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Dates: 5/2/2015（Sat）〜５/17/2015（Sun）
open hour: 13:30-18:00
closed: Monday
www.j-collabo.org

◎Artists
Masaaki Sato
Paweł Wojtasik
Tomokazu Matsuyama
Beñat Lopez Iglesias
Toda Fumiko
Tang-Wei Hsu
Youki Ideguchi

This exhibition explores the relations between the history and concepts of the decorative expression in Japan and actual artworks of the New York-based contemporary artists who inherited those expression. (Curated by Youki Ideguchi)
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●opening events
May 2nd(sat)
15:00~

●special events
May 16th(sat)
15:00~

◎Soga Shohaku (1730-1781)
”Man of Odd Vision”
Illusttrated Lecture by Miyeko Murase (Professor Emerita, Columbia University)
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◎Talk show
by Masaaki Sato as a special guest artist

If you have an intention to take a Japanese course (JPN1001, 1002 or 4003) in Fall 2015 and are not able to register for it since all those classes are now closed, please complete the  following online form. Once a new class is opened, we will let you know. Do NOT fill out this form if you have already registered for one of those courses.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WR58ZC2

A weekend celebrating traditional and contemporary Japanese culture. 

http://www.bbg.org/visit/event/sakura_matsuri_2015

At the International Conference of Undergraduate Research, you will be able to present your academic research to audiences in NY, Seattle, Singapore, England, South Africa, Malaysia, Australia. Your paper can be from any field. You will gain support and training in writing a conference abstract and delivering an effective presentation. You may have an opportunity to publish in Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research based in Warwick, UK. Furthermore, you will receive a certificate for presenting.

To Apply:
Submit a 250 word abstract
Deadline:
Call for papers closes Friday, May 25, 2015.
To Volunteer:
Contact Chair of History, Katherine Pence, at [email protected]
Details

Time:
Sept 28-30, 2015
Location:
Baruch Library’s Baruch Computing and Technology Center (BCTC)

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My name is Koichi. I work at Tofugu, LLC, a company that creates Japanese learning products (WaniKani, TextFugu, EtoEto), and also runs a blog (Tofugu) about Japanese language, history, and culture. Every year we do a summer internship. I want to help out students who love Japan and/or the Japanese language. I remember when I graduated from college there weren’t many opportunities to use what I learned from Japanese Studies major. So we try to help with that.

I was hoping you would be able to pass along this internship opportunity to your students, or forward it to the correct person in your department. Here is our jobs posting:

http://jobs.tofugu.com/#intern

The due date for the application is May 3, 2015.

The internship pays $12/hour, last 3 months, and the intern will work for 30-40 hours a week. They will be able to use their Japan/Japanese knowledge and have a direct impact on the success of the business. One thing I think we do a really good job at is allowing the intern to focus on an area they want to learn about in particular. Of course, they help us out, but we really want them to learn valuable skills that will help them when they graduate.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions about it.

Thank you so much,
Koichi
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REMINDER: April 24, 2015 (Friday) 5:00 PM at the Miller Theatre, Columbia University
Experiencing the World of Japanese Noh Theater Dance
Featuring Hisa UZAWA and Hikaru UZAWA

Hisa Uzawa and Hikaru Uzawa (Noh performers)

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture will host a Noh theater demonstration at the Miller Theatre. We are excited and honored to have Hisa Uzawa, a prominent Noh performer from Japan, and her daughter, Hikaru Uzawa, also a lead Noh performer, show us dance sequences and introduce us to the world of Noh.

The 2014-2015 Soshitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture
Experiencing the World of Japanese Noh Theater Dance
Featuring Hisa UZAWA and Hikaru UZAWA
Friday 24 April, 5:00 PM
Miller Theatre (click here for directions), Columbia University
Free and open to the public

One of the first women to act as a lead shite performer in a traditional Noh lineage, Hisa Uzawa is a prominent member of the Tessenkai branch of the Kanze School of Noh theater. She has been designated as a “cultural treasure” by the Japanese government. In their New York debut, she and her daughter Hikaru will introduce the dynamics and techniques of the six-hundred-fifty year tradition of dance that lies at the heart of the Noh theater. The Uzawas will perform climactic dance sequences from four major plays and present behind-the-scenes details of costume and choreography.

http://www.japansociety.org/event/life-of-cats-selections-from-the-hiraki-ukiyo-e-collection

EXHIBITION

Life of Cats:
Selections from the Hiraki Ukiyo-e Collection

Friday, March 13 — Sunday, June 7

Image: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892),Looking Tiresome: The Appearance of a Virgin of the Kansei Era (detail) from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners, 1888. Color woodblock print; 22 ½ x 16 inches. Courtesy Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation.

Through radically restricted means, On Kawara’s work engages the personal and historical consciousness of place and time. Kawara’s practice is often associated with the rise of Conceptual art, yet in its complex wit and philosophical reach, it stands well apart.

On Kawara’s paintings were first shown at the Guggenheim Museum in the 1971 Guggenheim International Exhibition. Over 40 years later this large exhibition will transform the Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda—itself a form that signifies movement through time and space—into a site within which audiences can reflect on an artistic practice of cumulative power and depth.

Time: Until May 3
Admission: Adults: $25
Students and Seniors (65 years +) with valid ID: $18
Children under 12 and Members: Free
Details: Museum Website / Exhibition Website

My Camera Doesn’t Lie? Documentary Aesthetics in East Asia

April 24 – May 21, 2015
Columbia University
116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Free and open to the public

The relationship between art and documentary is complex and evolving. Focusing on the rich history of art in East Asia, this informal panel and screening series will attempt to open a larger discussion, by inviting scholars across disciplines to examine a selection of works and to consider the series of questions.

These questions will address the relationship between truth and fiction in exposing ‘the real’, the position of ‘documentation’ in art, artists’ access to tools, the particular social and political conditions from which this work emerges, and the way this hybrid work may challenge official narratives and the history of art in the region. Consideration will also be given to issues of institutional collection and display.

The screening program will include selections by Toshio MATSUMOTO (b.1932, Japan), WANG Jianwei (b.1958, China), CHEN Chieh-jen (b.1960, Taiwan), Sung Hwan KIM (b.1975, Korea), and ZHOU Tao (b.1976, China). Acknowledging the concept of truth as a construct, these works are far from indexical representations of reality. Rather, they fluidly traverse multiple media and creative practices — video, photography, performance, conceptual art and documentary modes — to question the relationship between fact and fiction, art and society, and to investigate history, politics and the economy.

Panel Discussion