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Asian Languages and Cultures
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Course Spotlight: ASIAN 262- Twenty-Five Ways China Changed the World
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2024 ALC Graduation and Awards Ceremony
Highlights from the 2024 Graduation and Awards Ceremony
Events
Jan
23
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Laughter’s Time, Media’s Time: Contemporary Comedy in Japan
David Humphrey, Associate Professor of Japanese Studies and Global Studies; Director, Japanese Studies Program, Michigan State University
12:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Jan
23
South Asia Book Award Presents | Ajay and the Mumbai Sun by Varsha Shah
Varsha Shah, Author
3:00 PM
Virtual
Jan
23
CJS Winter 2025 Film Series |
Sekigahara
Directed by Harada Masato, 2h 30m, 2017
7:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Jan
24
Annual Thomas R. Trautmann Honorary Lecture | Elephants and Ecology - Expanding the Parameters of Trautmann’s Land Ethic
Patrick Olivelle, University of Texas
4:00 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
Jan
25
Korean Cinema NOW | Kim Dae Jung on the road | 길위에 김대중
2024 ‧ Documentary ‧ 2h 6m
1:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Jan
30
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Do Victims and Survivors Voices Reach Society? Changes to the Support System for Gender-based Violence in Japan
Sachiko Kita, 2024–25 Visiting Scholar, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
12:00 PM
Room 110
Weiser Hall