WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2024 3:30 – 5:00 PM TEAL Reading Room, GOWEN HALL Open House / Grand Re-opening Celebration: The library completed the reading room renovation late last year, and it was the first ever renovation since the library moved to Gowen Hall in 1976. To celebrate this milestone, and to introduce the library to those

Students with any Japanese background (including no Japanese language background at all), are welcome at this workshop on manga language. Japanese manga are well known for their expressive illustrations, but less apparent to language learners is how the Japanese language contributes to the vividness of character development via yakuwariko ‘role language’ (Kinsui 2003) and hatsuwa

Special workshop for educators and UW students. In this interactive, reflective and practical workshop, William Matsuzaki with lead participants in posing various strategies to foster more welcoming, respectful, and safe learning environment/classrooms. Each person’s journey within diversity, equity, inclusion and access (DEIA) work is different, and it is important to honor each person’s place and

What can you do with a Japanese language major or minor? Are you interested in becoming a Japanese language teacher? Bring your curiosity and love of language to this workshop and learn about how you can apply your Japanese language skills in your OWN classroom! Join the President of the Washington Association of Teachers of

UW Japan Studies Program Affiliate Faculty Walter Hatch‘s latest book Ghosts in the Neighborhood: Why Japan is Haunted by its Past and Germany is Not, is now available.  In his book, Hatch debunks the conventional wisdom about why Japan remains haunted by its militarist past in Asia, but Germany does not face such ghosts in

Renovation of the Tateuchi East Asia Library (TEAL) in Gowen Hall is greatly anticipated. Here is the timeline for access to materials during closer. APRIL 15 – JUNE 10, 2022 Between April 15 and June 10, users can check out books from TEAL reference collection to use during TEAL closure. Beginning March 21, current issues

Libraries  offer more than books. Azusa Tanaka, Japanese collection librarian gives us tips on finding Japanese films. “The best way to search for the Japanese films would be to use Library of Congress subject headings such as ‘Motion pictures — Japan’ or ‘Motion pictures, Japanese’ in your UW Library Catalog Search” instructs Tanaka,  “But, you can