The Project for Premodern Japan Studies in collaboration with
The University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute announces:

The 2008 Summer Kambun Workshop:
When Retired Monarchs Led the Court—From Heian to Kamakura

July 14-August 8, 2008

The Project for Premodern Japan Studies in the History Department of the University of Southern California announces the fourth annual summer Kambun Workshop for graduate students and faculty in premodern Japan studies. We are pleased to announce a new collaborative relationship with the University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute. Professor Motoo Endō of the Historiographical Institute will co-lead the workshop with Professor Joan Piggott of the USC History Department. The 2008 workshop will focus on materials from the late Heian and Kamakura periods, and will consist of practice in the reading, analysis, annotation, and translation of historical texts from this era. The primary language of the workshop will be Japanese, but translation into English is also emphasized. Translations from the Workshop will be published on the USC Kambun Workshop website. Sessions will be held Monday through Friday from July 14 to August 8 in the USC East Asia Library. Applicants must have reading and spoken fluency in Japanese and they must have completed basic course work in classical Japanese and a basic course in Kambun or classical Chinese.

Tuition for the workshop is $1700. On-campus housing will be available. Applicants should seek financial assistance from their home institutions. Please see the application for options. Applications are due March 17, 2008, and registration deposits are due May 5, 2008.

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