Year 2

FALL 2005 Schedule

                                       Room: MARC 265, 6:30-8:30

 

9/14/05: Overview of Japanese History and Culture (Steven Heine, Asian Studies)

 

9/21/05: Foreign Workers in Japan: Nikkeijin (Natali Garcia-Diaz); Japanese Interaction with the Americas (Heine)

 

9/28/05: Japanese Culture and Japan and the Americas (Asuka Haraguchi, Modern Languages); Effective Strategies Available in the Teaching and Learning of Japan (Hilary  Landorf, College of Education)

         Note: On-site visit from Japan Foundation, CGP

 

10/5/05: Overview of Japanese Dance (Andrea Mantell-Seidel, Theatre and Dance)

 

10/19/05: Japanese Travelers Abroad (Laura Nenzi, History)

 

10/26/05: US-Japan Relations (Paul Kowert, International Relations)

 

11/2/05:  Brazilian Dance and the Asian Diaspora (Susana Yamauchi, Brazilian Dancer)-CANCELLED HURRICANE; Politics of Japan, Cuba, and the Caribbean (Yasuhiro Koike, Aichi Prefectural University, Japan)

 

11/9/05: Japanese Culture and Japan and the Americas, Part II (Haraguchi); Lesson Plans Advancement (Landorf)

 

11/20/05: Yamato Colony Centennial Celebration

          Note: Seminar meets on Sunday 20th for an on-site visit to the Morikami

          Museum and Japanese Gardens

       

12/7/05: Presentations (Heine)

 

 

SPRING 2006

Room: LC (Labor Center) 110   - Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

 2/1/06: Introduction (Steven Heine)

2/8/06: Rhetoric in Japanese Media Culture (Joseph Murphy, University of Florida)

2/15/06: Japanese Culture and Japan and the Americas (Asuka Haraguchi, Modern Languages); Effective Strategies Available in the Teaching and Learning of Japan (Hilary Landorf)

2/22/06: Japanese Sense of Beauty (Carol Gould, Florida Atlantic University)

3/1/06: Education in Japan (Wendy Lo, Asian Studies)

Special Event: 3/3-4, Southern Japan Seminar

3/8/06: Women in Japan (Laura Nenzi)

3/15/06: Butoh Dance (Helena Thevenot, Professional Dancer); Hiroshima and Peace (Hiromi Tanis, Modern Languages)

3/29/06: Conducting Science in Japan (Gene Rosenberg, Department of Marine Biology, and Joerg Reinhold, Physics Department); Lesson Plan Advancement (Landorf)

4/5/06: Performance by Jenny Lin (co-sponsored by the School of Music)

4/19/06: Presentations (Heine)

5/15/2006: Special Event: The Third Annual Florida-Japan Summit

 

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