday, Oct. 6, from 8-10:30 p.m. for a night of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon! 🌕 Enjoy presentations, music, and telescope observing. All are welcome as walk-ins; no registration is required! 🔭
Learn more at myumi.ch/QwJ1y

@iiumich

Prof. Joshua Hausman has been awarded the Journal of Economic History’s Arthur H. Cole Prize for best article! He is an Associate Professor at the Ford School of Public Policy and a CJS Faculty Member. Congratulations, Hausman-sensei! 🎉 Read more here: myumi.ch/qZPj4

fordschool.umich.edu

Hausman awarded Arthur H. Cole Prize for economic history

Economic historian Joshua Hausman has received the Journal of Economic History’s Arthur H. Cole Prize, a top recognition in the field of economic history, for his winning article “The Model T.”


Join us tomorrow for "THE SOUND OF MANGA: From Erotica to Sitcom in Gengoroh Tagame's Oeuvre," by Anne Ishii. (*Please note that this lecture contains adult content.*) ・Sept. 25, 12:00 p.m. ET, Weiser 555 and Zoom. ・Zoom: myumi.ch/VVrJ3

Thursday! Join our Sept. 25 CJS lecture, "THE SOUND OF MANGA: From Erotica to Sitcom in Gengoroh Tagame's Oeuvre," by Anne Ishii. ⏰12:00 p.m. ET, Weiser Hall 555 + Zoom. 💻 Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/VVrJ3 @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Thursday! Join our Sept. 25 CJS lecture, "THE SOUND OF MANGA: From Erotica to Sitcom in Gengoroh Tagame's Oeuvre," by Anne Ishii. ⏰12:00 p.m. ET, Weiser Hall 555 + Zoom. 💻 Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/VVrJ3 @iiumich


The 2025 II Photo Contest is now open! Learn more at myumi.ch/J7xA2 and submit your entry by October 31!

UMCJS's tweet image. The 2025 II Photo Contest is now open! Learn more at myumi.ch/J7xA2 and submit your entry by October 31!

Join us today (Sat.) for special talks and a concert! Free and open to all. View the complete schedule at: myumi.ch/79rM5

UMCJS's tweet image. Join us today (Sat.) for special talks and a concert! Free and open to all. View the complete schedule at: myumi.ch/79rM5

Thursday! Join our Sept. 25 CJS lecture, "THE SOUND OF MANGA: From Erotica to Sitcom in Gengoroh Tagame's Oeuvre," by Anne Ishii. ⏰12:00 p.m. ET, Weiser Hall 555 + Zoom. 💻 Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/VVrJ3 @iiumich

UMCJS's tweet image. Thursday! Join our Sept. 25 CJS lecture, "THE SOUND OF MANGA: From Erotica to Sitcom in Gengoroh Tagame's Oeuvre," by Anne Ishii. ⏰12:00 p.m. ET, Weiser Hall 555 + Zoom. 💻 Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/VVrJ3 @iiumich

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