Center for Japanese Studies

Professor Emerita Mary Elizabeth Berry Receives Award for Scholarly Distinction from the American Historical Association

October 8, 2019
Tessa Machida

In 1984 the American Historical Association (AHA) Council established the American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction to honor senior historians and their lifetime achievements in the United States. We are pleased to announce that Professor Emerita Mary Elizabeth Berry has been selected as a winner for the 2019 prize.

Congratulations, Professor Berry...

New book by Professor Grace Lavery

September 24, 2019
Tessa Machida

Quaint, Exquisite Book CoverFrom the opening of trade with Britain in the 1850s, Japan occupied a unique and contradictory place in the Victorian imagination, regarded as both a rival empire and a cradle of exquisite beauty. Quaint, Exquisite explores the enduring impact of this dramatic encounter, showing how the rise of Japan led to a...

JAPANESE STUDIES DISSERTATION WORKSHOP Remapping Asia: Conflicting and Collective Political Goals

August 29, 2019
Tessa Machida

We are now accepting applications for the last of three planned workshops funded by the Japan Foundation.

JAPANESE STUDIES DISSERTATION WORKSHOP oldjapaneseempiremap Remapping Asia: Conflicting and Collective Political Goals Japanese Studies Dissertation workshop...

2015 Kuzushiji Workshop

Soseki's Diversity

Perspectives on 70 Years of the Nuclear Age

Media Histories / Media Theories & East Asia

Berkeley Buddhist Ritual Music Symposium

Center for Japanese Studies Fall 2011 Events

December 1, 2011
Tessa Machida

The Sumidagawa Project — Noh Screening: JETAANC Kabuki Club Special Event
September 11, 2011 — 200–4:30 p.m.
Moderator: JETAANC Kabuki Club, Japan Exchange & Teaching Program Alumni Association of Northern California
Center for Japanese Studies, JETAANC Kabuki Club

Three versions. One haunting tale.

A mother searches for her lost son. Driven half-mad with worry, she meets a ferryman on the Sumida River who may know something. But is she prepared to learn the truth?...

Center for Japanese Studies Spring 2014 Events

June 1, 2014
Tessa Machida

Film Exhibition Culture in Osaka, 1896–1926: The Cultural Geography of Movie Theaters
Colloquium
Speaker: Keiko Sasagawa, Associate Professor, Kansai University
Date: January 10, 2014 | 3:00 p.m.
Location: East Asian Library, Art History Seminar Room

When and in what ways did film culture take shape in Osaka? In what ways did it change over time? In the Meiji and Taisho Periods, Tokyo prospered as a site of both film...