Haruo Shirane, Shinch\u014d Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at Columbia University, will be coming to UBC to deliver the inaugural John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies.<\/p>\n
Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n November 22 (Thursday) Elegant representations of nature and the four seasons populate a wide range of Japanese genres and media\u2014from poetry and screen paintings to tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and annual observances. Dr. Haruo Shirane will show how, when, and why this practice developed and explicate the richly encoded social, religious, and literary meanings of this imagery.<\/p>\n Please join us for a lecture and reception honouring Professor Emeritus John Howes. Dr. Howes is an intellectual historian and leading authority on Japan\u2019s Christian and pacifist thinkers, who dedicated three decades to mentoring students and expanding Japanese Studies in the Department of Asian Studies at UBC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n6:30pm Registration; 7:00 pm Lecture
\nAsian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall<\/p>\n