UCLA Film & Television Archive; the Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution; Japan Foundation; and UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies present ACTION, ANARCHY, AND AUDACITY: A SEIJUN SUZUKI RETROSPECTIVE Friday, February 5 – Sunday, March 13 – – –…
Forwarded for the Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies at UCLA We are saddened to share the passing of our longtime supporter and friend, Dr. Paul Terasaki. Dr. Terasaki was born in Los Angeles in 1929. He spent three high school…
Department of Modern Language and Literatures, California State University, Fullerton and Minori-Kai & Members of Kinekatsu-Kai (Japan) present Japanese Kabuki Music and Workshop for the Japanese Music Instruments on Saturday, March 5, at 1:00 pm at Taitan Theater, Taitan Student…
Cal Tech Public Events Calendar for January 2016 Yamato: The Drummers of Japan Saturday, January 30, 2016 8:00 pm Beckman Auditorium – Beckman Auditorium Yamato: The Drummers of Japan Series: Performing Arts Series Yamato travels all over the word with…
UCLA Colloquium January 25, 2016 | 12:30 – 2:00 PM Nationalism and Vitalism on the Okinawan Stage UCLA Royce Hall 314 Colloquium with James Rhys Edwards, Ph.D (UCLA Ethnomusicology 2015) In 1879, Imperial Japan annexed the Ryūkyū Islands, dissolving the…
American Cinematheque presents Samurai of the Screen: Films of Akira Kurosawa from Jan. 15 – 24 at Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles 90028 http://americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/samurai-of-the-screen-films-of-akira-kurosawa Friday, Jan. 15, 7:30 pm: Yojimbo / Sanjuro Saturday, Jan. 16, 7:30 pm: The…
January 22, 2016 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM Film Screening: Hidden Legacy: Japanese Traditional Performing Arts in the WWII Internment Camps Jan Popper Theater, UCLA With its rich mix of compelling interviews, historical photographs, musical performances, and rare archival film…
Faith, Solidarity and Compromises: Christian Life in the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Camps Anne Blankenship (North Dakota State University) explores the lived religious experience of Nikkei Christian pastors struggling to build sustainable lives behind the barbed wire of America’s wartime…
Forwarded for the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies The UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies invites non-profit organization to apply for funding of up to $3000 to co-sponsor exhibits, film screenings, eminars, and other events to serve the public.…