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Ideologies and Theories of Literature:
Tsubouchi Shôyô's Shôsetsu Shinzui (Essence of the Novel, 1885-6) as a Mirror for Natsume Sôseki's Bungakuron (Theory of Literature, 1907)
Michael Bourdaghs, University of Chicago
Monday, 21 April 2008, 3:30 p.m.
Thomson 317
This paper takes up the two most important works of literary theory in Meiji Japan, using recent scholarship on Shôyô's work by such scholars as Kamei Hideo and Atsuko Ueda to rethink Sôseki's 1907 attempt to construct a universal, scientific theory of literature. It explores how Sôseki's theory sidestepped some of the ideological blindspots of Shôyô's approach -- only to reproduce some of those same problematic political implications at another level.
Professor Bourdaghs specializes in modern Japanese literature, culture, and intellectual history; popular music; literary and critical theory. He is the author of The Dawn That Never Comes: Shimazaki Tôson and Japanese Nationalism (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003).
Co-sponsored by the East Asia Center, the Japan Studies Program, and the Simpson Center. |
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Careers Using Foreign Language Skills
in the US Department of State
Robert B. Laing
Diplomat in Residence, Arizona State University
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 1:00 2:00 p.m.
Gowen M218 (Student Lounge)
Learn about careers in the Foreign Service, particularly for diverse candidates and for speakers of critical languages. The “amazing” experience
of living and working in China as a diplomat will also be shared.
Robert B. Laing is the Diplomat-in-Residence at Arizona State University, a member
of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State, with extensive experi-
ence in China. Over the past 30 years, he has served in Egypt, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Tai-
wan, Hong Kong, and twice in Beijing, all in Public Diplomacy positions. His most
recent job in Beijing included managing the US-China Fulbright program, among
other things. Mr. Laing also served as Embassy press spokesman in Beijing in the
mid-90s, and as Public Affairs Officer in Hong Kong.
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Haeree Park, University of Washington
Variability and Consistency of Chinese
Writings from the Warring States Period (480-221 B.C.)
Friday, March 14
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Thomson 211 |
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Tomiko Yoda, Duke University
All Frills: Girlie Taste and Consumer Culture in Japan
Friday, 7 March 2008, 3:30 p.m.
Communications 226 |
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Marilyn Ivy, Columbia University
The World is Superflat: Art and Politics in Contemporary Japan
Monday, 25 February 2008, 3:30 p.m.
Denny 401 |
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Contemporary Japanese Author Series:
Kakuta
Mitsuyo
Simpson Center for the Humanities
Friday, 15 February 2008, 3:00 p.m.
Communications 206
This event is made possible by support from the Japanese Consulate in Seattle and Kodansha International. |
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Jiwon Shin, University of California at Berkeley
Collecting Su Shi: Material Culture and Literati Self-Fashioning in Early Nineteenth Century Korea
Monday, 11 February 2008, 11:00 a.m.
Thomson 317
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Michio Tsutsui,
University of Washington
Is there a copula in Japanese?
Thursday, 24 January 2008, 3:30 p.m.
Communications 226 |
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Cheng Yu-yu, National Taiwan University
Visiting Professor, Harvard University
Correlative Thinking, Recitation and the
Realization of Desire in early Han Fu
Friday, June 1, 2007, 3:30 p.m.
