Renaissance and Socio-Political Rebirth in Postwar Japan Francesco Campagnola (Ghent University) Date: Tuesday, November 18 Time: 4 pm Location: Toy Lounge at UNC-Chapel Hill The lecture will explore how, in the aftermath of WWII, scholars from different backgrounds – in … Read more

The Duke Japanese Hall and Japanese Program will be hosting their second film screening this semester. The film will be Departures by director Yojiro Takita. Come and learn more about Japanese culture, funeral rites, and the importance of family and friendship in this Academy … Read more

The final speaker in the Duke Asian/Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) Fall 2014 Speaker Series is Patricia Maclachlan,  Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Date: Wed., November 12 Time: 4:30 pm Location: Perkins … Read more

Makoto Yokofujita Professor of Law The Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan Date: Wednesday, November 12 Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Location: Global Education Center, Room 4003, UNC Chapel Hill Professor Yokofujita was born and raised in Hiroshima, Japan. He now teaches … Read more

Nov 6 at 7:30 pm and Nov 7 at 8:00 pm at UNC’s Memorial Hall The 20th century English composer Benjamin Britten wrote Curlew River after watching Juro Motomasa’s noh play Sumidagawa in Japan. Unmistakable in the music of Curlew River are the … Read more