CJS announces four special events honoring acclaimed filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.
Dear Colleagues and Friends of CJS,
CJS Chair
Duncan Williams
We are halfway through our 50th anniversary celebration and are happy to announce the 2009 Berkeley Japan Prize winner, the acclaimed filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.
During this 50th anniversary year, we have featured one major event a month that showcases the myriad ways in which Japan engages the world in arenas as far afield as anime, baseball, politics, and education. Thus far, many of our events have been built around prominent figures on the global stage such as the novelist Murakami Haruki (literature), Ogata Sadako (diplomacy), and Ito Toyo (architecture). In the fall 2009, we look forward to an international conference on Japanese Buddhism; an exploration of the connections between Japan and Japanese America, featuring a keynote by Norman Mineta; a celebration of Japanese cuisine and food culture; and a look to the past and future of Japanese Studies. We hope the program has something for everyone. Please join us!
Duncan Williams
Chair, Center for Japanese Studies
University of California, Berkeley