Savery 211 |
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Patronage, Performance, Procession and Pilgrimage: Channels of the Flow of Religious Exchange in Early Modern India
Speakers include Monika Boehm-Tettelbach, University of Heidelberg, Véronique Bouiller (Paris), Hans Bakker (Groningen, the Netherlands), Jack Hawley, Columbia University, Navina Haider, Metropolitan Museum, NY, Vasudha Dalmia, UC Berkeley, and many others
Friday & Saturday, 18-19 May 2007, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thomson 317
The Department of Asian Languages and Literature, Comparative Religion Program, and South Asia Center will co-sponsor with the Scholarly Exchange Program of the College of Arts and Sciences this international symposium. Speakers are important scholars from India, Paris and Germany and the US (New York, Berkeley, and Chicago). |
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Participants include (but are not limited to):
Monika Boehm-Tettelbach (University of Heidelberg): Pārasbhāg: Bhāī Aḍḍaṇ’s Translation of Al-Ghazālī’s Kimiyā-i Sa ‘ādat
Véronique Bouiller (Paris): The Pilgrimage to Kadri Monastery (Mangalore, Karnataka): a Nāth Yogῑ Performance
Navina Haidar (Metropolitan Museum, NY): Piety With Humor: Separate Currents in Kishangarh Paintings
Heidi Pauwels (UW): Where "Urdu" meets "Braj": Nāgrīdās’ Engagement with Rekhtā
Prem Pahlajrai (UW): Niścaladāsa: a 19th century Vedāntin Dādῡpanthī Philospher
Anand Mishra (University of Heidelberg):Shifting Parameters of Religious Discourses: A Study of Śrī-satsiddhānta-martaṇḍa
Jack Hawley (Barnard College, Columbia University, NY):The Bhāgavata Mahātmya in Context
Vasudha Paramasivan (University of California, Berkeley) Earthly/Unearthly pilgrimage: The Journey to Ayodhya in the Ᾱnand laharῑ
Hans Bakker (University of Groningen, The Netherlands): Rāma Devotion in a Śaiva Holy Place: The Case of Vārāṇasī
Purnima Dhavan (UW): Possible Pasts: Ram Sukh Rao's Jassa Singh Binod: The Writing of a Sikh
History
Vasudha Dalmia (Berkeley):Pilgrimage, Fairs and the Secularization of Space in Modern Hindi Narrative
Discourse
Ulrike Stark (Chicago): Publishers as Patrons and the Commercialization of Religious Texts
Download schedule and abstracts (PDF)
For more information:
Contact: Heidi Pauwels
hpauwels@u.washington.edu
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落語 Rakugo: Traditional
Japanese Comic Storytelling
Katsura Koharudanji, Special Advisor
For Cultural Exchange, Agency For Cultural Affairs,
Japan
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Communications 120
Free Admission, Open to
Public
In Japanese; performance
with English subtitles.
Rakugo “punch-line” comedy
storytelling, unlike the rarefied styles
of Kabuki and Noh, is a form of traditional popular
entertainment that relates the trials and tribulations
of the common man. From ghosts to geisha, samurai
to salarymen, the solo performer brings scores
of characters to life in tales punctuated by
gestures, the occasional adlib, and a characteristic
punch line. Dressed in full kimono, the rakugoka sits
on a silk cushion, and with only a fan and a
handkerchief for props, he populates the stage
with lusty young men and beautiful maidens (and
the occasional cow).
Katsura Koharudanji III performs
in the Kamigata rakugo style, which originated
in Osaka. He recently pioneered the performance
of rakugo in temples and has established
a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion
of rakugo. He has received the Japanese
Ministry of Culture’s New Performers Award and
Europe’s most prestigious comedy award, the Perrier
Award. Koharudanji has performed all around the
world, including at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Following a brief lecture, the classical rakugo story
“Otama-ushi”
will be performed. Portions
of this performance may not be appropriate for
younger audiences.
Co-sponsored by the Consulate-General
of Japan in Seattle, in cooperation with Everett
Community College’s Nippon
Business Institute, and the Department
of Asian Languages and Literature at University
of Washington.
