SPRING 2005 BULLETIN

This is the Department of Asian Languages and Literature's quarterly bulletin, in which we announce news and events to friends and alumni. Thank you for your continued interest in the department.
Kanai Keiko
 Thursday, 21 April 2005, 6:30pm-8:00pm (Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, UW campus)
 

A Special Public Lecture Presented in Japanese

Professor Keiko Kanai, Waseda University
正岡子規と俳句の魅力 ("Masaoka Shiki and the appeal of haiku")

Admission is free; reservations are recommended. For additional information see http://depts.washington.edu/asianll/news/koenkai.

詳くは http://depts.washington.edu/asianll/news/koenkai をご覧下さい。
Paul Anderer Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 3:30pm-5:00pm (Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, UW campus)
 

Professor Paul Anderer, Columbia University
Kurosawa in Black and White

Professor Anderer, the deBary/'41 Collegiate Professor of Asian Humanities at Columbia University, teaches modern Japanese literature and film.
Pauline Yu Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 8:00pm (Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, UW campus)
 

2005 Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture

Professor Pauline Yu, President, American Council of Learned Societies
Travels of a Culture: Chinese Poetry and the European Imagination

Professor Yu, formerly Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Dean of Humanities in the College of Letters and Science at UCLA, is a renowned expert on classical Chinese poetry.

For more information, see http://depts.washington.edu/asianll/news/events/event_markus.html.
  Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 3:30pm-5:00pm (Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, UW campus)
 

Departmental Award and Graduation Reception

This year's Departmental Award Reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. on June 8. Further information is available concerning the University of Washington commencement ceremony and the ceremonies of individual schools and departments.
Kabuki Saturday, 11 June 2005, early afternoon (Seattle Asian Art Museum)
 

Special Kabuki Event at the Seattle Asian Art Museum

Save the date! More details to be announced later. For updated information, see http://depts.washington.edu/asianll/news/announcements.html.

Participants: Professor Laurence Kominz (Portland State University), Professor Paul Atkins (University of Washington), and members of the Chikamatsu-za Kabuki Troupe.

This educational event at the Seattle Asian Art Museum will provide background and perspective on understanding Kabuki theater. The event will include a discussion of the Kabuki play The Love Suicides at Sonezaki and a demonstration of make-up, costumes, and performance techniques. The event is being held in conjunction with the performances of Nakamura Ganjiro's world-famous Grand Kabuki Troupe on June 11 and 12 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. For information and tickets see http://www.theparamount.com/artists/artist.asp?key=100.

This event is cosponsored by One Reel, the Paramount Theatre, and the Seattle Asian Art Museum.

To request disability accommodations for campus events, please contact the Office of the ADA Coordinator at least ten days in advance of the event. 543-6450 (voice); 543-6425 (TDD); dso@u.washington.edu.

For more information on the Department of Asian Languages and Literature, and for updated information on events, please visit our website at http://depts.washington.edu/asianll.