Speaker Series 2006-2007

The Program in Japanese Studies presents
Conversations with Iris Yamashita

Nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Original Screenplay, Iris Yamashita visits UCSD to discuss her success as a new screenwriter, and her journey writing Letters from Iwo Jima.

UCSD Geisel Library, Seuss Room - Main Floor
Thursday, April 19, 6:00PM - 6:45PM
Reception will follow

This event is co-sponsored by the IR/PS Library, the Department of History, and the Program in Japanese Studies. For more information, please contact Jeannette Ibarra at 858-534-3598.

Professor Hiro Ito from Portland State University

Friday, November 17, 2006
Location, Time and Title TBA

Campus Events 2006-2007

Author Michael Zielenziger on
Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation

by UCSD Graduate School of International Relations/Pacific Studies
sponsored by Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana

Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation is a non-fiction book due to be released by Doubleday on September 19. Journalist, scholar and author Zielenziger will talk about his new book and answer questions about the book’s account of Japan’s recent social and economic malaise, including a frightening portrait of the nation’s hikikomori: disaffected youths who lock themselves in their rooms for months or years at a time as a way of coping with life in a society that denies them self-expression. This event will feature a presentation by the author, reception, and book-signing.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Robinson Auditorium, IR/PS
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Library News

Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship Program 2007

Asian Division
Library of Congress

The Asian Division of the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship for 2007. This fellowship is made possible by the generous donation by Mrs. Florence Tan Moeson, a former cataloger in the Chinese Team of the Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division for 45 years.

The purpose of the fellowship is to provide individuals with the opportunity to pursue research on East, Southeast, and/or South Asia (including the overseas Asian communities), using the unparalleled collections of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The grants are for a minimum of five business days of research and are to be used to cover travel to and from Washington, overnight accommodations, and photocopying; or, to cover expenses incurred while traveling to the Library of Congress to engage in scholastic research in the area of Asian studies. Up to 15 awards are available from $300 to $2,500. Graduate students, independent scholars, community college teachers, researchers without regular teaching appointments, and librarians with a need for fellowship support are especially encouraged to apply. Awards are announced in December.

The Asian Division’s collections are among the most significant outside of Asia and comprise over 3 million books, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts and microforms in the languages of East, South and Southeast Asia. Initiated in 1869 with a gift of ten works in 933 volumes that was offered to the United States by the Emperor of China, the Asian collections have become one of the most accessible and comprehensive sources of Asian language materials in the world. The collections span a diversity of subjects from China, Japan, Korea, the South Asian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. For further information about the collection, please visit our web site at http://www.loc.gov/rr/asian/ or go to “Ask A Librarian” at http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-asian.html.

To apply, go to http://www.loc.gov/rr/asian/2007FTM.html. Applications are accepted no later than September 30, 2006.