For more information:
Contact: Aki Takeda at 206.682.9107 ext. 134 or e-mail:
takeda@cgjapansea.org
or Akiko Iwata
at: iwata3@uwashington.edu
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 The 39th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages & Linguistics, hosted by the Department of Asian Languages & Literature
September 14-17, 2006
University of Washington campus
Over 100 scholars from around the world met in Seattle in mid-September for this annual conference on the Sino-Tibetan language family. The hundreds of Sino-Tibetan languages (including Chinese, Burmese, and Tibetan) are spoken across a large part of Asia ranging from India to Vietnam. The 92 presentations included three invited keynote addresses: "Nominalization in Rawang, with an excursus on 'descriptive' linguistics and linguistic theory" by Randy LaPolla, "The Lingua Franca cycle and the map of Tibeto-Burman Languages" by Robbins Burling, and "Proto-Min numerals" by Jerry Norman (UW emeritus). The full program, presentation abstracts, and other information are available on the conference web site. |
Alisa Freedman, University of Oregon
Modernist Sketches
of Tokyo Stations: How Stories of Ordinary Places
Recall What History Forgot
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 3:30 p.m.
Communications 226 |
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World of Grand
Kabuki at the Seattle Asian Art Museum
A special event 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.
Panel Discussion on the Kabuki play The
Love Suicides at Sonezaki
Participants: Professor Laurence Kominz (Portland State University),
Professor Ted Mack (University of Washington), and legendary
performer Nakamura Ganjiro III of the Chikamatsu-za Kabuki Troupe.
Make-up, Wig and Costume Demonstration: Members
of the Chikamatsu-za Kabuki Troupe.
Saturday, 11 June 2005,
2:00-4:00
Stimson Auditorium, Seattle
Asian Art Museum
English explanation and translation will be
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Two Japanese Short Stories
Read by Ichiji Nanako, Kai Daisuke, Kanai Keiko
Kôda Aya's "Otôto" and Ishimure Michiko's "Kûkai jôdo"
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 6:00-8:00
Gowen Hall 201
This performance will be presented entirely in Japanese.
No English interpretation will be provided. |
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Sex and Food in the Films of Asia
Moderated by Professors Davinder Bhowmik and Sudeshna Sen (University of Washington)
Itami Jûzô's "Tampopo" (1985)
Sunday, 22 May 2005, 5:30-8:00
Ethnic Cultural Theatre, 3940 Brooklyn Avenue, NE |
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Paul Anderer, Columbia University
Kurosawa in Black and White
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 3:30-5:00
Thomson Hall 134
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A Special Public Lecture Presented in Japanese
Professor Keiko Kanai, Waseda University
Masaoka Shiki and the Appeal of Haiku
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 6:30pm
Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, University of Washington campus
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John Christopher Hamm, University of Washington
Faculty publication talk: Paper Swordsmen: Jin Yong and the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel (University of Hawai'i Press)
Thursday, 10 March 2005, 7:00pm
University Book Store, 4326 University Way, 634-3400
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Sudeshna Sen, University of Utah
Sublime Darkness in Heian Diary Literature
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Communications 226
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John Treat, Yale University
Colonial Seoul in Japanese and Korean Fiction: Scenes from a Forgotten Landscape
Sunday, 24 October 2004, 10:45am-12:00pm
Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, University of Washington campus
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Mori Tatsuya, director of the ground-breaking documentaries A and A2 on the Aum Shinrikyô religion, visited the University of Washington to speak before a screening of A2. The showing was followed by a panel discussion and a question-and-answer session.
Sunday, May 16, 2004, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Kane Hall 220 |
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Christine Marran,
University of Minnesota
Submissive Masculinity or Transhistorical Femininity?: Reading Okamoto Kanoko and the Japanese Romantics
Tuesday, May 11, 2004, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Communications 202 |
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James Dorsey,
Dartmouth University
Narrating the Heroes of Pearl Harbor: Literary Imagination in Wartime Japan
Monday, November 24, 2003, 3:30-5:00 pm
Savery 245
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Tom Hare,
Princeton University
Vision, Freedom and Forgetfulness: Towards an Ethics of Performance in Medieval Japan
Friday, October 24, 2003; 3:30-5:00 pm
Communications 226
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Japanese
Humanities Lecture Series
Monday, April 28 - Friday, May 30, 2003
Li
Fang-Kuei Symposium
August 15-17, 2002
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