UC Berkeley Center for Japanese Studies

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Between Foraging and Agriculture: Intersections of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Agroecology from the Perspective of Traditional Ecological Knowle... This symposium aims to contribute to the international and interdisciplinary discussion on the relationship between food and subsistence diversity,...

Congratulations to Professor Junko Habu, Chair of the Center for Japanese Studies!

An enormous welcome to our 14 new Academy Fellows & 2 distinguished award-winners! Deeply honored to have these incredible leaders join 500+ previously named Fellows driving scientific research, education, & communication around the world. Learn more: bit.ly/49yobO7.

JASC is now accepting applications to their 2024 program! UC Berkeley students may qualify for a scholarship through CJS, please see our website for more information: https://ieas.berkeley.edu/centers/center-japanese-studies-cjs/fellowships-grants/undergraduate-student-fellowships

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The Transformation of Sino-Japanese Culture under Modernity 東アジアの近代化と日本漢学の変容　 ―今関天彭の&...

Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe has passed away at the age of 88. We remember him, and the visit he made to Berkeley in April 1999. The video of his interview with Harry Kreisler and the transcript are available on our website:

Kenzaburo Oe Interview | Institute of East Asian Studies A digitally recorded interview with Kenzaburo Oe, 1994 Nobel Laureate in Literature, made during his April 1999 visit to UC Berkeley, is now available for viewing. Please see below for a transcript of the interview.

細川俊夫 バークレー日本賞を受賞 細川俊夫がカリフォルニア大学バークレー校日本研究センターから「バークレー日本賞」を受賞

Last evening, we had a great time at the 2023 Berkeley Japan Prize Award Ceremony with internationally acclaimed composer, Toshio Hosokawa. His award acceptance speech was truly inspiring. After the acceptance speech, renowned master koto player and multi-instrumentalist Kyoko Kawamura played Hosokawa’s “koto-uta”. This was followed by a conversation with Ken Ueno, Professor of the Music of Department at UCB. Ken also moderated the Q & A session with the audience towards the end of the event. For the Japanese Press release of the award ceremony, please see below. https://nordot.app/989445088281198592

Please join us on Friday, January 20!

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The two video clips of YU Miri-san's talks in Berkeley, 1) her Berkeley Japan Prize acceptance speech and conversation with Karen Tei Yamash*ta, and 2) her class lecture about Minami-Soma, Fukushima, together with her son YANAGI Takeharu-san, are now uploaded on the CJS website!
　柳美里さんのバークレー日本賞受賞講演とカレン・テイ・ヤマシタさんとの対話（2022年9月30日）、柳丈陽さんとお二人でお話しくださった福島についての特別講演（2022年9月29日）の録画2本を、日本研究センターのYouTubeにアップしました。心のこもったご講演、改めて感謝いたします。

YU Miri, Berkeley Japan Prize Recipient: In Conversation with Karen Tei Yamash*ta YU Miri, Berkeley Japan Prize Recipient: In Conversation with Karen Tei Yamash*ta - Diasporic Imagination, History, and WritingSeptember 30, 2022 | 5-6:30 p....

Announcing 2023 JASC Program Scholarships from CJS!

The Center for Japanese Studies grants full scholarships to the Japan-American Student Conference for Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students. Awards are open to any full-time student with an interest in Japan.

The 75th JASC Conference will take place in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Nagasaki from August 2 to August 26, 2023.

For more information, please go to our website:
https://ieas.berkeley.edu/centers/center-japanese-studies-cjs/fellowships-grants/undergraduate-student-fellowships

WEBINAR: 8th Ocha Zanmai Tea Culture Conference | Department of Modern Languages and Literatures The College of Liberal & Creative Arts, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, and the Japan Center at San Francisco State University present

Did you know CJS has a YouTube channel? Check out some of our recorded events, and be sure to subscribe so you'll be the first to know when the next video is up!

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2022 SPRING CONFERMENT OF JAPANESE DECORATIONS
Professor T.J. Pempel
Decoration: Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
Service: Contributed to developing Japanese studies in the United States and promoting mutual understanding between Japan and the United States

Professor T.J. Pempel has spent over fifty years teaching and researching comparative politics, political economy, contemporary Japanese studies, and Asian regionalism at five universities in the United States, fostering the next generation of scholars. He has contributed to the development of Japanese studies in the United States and the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the United States.

