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U-M Center for Japanese Studies Lecture Series
Every Thurs. (except Nov. 28). Talks by U-M and visiting scholars.
Nov. 7: “The Uniqueness of Japanese Documentary Films: Focusing on the Minamata Series.” U-M Japanese studies visiting professor Kenji Ishizaka discusses Japanese director Noriaki Tsuchimoto’s 40-year documentation of the spread of Minamata disease, a neurological condition caused by mercury poisoning.
Nov. 14: “Tyrannical Tigers and Endangered Cats: Why Are the Korean Scholar-Bureaucrats Always So Important in Modern Japan?” Japanese sociocultural anthropologist Shimpei Cole Ota discusses what he calls “a Japanese version of orientalism” and evolving Japanese views of South Korea.
Nov. 21: “Other ‘Punks’ in Late 1970s–1980s Cinema and Visual Culture in Japan: Gender, Documentary, Ephemerality.” U-M Japanese studies postdoctoral fellow Kirsten Seuffert discusses the intersection of cinema and punk culture in late 70s & early 80s Japan.
Noon–1:30 p.m., 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church. Free. (734) 764–6307.
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