Faculty of ArtThe UBC Meiji at 150 Committee is delighted to announce an exciting lineup of events this Spring continuing our commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Japan’s 1868 Meiji Restoration.
We look forward to seeing everybody at the stimulating events by prominent scholars of Japanese art, history, literature, and culture listed below:
1/31 – Workshop: “Photography・Modernity・Japan―写真・モダニティ・日本” (registration required)
– 11:00 AM-5:00 PM
– MOA
2/2 – Lecture Series: “Fracturing Families: Adoption for Heirship from Tokugawa to Meiji” by Dr. Marcia Yonemoto
– 4:00-5:30 PM
– Allard 106
2/8 – History Dept. Colloquium: “Illumination and its Discontents: Electricity Theft and the Political Economy of Japanese Energy” by Dr. Ian Miller
– 12:30-2:00 PM
– Buchanan Tower 1197
2/9-2/10 – Workshop: “Built Japan: Environment, City, Empire”
– Friday-Saturday 9:00-3:00 PM
– CK Choi 351
2/9 – Keynote Lecture: “Scales of History: Resonant Vibration between Family History and Global History” by Dr. Yoshimi Shunya
– 4:00-5:30 PM
– IK Barber, Lillooet Room
3/2 – Lecture Series: “The Family in Early Modern Japan: Looking for the Logic of Exceptional Choices” by Dr. Mary Elizabeth Berry
– 4:00-5:30 PM
– Allard 106
3/9 – Workshop: “Gendering War and Peace in Modern Japan”
– 1:00-5:00 PM
– IK Barber, Lillooet Room