Click on image for meet link Persons interested to attend are asked to RSVP             In her lecture, Professor Copeland will discuss her debut novel The Kimono Tattoo published in June 2021 by Brother Mockingbrid Press and recipient of the 2022 Independent Press Award.   Silks unravels. A tattoo is… Continue reading Layered Narratives, Literary Spirits: Writing The Kimono Tattoo

via Google Meet: 14:00 (Romania) / 06:00 (US Central) / 20:00 (Japan) This talk looks at the changing relationship(s) between text and image from pre-modern to modern Japan, with a focus on the work of Shimazaki Tōson, especially his novel Haru (Spring), published in installments in the Asahi newspaper (1908). Written in the modern and… Continue reading Japan Speaker Series
Text and Image in Modern Japan:
The Case of Shimazaki Tōson’s Novel Haru (Spring)

  Join us for the Japanese Culture Week in Timișoara and Inauguration of the Center for East Asian Studies in the presence of Japan's Ambassador to Romania. H.E. Hiroshi Ueda

    Join us for the Japanese Culture Week in Timișoara and Inauguration of the Center for East Asian Studies in the presence of Japan's Ambassador to Romania. H.E. Hiroshi Ueda

Join us for the Japanese Culture Week in Timișoara and Inauguration of the Center for East Asian Studies in the presence of Japan's Ambassador to Romania. H.E. Hiroshi Ueda

Join us for the Japanese Culture Week in Timișoara and Inauguration of the Center for East Asian Studies in the presence of Japan's Ambassador to Romania. H.E. Hiroshi Ueda

Join us for the Japanese Culture Week in Timișoara and Inauguration of the Center for East Asian Studies in the presence of Japan's Ambassador to Romania. H.E. Hiroshi Ueda

Join us for the Japanese Culture Week in Timișoara and Inauguration of the Center for East Asian Studies in the presence of Japan's Ambassador to Romania. H.E. Hiroshi Ueda

Join us for the Japanese Culture Week in Timișoara and Inauguration of the Center for East Asian Studies in the presence of Japan's Ambassador to Romania. H.E. Hiroshi Ueda

Photo credit: Maurizio Pavone #Mau TM  

Between May 23 and 25, 2024, H.E. The Ambassador of Japan to Romania, Mr. Takashi Katae, accompanied by Mr. Hiroshi Kudo, the Head of the Economic Section, visited Timișoara and the West University of Timișoara to attend the WUT 80 celebration. During their visit to Timisoara, Ambassador Katae and Mr. Kudo also met with Associate… Continue reading Between May 23 and 25, 2024, H.E. The Ambassador of Japan to Romania, Mr. Takashi Katae, accompanied by Mr. Hiroshi Kudo, the Head of the Economic Section, visited Timișoara and the West University of Timișoara to attend the WUT 80 celebration

George T. Șipoș în dialog cu Loredana Pungă pornind de la romanul Decădere umană de Osamu Dazai, Editura Humanitas Fiction, colecția Raftul Denisei, 2024. Traducere, note și postfață de George T. Șipoș   Volumul de față include romanul Decădere umană, urmat de patru povestiri emblematice pentru personalitatea literară a celui care și-a pus amprenta asupra… Continue reading HaiKU noi la seara de literatură japoneză
La Două Bufnițe Piața Unirii nr. 11 (intrarea de pe Matei Corvin)

Professor Narumi Yoshino from Kindai University, Japan visited the West University of Timisoara’s Center for East Asian Studies, lending us her knowledge for two weeks, between March 3rd and March 14th, 2025. During this time, she held classes for 1st and 2nd year students pursuing degrees in Japanese language and literature, organising various cultural activities… Continue reading Japanese Culture Classes with Professor Narumi Yoshino