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Lecture: Translating the Tale of Genji

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Japanese

Dennis Washburn, Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies, Dartmouth College, will speak about “Translating The Tale of Genji” Sponsored by Japanese Studies Department, Literary Studies Program, Comparative Literature Program and East Asian Studies. Free and open to the public

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public

Innovative Strategies Towards a Low-Carbon Society in Japan

7:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Environmental Studies, Japanese, and East Asian Studies

Dr. Gregory Trencher, Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Science and Policy at Clark University, will discuss Innovative Strategies towards a Low-Carbon Society in Japan.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

A Critical Genealogy of Japan's Fukushima Disaster

6:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Environmental Studies, History, and Japanese

Professor Robert Stolz, University of Virginia

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Contemporary Documentaries of Japan: "LONELY SWALLOWS – Living as the Children of Migrant Workers"

8:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Japanese

Please join us for this documentary film about Japanese society. LONELY SWALLOWS – Living as the Children of Migrant Workers – unveil the struggles experienced by members of mixed race minority groups in Japan.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Contemporary Documentaries of Japan: "Hafu the Film"

8:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Japanese

Please join us for this documentary film about Japanese society. Both HAFU the Film and LONELY SWALLOWS – Living as the Children of Migrant Workers – unveil the struggles experienced by members of mixed race minority groups in Japan.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Contemporary Documentaries of Japan: "Children of the Woods"

8:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Japanese

CHILDREN OF THE WOODS captures the growth of preschoolers of the Kisarazu Community Nursery School, a child care facility located in a cultivated woodland village forest in Chiba Prefecture.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Contemporary Documentaries of Japan: "Campaign"

8:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Japanese

Please join us for four recent documentary films about Japanese society. Award-winning documentary CAMPAIGN depicts a heated election campaign in Kawasaki City, Japan, by following a candidate with no political experience on the campaign trail.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public