Since 2001, for over 20 years, he has been a professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley and served as the director of the Institute of East Asian Studies from 2001 to 2007. During his tenure, he has endeavored to promote intellectual exchange between academics and professionals in order to connect academia with diplomacy and public policy.

Congratulations, Professor Pempel!

https://www.sf.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/22_0429.html

Congratulations Professor Murayama!
https://physics.berkeley.edu/news-events/news/20220126/hitoshi-murayama-elected-as-2021-aaas-fellow

Hitoshi Murayama Elected as 2021 AAAS Fellow | UC Berkeley Physics The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and and publisher of the Science family of journals has announced the election of a standout group of individuals across scientific disciplines to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among th...

Happy New Year | 謹 賀 新 年!

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Following the Japanese tradition, we would like to offer our best wishes on the first day of January for a peaceful, successful, and productive New Year. During the past year, CJS was able to host a series of exciting events in Spring and Fall 2021, and many of the recordings are available on the CJS YouTube channel. Please take a look at them if you have not done so. We believe that international collaborations and active dialogues in the fields of Japanese and East Asian Studies are even more important than ever under COVID-19 pandemic with uncertainties surrounding traveling abroad. Thank you again for your friendship and your continuing support for the missions of the CJS, and we look forward to seeing you, either virtually or in person, in the spring semester.

Best wishes,
Junko Habu
Tomoye Takahashi Endowed Chair in Japanese Studies
Chair, Center for Japanese Studies
UC Berkeley

The Chair for CJS, Professor Junko Habu, was recently interviewed by the Asahi Shimbun about the problems facing Japan scholars abroad who are unable to obtain student and research visas due to COVID-19. Read what she has to say here!
https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASPBQ5JJPPBQUHBI00G.html

「日本で実物見たいのに」嘆く研究者　ビザ出さぬ日本、留学生9割減：朝日新聞デジタル 　日本が、新型コロナウイルス対策を理由に留学生ビザの大半の発行を止め、再開のめどもないことに、国内外から懸念が出ている。留学生が日本に渡れないだけでなく、海外での日本研究や、日本からの留学生の受け入れ...

"Discourses of Discipline" is now available in Japanese translation! Find it at https://www.hanmoto.com/bd/isbn/9784907986117.

Published by IEAS in 2013, this anthropological study of corporal punishment in Japan has gained international attention. The author, Aaron L. Miller, teaches about sports and education at Cal State East Bay and St. Mary's College.

And if you want a copy in English, here's the link to find out more, https://ieas.directfrompublisher.com/catalog/book/discourses-discipline?fbclid=IwAR1feRUzmRbGnPUW0cE7TFk3hkXTEzrfp0tNkaFwLonDgp139M7-1ZvnCUA

Discourses of Discipline | Institute of East Asian Studies Publications Beginning with case studies, this book uncovers the "corporal punishment" (taibatsu) in Japanese schools and sports. Miller considers the definition of this controversial term, which ranges from abuse to a "necessary evil." Also discussed is the prevalence of such punishment and its acceptance and e...

Did you miss one of our events?

Selected talks have been recorded and posted to the
CJS website (https://ieas.berkeley.edu/centers/center-japanese-studies-cjs/events/past-events/recorded-events)
and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsFw1GCvexSJkp-qWSBme6g) page.

"Individual Stories behind the Fukushima Nuclear Tragedy"

April 30 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Japanese photojournalist Obara will give a talk about individual stories of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear workers in Fukushima. Many aspects of the accident and working conditions forced nuclear workers to be silent after the accident. Workers became invisible from the society. He had tried to uncover their individual stories. In this talk, Obara will also show his latest pictures in current Fukushima in 2021.

Kazuma Obara (Japan, 1985) is a photojournalist based in Japan. Focusing on personal stories in nuclear tragedy. He engaged in the project of Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear accident and Bikini nuclear testing. His long term documentary series “Exposure” received First Prize in the World Press Photo 2016 People category. Obara currently works on the project of COVID-19 under the support of National Geographic Society.

Click here to join: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/99295305259
Meeting ID 992 9530 5259

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