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Study Abroad in Japan: Bridging Scholarships

Posted on March 10, 2016 by iwang

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From The American Association of Teachers of Japanese:

The Bridging Project offers scholarships to American undergraduate students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan. Funding from private foundations and major U.S. corporations, through donations to the nonprofit US-Japan Bridging Foundation, makes it possible to award about 100 scholarships each year to assist students with the travel and living expenses they will incur while studying abroad in Japan for a semester or an academic year. Applications are accepted twice a year for Bridging Scholarships.

Qualifications, Instructions, Application Forms
Deadline for Fall 2016: April 8

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Baruch Japan Club: Japanese Conversation Class # 2

Posted on March 7, 2016 by iwang

Dear Members,

We hope you all enjoyed our study abroad session last week. This Thursday during club hours in room 11-165, we will be having our second Japanese Conversation Class with the Japanese Anime Asylum. As you may know, JCC is an event designed to help introduce students to the Japanese language as well as to help them improve their Japanese speaking skills. For this JCC, we will be collaborating with the Japanese Anime Asylum to teach you about anime phrases. Refreshments will be served as well. We hope to see you all there!

Event Information

Event: Japanese Conversation Class #2

Date: Thursday, March 10th

Time & Place: 12:45-2:05pm, VC11-165

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Ozu’s Late Spring at Film Forum

Posted on March 5, 2016 by iwang
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From Film Forum: The late, great Setsuko Hara in Late Spring.

Film Forum is screening Yasujiiro Ozu’s 1949 family drama Late Spring （晩春）until March 10.

Details | Tickets (Members $8, General $14)
Screening Times:
DAILY (except SUN/MON) 12:30  2:50  5:10  7:30  9:50
SUN 3:00  5:20  7:30  9:45
MON 12:30  2:40  4:50  8:45
Location:
Film Forum
209 West Houston St. west of 6th Ave.

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Mango Scholarships 2016

Posted on March 3, 2016 by iwang

Mango, a language-learning service to which the college currently subscribes, is offering three $1000 scholarships to students.
Here are the eligibility requirements:

  • A student who is currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at a college or university in the US.
  • A student who has plans to continue as an enrolled student in Fall 2016.
  • A student who is at least 18 years of age on or before September 1, 2016.

Announcement & Details
Application
Deadline: March 31, 2016 at 11:59pm EST

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Niponica: Introducing Modern Japan

Posted on March 1, 2016 by iwang
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from Niponica : “On March 3 every year it is common for families to celebrate their young daughters during the Hina-matsuri festival, by displaying small dolls in the home. In one region in Shizuoka Prefecture, homes are decorated with tsurushi-bina, which are made of cloth and suspended in an ornate display.” (Photo: Aflo)

Niponica is “a web magazine that introduces modern Japan to people all over the world.” It is also a useful resource for Japanese and Japanese Culture Studies students!

The newest issue, No. 17, focuses on miniatures in Japan. It is available on the web and in PDF format.

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Kamakura: Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan

Posted on February 25, 2016 by iwang

From Asia Society:
“Kamakura: Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan examines the interplay of realism and the sacred in more than thirty Buddhist masterpieces from the Kamakura period (1185–1333). ”

Asia Society will also be holding a keynote address and an exhibition viewing, along with a one-day interdisciplinary symposium (Empowering Objects: Kamakura-period Buddhist Art in Ritual Contexts) at Columbia University:

“Held in conjunction with the exhibition… this major multidisciplinary symposium brings together scholars and experts in art history, religious studies, musicology, and Japanese history to examine the multifaceted artistic traditions and spiritual practices that flourished during the Kamakura period.”

Details: Exhibition , Keynote, Symposium
Tickets/Registration:
Exhibition– $12.00; $10.00 for seniors and $7.00 for students with ID;
free for members and persons under 16 and on Fridays 6 PM – 9 PM.
Keynote–Registration Required
Symposium– RSVP required
Exhibition Period: February 9 – May 8
Keynote Date &  Time: Friday, February 26, 6:30 PM
Symposium Date & Time: Saturday 27 February, 9 AM – 6 PM, Schedule
Exhibition & Keynote Location: Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Symposium Location: Julius S. Held Lecture Hall, 304 Barnard Hall, 3rd Fl., 3009 Broadway (W117th St.)

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Baruch Japan Club: Japanese Conversation Class and GIM

Posted on February 24, 2016 by iwang

This Thursday during club hours, we will be having our first Japanese Conversation Class and GIM. JCC is an event dedicated to helping people learn and practice speaking Japanese with their peers, regardless of their skill level. Here’s your chance to practice your Japanese with other members. Refreshments will be served as well. We hope to see you all there!

Event Information

Date and Time: Thursday, February 25th, 12:45-2:05 PM

Place: VC 10-165

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Queens College: Lessons of Nagasaki

Posted on December 9, 2015 by iwang


The Queens College Japanese Studies Department is hosting a lecture by a Nagasaki’s Hibakusha.

THE LESSONS OF NAGASAKI: THE ATO BOMB FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT

The 90 minute program will include an introduction to the destructive power of nuclear weapons, an update on nuclear weapons today and the renewed international movement for a global ban on humanitarian grounds. Also eye witness testimony from a survivor of the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

Time: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 10AM – 11:30AM

Location: President’s Conference Room #2, Rosenthal Library
Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, NY 11367

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Baruch Japan Club: Japanese Conversation Class

Posted on November 5, 2015 by iwang

Dear Members,
We hope you’ve all had a great weekend! This Thursday, we will be having our second Japanese Conversation Class. JCC is an event dedicated to helping those who are interested in learning Japanese or are interested in improving on their Japanese speaking skills. Join us in our usual room, 10-165 from 12:45-2:05 PM. Feel free to invite your friends as well. Whether you’re a beginner, or you have more experience speaking Japanese, we hope to see you there!

Event: Japanese Conversation Class
Date and Time: Thursday, November 5th, 12:45-2:05 PM
Place: VC 10-165

Best Regards,
Heeyeon Jung
Secretary Trainee | Baruch Japan Club
Baruch College

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Enka singer Mika Shinno at Smalls Jazz Club

Posted on October 27, 2015 by iwang

Japanese vocalist Mika Shinno will be performing enka at Smalls Jazz Club in November. An enka ballad is a kind of Japanese popular song, a short narrative ballad which usually deals with sad love, old-type duty (giri) or sentiment (ninjo) and is sung in a tone peculiar to enka. Above is an introductory TV coverage on her live event last year in New York.

Time:
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
7:30 – 9 PM
Location:
Smalls Jazz Club
183 West 10th Street, Basement
New York City, NY 10014

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