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ALT A dark blue graphic with white text and maize accents provides a brief description of the 2027-28 Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japanese Studies at the U-M Center for Japanese Studies. Researchers in all fields of Japanese studies are welcome to apply, and the deadline to do so is January 7, 2027. Applications must be submitted through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/195843. Any questions may be sent to [email protected].
ALT A graphic that reads: Yasuko Yokoshi, A History of Unowned Dance: Bodies in Transmission, Oct. 15, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, East Hall 4448. Features a black-and-white photo of the speaker, as well as a photo of her performing a dance piece on a stage, wearing a kimono and holding a fan.
ALT A graphic that reads: Yasuko Yokoshi, A History of Unowned Dance: Bodies in Transmission, Oct. 15, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, East Hall 4448. Features a black-and-white photo of the speaker, as well as a photo of her performing a dance piece on a stage, wearing a kimono and holding a fan.
ALT Graphic that reads "Kanako Uzawa, Oct. 1, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, Weiser 1010 & Zoom, Living Ainu Art: Community, Nature, and Intergenerational Knowledge through Song and Dance." Includes a photo of the speaker. She is crouching outside a large gray, museum-like building, looking pensive as she looks up at the sky.
ALT Graphic featuring a photo of the full moon, a photo of the Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory against a starry background. It reads: Sept. 25, 2026, Full Moon Festival, Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory 6:00 pm: Astronomy Talks, Hybrid, registration required. 8:00-11:00 pm: Full Moon Fest Activities, observatory tours, & telescope Moon viewing! 추석 月見 中秋節
ALT Graphic that reads "Kanako Uzawa, Oct. 1, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, Weiser 1010 & Zoom, Living Ainu Art: Community, Nature, and Intergenerational Knowledge through Song and Dance." Includes a photo of the speaker. She is crouching outside a large gray, museum-like building, looking pensive as she looks up at the sky.
ALT A graphic that reads: Sept. 24, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, East Hall 4448 & Zoom, Rivers and the Politics of Temporality in Ainu Mosir, Michael J. Ioannides. Features a photo of the speaker smiling and a small motorized boat with a small wooden vessel latched to the side, floating on a small river with a small concrete bridge in the background.
ALT A graphic that reads: Sept. 24, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, East Hall 4448 & Zoom, Rivers and the Politics of Temporality in Ainu Mosir, Michael J. Ioannides. Features a photo of the speaker smiling and a small motorized boat with a small wooden vessel latched to the side, floating on a small river with a small concrete bridge in the background.
ALT A graphic that reads: Joy Taniguchi, Gathering Fading Voices: Endangered Dialect Research in Japan Today, Sept. 17, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, East Hall 4448 & Zoom. It features a photo of the speaker smiling and a photo of a wooden footbridge over a wide river in the Japanese mountains on a clear day.
ALT Graphic featuring a photo of the full moon, a photo of the Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory against a starry background. It reads: Sept. 25, 2026, Full Moon Festival, Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory 6:00 pm: Astronomy Talks, Hybrid, registration required. 8:00-11:00 pm: Full Moon Fest Activities, observatory tours, & telescope Moon viewing! 추석 月見 中秋節
ALT A graphic that reads: Joy Taniguchi, Gathering Fading Voices: Endangered Dialect Research in Japan Today, Sept. 17, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, East Hall 4448 & Zoom. It features a photo of the speaker smiling and a photo of a wooden footbridge over a wide river in the Japanese mountains on a clear day.
ALT A graphic that reads "Fall 2026 Noon Lecture Series, Thursdays, 12-1:30 pm ET. Gathering Fading Voices: Endangered Dialect Research in Japan Today, 9/17. Rivers and the Politics of Temporality in Ainu Mosir, 9/24. Living Ainu Art: Community, Nature, and Intergenerational Knowledge through Song and Dance, 10/1. A History of Unowned Dance: Bodies in Transmission, 10/15. Nourishing Life: Cultures of Food and Health in Early Modern Japan, 11/5. When Self-Empowerment Goes South (or East, More Precisely): Gender, Neoliberalism, and Romance Fraud in Japan, 11/12"
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