The Centre for Japanese Research and the Department of Asian Studies invites you to our first Lunchtime Lecture Series (LLS) this WEDNESDAY, October 7 from 12:30 to 1:30 in Asian Centre 604. Joshua Mostow will present on “A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints,” his upcoming Royal Ontario Museum exhibition co-organized with UBC PhD Asato Ikeda. All are welcome!

The LLS will continue in room 604 from 12:30 to 1:30 every second Wednesday, with presentations by Nakano Kiwa (Oct. 21: “How Do People Reconstruct Former Disaster Areas?”), Sharalyn Orbaugh on queer manga (Nov. 4), and Otilia Milutin (Nov. 18) on sexual violence across genres of premodern Japanese literature.

Please join the Centre for Japanese Research, Institute of Asian Research, Dean of Arts, and Department of Asian Studies for a reception honouring Joshua Mostow’s election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Date: THURSDAY, October 8
Time: 2 – 3:30 pm
Place: CK Choi 120
RSVP to Christina.Laffin@ubc.ca