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U-M Center for Japanese Studies Lecture Series
Oct. 9, 16, & 30. Talks by U-M and visiting scholars.
Oct. 9: “Scripting Suicide in Japan.” University of Texas Asian studies professor Kirsten Cather discusses examples of Japanese death poems, suicide notes, memorials, and suicide manuals.
Oct. 16: U-M Japanese studies postdoctoral fellow Thomas Monaghan on “Island Societies and Maritime Networks between Ryukyu and Japan: The Amami Islands, 1609-1878.”
Oct. 30: “Finding Refined Friends: The Magazine Gayū (1951–70) and Sinitic Poetry in Postwar Japan.” U-M Japanese Studies visiting professor Matthew Fraleigh discusses how this magazine provided a forum for discussion of Japan’s Chinese-based poetic traditions.
Noon–1:30 p.m., 555 (Oct. 9 & 30) & 747 (Oct. 16) Weiser Hall, 500 Church. Free. (734) 764–6307.
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