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Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)
Recent News
Announcing the Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japanese Studies (Academic Year 2025–2026)
We are accepting applications for two Postdoctoral Fellowships for the 2025–2026 academic year. The deadline to apply is December 18, 2024.
2024 Leadership Updates at the International Institute
New director appointments start July 1, 2024.
The Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) promotes and disseminates research on Japan, fosters communication among diverse disciplines, and encourages new approaches in the understanding of Japan and its place in the world.
Founded in 1947, CJS is the oldest interdisciplinary center in the United States with a mission to promote research and teaching in Japanese studies.
CJS is home to faculty and students from a variety of disciplines and professional schools, artists and scholars visiting from near and far, and community organizations engaged in Japan-related activities in Michigan.
Events
Nov
07
CJS Noon Lecture Series | The Uniqueness of Japanese Documentary Films: Focusing on the Minamata Series
Kenji Ishizaka, 2024–25 Toyota Visiting Professor, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Nov
07
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Info Sessions
Dan Cameron, FLAS Coordinator, International Institute Fellowships & Grants
4:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Nov
14
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Tyrannical Tigers and Endangered Cats: Why Are the Korean Scholar-Bureaucrats Always So Important in Modern Japan?
Shimpei Cole Ota, Associate Professor of Korean Studies, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan; Associate Professor of Museum Studies, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan; Research Associate of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History
12:00 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
Nov
20
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Info Sessions
Dan Cameron, FLAS Coordinator, International Institute Fellowships & Grants
12:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Nov
21
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Other “Punks” in Late 1970s–1980s Cinema and Visual Culture in Japan: Gender, Documentary, Ephemerality
Kirsten Seuffert, 2024–25 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
12:00 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
Dec
02
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Info Sessions
Dan Cameron, FLAS Coordinator, International Institute Fellowships & Grants
5:00 PM
Off Campus Location
