Project for Premodern Japan Studies

The Project for Premodern Japan Studies of the USC College was established in 2003 to nurture and coordinate the study of premodern Japan at USC. Under Director Joan R. Piggott, Gordon L. MacDonald Professor of History, the mission of the Project is to build a premier program and a thriving community of scholars working in the premodern Japan field at USC. The priorities of the Project include the recruitment of leading faculty and graduate students in the field to multiple disciplines across the university. The Project serves as a center for the organization of the Summer Kambun Workshop; the development of a world-class premodern Japan research collection in USC’s East Asian Library; the coordination of a vibrant Visitor Series that includes speakers, workshops, and conferences; and a new Monograph Series under the USC College East Asia Studies Center imprint. Through the Graduate College and History Department the Project also provides fellowships for graduate study in premodern Japanese History.

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September 25, 2009 "What Were Murasaki Shikibu and her Peers Really Thinking" 「源氏物語」の作者・紫式部の心を探る－作者と同じ中流貴族に属する女性の描き方に焦点をあてて Prof. Hiroaki Sera, Shikoku University (In Japanese) Prof. Joan Piggott, moderator. Japan Foundation Conference Room, 333 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2250 2:00-4:00 PM Reservation required — please call (213) 621-2267 for more information. October 26, 2009 Prof. M.E. Lewis of Stanford will discuss his series of books on early Chinese history. Details TBA. SOS 250 November 16, 2009 Prof. Ken'ichi Sasaki of Meiji University will discuss his research on Kanto-vicinity tomb clusters. Details TBA. 4:00-6:00 PM USC Project for Premodern Japan Studies opens new exchange with Meiji University The Project for Premodern Japan Studies is pleased to announce our new exchange with Meiji University's Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Ancient Studies of Japan. Faculty and students from the Project will be visiting Meiji University in Tokyo regularly, where they can participate in classes and events while benefitting from use of Meiji's excellent research library. Graduate students from Meiji will come to Los Angeles each spring for two weeks of classes and workshops. Faculty from Meiji will also be visiting the USC campus to give lectures and workshops on an annual basis, and USC faculty will travel to Tokyo to give lectures and lead workshops there. We look forward to announcing specific plans for exchange during the 2009-10 school year in June 2009. Meanwhile we will hold our first event in the exchange in Tokyo in early June. Stay tuned! For more details on Meiji's Graduate Program for Interdisciplinary Specialists in Ancient Studies see http://www.kisc.meiji.ac.jp/~jkodaken/ *July 2009* 2009 Chūyūki Kambun Workshop [for more information]		East Asian Library East Asian Languages and Cultures Department East Asian Studies Center Kambun Workshop History Department Homepage LA-Osaka Comparative Urban Studies Project
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