We are saddened to announce that Kyoko Tokuno, one of the longest serving senior lecturers at the Jackson School with Comparative Religion and Japan Studies, passed away on September 28, 2021, in Seattle. She was 77 years old. Tokuno joined the University of Washington and the Jackson School nearly 20 years ago, and taught courses on Buddhism and world

Grants for the Study of East and Southeast Asian Languages The grant application period for language grants for the 2022/2023 academic year is OPEN! Since 1990, the Blakemore Foundation, with the support of The Freeman Foundation, has awarded over $20 million in grants to graduating seniors, college graduates, graduate students and working professionals for an

UW Japan Studies professor of architecture Ken Tadashi Oshima will join Hitoshi Abe (UCLA) to host the second event of JAPAN HOUSE LA’s lecture series on the application of MA (time/space consciousness) in a variety of cultural spheres. This webinar in the Rethinking of MA Webinar Series will examine MA in Japanese contemporary architecture. Manabu Chiba, Professor of Tokyo University and Principal

Wanting to begin or deepen your language skills? UW Summer Sessions classes are open to all, including members of the public and high school students.   The department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington will be offering several Japanese language and Japan-related courses remotely (online) Summer 2021: Japan 343: Japanese Language in Society

The UW American Ethnic Studies program has launched a four part series titled the Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Lecture Series. This series brings four scholars from various fields whose work delves deep into the issues Asian/American women face today.  Next in the series:  A Refugee Critique of Representations: On Criticality and Creativity May 28, 2021

The new Kenneth B. Pyle Prize for Best Article in the JJS honors the founding editor of the Journal of Japanese Studies.  The prize —  accompanied by $250 — will be awarded annually for a JJS research article published in the previous year.  The winner of the 2020 prize will be announced in the summer

The UW Japan Studies Program is Proud to Sponsor Spaces of Creative Resistance 2021, a research initiative by UW Faculty Andrea Gevurtz Arai (JSIS & UW Japan Studies Program) and Jeff Hou (Dept. of Landscape Architecture & UW Taiwan Studies Program). The three day workshop, called “Public Spaces, Creative Action, Democratic Practices in East Asia,”

Learning from Remote Japanese Language Instruction: Building on the Past to Equip Ourselves for the Future Saturday, May 15th, 2021 | 10:00 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Pacific Time) Virtually on Zoom – Register Below A workshop for teachers of Japanese language. English: Below Japanese Description 遠隔授業の経験を今後の日本語教育にどう活かすべきか  コンワークショップの趣旨： ２０２０年３月以降パンデミックによる遠隔での日本語教育が全米で始まり、１年が経ちます。この一年で、多くの日本語教師が今までに経験したことのない方法で授業を進め、それに伴い、多くのものを失う中で、新しい知識、技術を身につけ、磨きをかけてきました。全米でパンデミックの収束が加速し、２０２１−２年度の授業の多くが従来の対面授業に戻ろうとしています。そのような過渡期を迎え、この１年間全国の日本語教師がしてきた工夫、創意について情報を交換し、今後対面授業の中でどう反映していけるかを考える機会を持ちたいと考えております。今回のワークショップでは、 ケンタッキー大学　丹野幸治先生 カリフォルニア大学ロサンゼルス校　林あさ子先生 を講師にお迎えし、Zoomにおいてワークショップを以下の日程で行います。 日時：２０２１年５月１５日（土）午前１０時〜１２時（太平洋岸夏時間） ワークショップ後、午後１時まで個別のトピック別小グループでのブレークアウトセッションも予定しております。 登録フォーム：https://forms.gle/M4i3H3QKcgbRshLw8 参加者には５月１０日までに、ZoomのミーティングIDをお送りいたします。

We are excited to watch the renovation process taking place at the Tateuchi East Asia Library. Current plans for changes are visible virtually.  Take the tour and see what updates to the space have been proposed: more meeting spaces, better facilities, expanded computer access and more!

Andrea Gevurtz Arai, instructor (araia2@uw.edu) Spring seminar: F, 1:30-4:20 “Spaces of Creative Resistance in East Asia” This seminar course focuses on the spaces, places and creativity of social resistance projects across East Asia. We will explore the socio-cultural and political economic contexts of their emergence, the background and impetus for their participants to become involved;