Global Japanese Studies Model Unit is pleased to announce the following lecture to be held by Dr. Christina Laffin from the University of British Columbia. Event will be held in Japanese, and allow for both English and Japanese for each Q&A session. Event details are listed below.
Teaching about/with/through nature and Japanese literature
- Date: June 1, 2022
- Time: 16:30 – 18:00 (JST)
- Venue: Waseda University, Toyama Campus, Building 33, 3F Conference Room 1
*In-person attendance limited to Waseda University faculty, students and staff - Lecturer: Dr. Christina Laffin
- Language: Japanese, and English and Japanese for each Q&A session
- Free of charge
- Open to the public through Zoom
- Schedule
16:30 – 16:35 Introduction: Dr. Kimiko Kono (Professor, Waseda University)
16:35 – 17:25 Lecture: Dr. Christina Laffin (Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture, The University of British Columbia)
17:25 – 17:35 Comments: Dr. Satomi Yamamoto (Professor, Waseda University)
17:35 – 18:00 Q&A session
Advance registration required.
Please access the following link or scan the QR code.
URL: https://forms.gle/RpPAYAdVXyubnHwq6
* Registration Deadline: May 31, 2022
About Dr. Christina Laffin:
Dr. Christina Laffin is specialized in Medieval travel diaries; women’s education and socialization before 1600; poetic practices and waka culture; theories of travel, gender, and autobiography; noh theatre; and comparative approaches to medieval literature.
