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2021-2022 IJS Events

Academic Programming

September 29, 2021
IJS/CLLC Workshop
"Poetry Translation Across Languages"

October 11, 2021
IJS Career Event/Lecture: Brandon Schindewolf
"Crossroads: The Japanese Entertainment Industry, My Experiences, and Where We Go From Here"

October 21, 2021
IJS Lecture: Beth Carter
"Rethinking Sino-U.S. Politics through Chimerican Media: Rising China and the Transpacific Turns"

October 25, 2021
IJS Lecture: Michiko Ueda
"Suicide and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan"

November 2, 2021
IJS Lecture: Nozomi Tanaka
"Subject Advantage in the Acquisition of Relative Clauses: The Case of Japanese"

November 15, 2021
IJS Lecture: Kaoru Iokibe
"19th-Century Cholera to COVID-19: Ohioan John A. Bingham and Japan's Diplomatic Responses to Infectious Diseases"

February 21, 2022
IJS 2022 Brad Richardson Memorial Lecture: Christine Yano
"Bridging Divides: The Work of Cultural Ambassadorships in Contemporary Japan"

March 2, 2022
IJS Lecture: Michi Shiina
"'Law of Gradual Decrease in Respect in Honorifics' and Inflation of Politeness: Shift from Honorifics to Benefactives in Japanese"