News & Events

Upcoming Events:

Two Asian Studies faculty speaking at the Max Kade Center

Please check our Facebook page for news of upcoming events!

Extensive Reading Club led by Prof. Junko Markovic meets every other Thursday in 728 Old Chem.

Past Events:

Fall 2018: Representation of Borders in Ancient Japan

Spring 2018: Return from Death: Puppet Theater Play/Demons and Tengu: The Spirit World in Medieval Japan 

Spring 2017 (2): Being a Japanese Artist; Being an Artist in Japan

Spring 2017 (1): Cultivating Characters: Exemplar Tale and Women’s Education in 17th-Century Japan 

Fall 2016: Male-Male Eroticism in Japanese Visual Culture

Spring 2016: Conceptualizing Deities and Nature in Ancient Japan

Fall 2015: The Arts of the Geisha

Spring 2015: Religion, Art, and Gender (2)

Fall 2014: Religion, Art, and Gender (1)