Week 2: "Does it Make Sense-ish? Adaptation, Adaptation, and Adaptation!" by Ms. Erica Friedman
"The Art & Science of Manga Translation" by Ms. Mari Morimoto (Guest Speaker)

The Japanese Studies Program is pleased to offer a series of four workshops in SS21 on the J-Pop Translation & Adaptation. Each workshop focuses on a key aspect of translation & adaptation in the field of Japanese popular culture, in particular that of manga. While this workshop series presents Japanese materials, many of the takeaways will be relevant to anyone aspiring to work professionally as a translator. The language of instruction will be English, and everyone is welcome, even those who do not have Japanese language backgrounds. Each workshop will include hands-on activities focusing on strategies and methodologies for translation & adaptation. Those who attend all four workshops will receive a certificate of participation.

Please register in advance at the J-Pop Translation & Adaptation Workshop Series  registration page.

This workshop series is supported by the Asian Studies Center Virtual Speaker Program and is organized by the MSU Japanese Studies Program

 

Linking All Types of Teachers in International Cross Cultural Education.

Street protests are a veritable art form in South Korea, perfected through more than sixty years of bloody confrontations with state power. In 2016-2017, this form reached its full potential as a vehicle for political change as the city square in the heart of the nation's capital transformed into a raucous but family-friendly stage for spectacles of popular dissent in a sequence of events that has been celebrated as the Candlelight Revolution. This talk will look back on the history of street protests in South Korea, focusing on its "language of contention" (Tarrow 2013) so as to explore the mechanisms of collective identity formation and political subject-making that have made South Korea's protest culture one of the most dynamic in the modern world.

Youngju Ryu is an Associate Professor of Korean Literature at the University of Michigan and the author of Writers of the Winter Republic, the winner of 2018 James Palais Book Prize, and numerous articles on Korean literature, film, and media. She serves as the co-editor of Perspectives on Contemporary Korea, a book series published by the University of Michigan Press and has edited two volumes on colonial and contemporary Korean culture.

*Reception to follow

Sponsors: Council on Korean Studies, Learning Community on Identity Formation in Global Contexts, Academic Advancement Network, Asian Studies Program, Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen), Citizen Scholars Program, Japanese Studies Program, Japan Council, College of Arts and Letters, Department of Linguistics and Languages, Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities, Romance and Classical Studies

 

Rapper M.I.A.'s story - Sundance award winning docu by director Steve Loveridge.

A startingly personal profile of the critically acclaimed artist, chronicling her remarkable journey from refugee immigrant to pop star.

miadocumentary.com for more info (also facebook, twitter, youtube)

Come practice your Urdu and Hindi over a hot cup of chai! For more information, please contact Prof. Rajiv Ranjan at rranjan(at)msu.edu.

Arabic Diwan is a gathering of Arabic students who are in the Arabic program, where they speak the language and learn about the culture in a relaxed environment with our Fulbright teaching assistant. Students from all Arabic language levels are encourages to attend. Also, we extend the invitation to the Arabic speaking students at the English Center. 

Led by David Glovsky (History)

Sponsored by MSU Libraries and Muslim Studies Center

 

A roundtable featuring

• Prof. Kaveh Askari (English Department)
• Katayoon Maghami (Persian Student Association)
• Prof. Reza Nassiri (Pharmacology/Toxicology and Family/Community Medicine)
• Prof. Linda Sayed (James Madison College)
• Moderator: Prof. Waseem El-Rayes (James Madison College)

Cosponsored by the Muslim Studies Program; Office for International Students and Scholars; James Madison College; Asian Studies Center; Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies; Peace & Justice Studies; and Persian Student Association

A special presentation by Zaheer Ali of the Brooklyn Historical Society and New York University.

 

Cosponsored by the MSU African American and African Studies, Muslim Studies Program, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, Department of Religious Studies, and the University of Michigan Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC).