Past Events

Kudo Kankurō, dir. Yaji and Kita: Midnight Pilgrims

Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (真夜中の弥次さん喜多さん) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kudo Kankuro. The film stars…

The 8th World Congress of Korean Studies: Korean Culture, Seeking Insights for the Future

Banno Yoshimitsu, dir. Godzilla vs the Smog Monster 

Commodore Biddle, Past and Present: Celebrating 170 Years of Trans-Pacific Ties

“Archaeological Investigations into the Omuro Cairn and Earthen Mound Group, Central Highlands of Japan (5th to 7th Centuries A.D.)”

EALC Colloquium

Takahata Isao, dir. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

CSCC Speaker Series

Matthew Erie is an Associate Professor of Modern Chinese Studies, an Associate Research Fellow of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, and a Fellow at St. Cross College, at…

Honda Ishirō, dir. Destroy All Monsters 

In an historical moment characterized by attempts to “green” Shintō by linking it to environmentalism or to mobilize Shintō concepts in the service of rightwing Japanese nationalist agendas, the exigency of…