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Fall 2021 CJS Chair's Greetings

August 25, 2021
Tessa Machida

Dear Members of the CJS Community, Junko Habu

Welcome back to the new academic year on campus! A special warm welcome to first- and second-year graduate students whom we can finally meet in person! The COVID-19 situation continues to be unpredictable, but it is great to see colleagues, friends, and students on campus.

I am pleased to announce that we successfully launched the CJS YouTube channel to post...

Center for Japanese Studies Fall 2019 Events

December 1, 2019
Tessa Machida

Transcribing Japanese Cursive Texts from the Edo Period
September 11, 2019
Workshop
Speaker:
Ryo Akama, Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumekan University

10:00am -12:00pm: Workshop "Transcribing Japanese Cursive Texts from the Edo Period"
Participants in this workshop will have hands-on experience with transcribing Japanese cursive texts from the Edo period in the portal to Japanese Special Collections in the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley...