A WORKSHOP:
Reading Heian Kambun

July 10-August 4, 2006
Flyer (pdf)

The Project for Premodern Japan Studies in the History Department of the University of Southern California announces the third annual summer Kambun Workshop for graduate students and faculty in premodern Japan studies. Professor Eiichi Ishigami of the University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute, who specializes in the history of the Nara and Heian periods, will lead the workshop with Professor Joan Piggott of the USC History Department. The 2006 workshop will focus on the reading, analysis, annotation, and translation of Heian-period (794-1180) materials. The primary language of the workshop will be Japanese, but translation into English is also emphasized. Sessions will be held Monday through Friday from July 10 to August 4 in the USC East Asia Library. Applicants must be fluent in Japanese and they must have completed basic course work in classical Japanese and either classical Chinese or kambun.

Cost of the workshop, including lodging, is $2470. Some fellowhip assistance will be available. However, applicants should seek financial assistance from their home insti- tutions. Applications may be downloaded from the USC Kambun Workshop website at http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/history/kambun. Applications are due March 15, 2006. Registration deposits are due May 3, 2006.

For further details contact
Professor Joan Piggott
University of Southern California
Department of History, Social Sciences Bldg.
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0034
Phone: (213) 821-5872 Fax: (213) 740-6999
joanrp@usc.edu

Last updated: June 26, 2009