AUTUMN QUARTER 2004 BULLETIN

This is the Department of Asian Languages and Literature's third quarterly bulletin, in which we announce news and events to friends and alumni. I hope that you will take a moment to visit our newly redesigned website. Thank you for your continued interest in the department.
William G. Boltz, Department Chair

Association of Japanese Literary Studies

The University of Washington will host the thirteenth annual meeting of the Association of Japanese Literary Studies from Friday, 22 October, through Sunday, 24 October 2004.

The conference, titled, "Landscapes Imagined and Remembered," will explore the depiction of landscape in Japanese literature from earliest times to the present. In addition to twenty-four speakers from North America, Europe, and Asia, the conference will feature keynote addresses by:

Professor Matsuoka Shinpei (University of Tokyo)
"Chûsei Nihon no fûkei o kangaeru: Zeami no nô o kiten ni shite"

Professor Nakahodo Masanori (University of the Ryukyus)
"Okinawa bungaku ni miru fûkei no hen'yô"

Professor John Treat (Yale University)
"Colonial Seoul in Japanese and Korean Fiction: Scenes from a Forgotten Landscape"

See the official conference website for a full schedule of events.

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Events

Rubin Thursday, 7 October 2004, 3:30pm-5:00pm
 

Asian Languages and Literature Colloquium Series
Colloquium lectures are free and open to the public

Jay Rubin, Harvard University

"Is Akutagawa Worth Re-Translating?"

Communications 226, University of Washington campus
Brownstein Thursday, 21 October 2004, 3:30pm-5:00pm
 

Asian Languages and Literature Colloquium Series
Colloquium lectures are free and open to the public

Michael Brownstein, University of Notre Dame

"The Osaka Kannon Pilgrimage and Chikamatsu's 'The Love Suicides at Sonezaki':
Text, Context, and Performance."

Communications 206, University of Washington campus
Treat Sunday, 24 October 2004, 10:45am-12:00pm
 

John Treat, Yale University

"Colonial Seoul in Japanese and Korean Fiction: Scenes from a Forgotten Landscape"

Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, University of Washington campus
Free parking available in the central parking garage
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 3:30pm-5:00pm
 

Asian Languages and Literature Colloquium Series
Colloquium lectures are free and open to the public

Sudeshna Sen, University of Utah

"Sublime Darkness in Heian Diary Literature"

Communications 226, University of Washington campus

Distinguished Faculty Lecture

Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 8:00pm-10:00pm
 

Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series
The lecture is free and open to the public; a reception will follow the talk

Michael Shapiro, University of Washington

"Grammatically Speaking: Linguistics, Literary Criticism, and the Interpretation of Indian Texts"

Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, University of Washington campus

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