CSEA

CSAM meets CSEA
2025-11-21 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
On November 21st, the Center for American Studies (CSAM) organized a comparative workshop, moderated by PhD Candidate Derya Alim, a Teaching Assistant in the Japanese Language and Literature Program. During DRAMA! Theater between America and Asia: A Comparative Workshop, both Japanese and English majors discussed the two types of theater, brought up their favorite Japanese and American plays, compared Japanese adaptations of American plays and American adaptations of Japanese plays, debated the influences the two cultures had on each other and the translation of both classical and traditional plays and delved into similarities and differences of Japanese and American plays, both as texts and stage performances.

The Japanese Language Club of the Center for East Asian Studies - first university-wide activity on December 15 2025
2025-12-15 08:00 - 17:00
The Japanese Language Club of the Center for East Asian Studies met for its first university-wide activity on December 15. The club members invited all West University of Timisoara students to watch together a classic of anime, director Miyazaki Hayao’s Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away). Club members, the students of the Japanese Language and Literature Program of the Faculty of Letters, History, Philosophy, and Theology, were joined by students from other faculties who were eager to rewatch the beloved Miyazaki masterpiece and gained a different perspective on it. The movie and the discussion that followed turned into a wonderful opportunity for everyone to delve deeper into Japanese society and animation, especially cultural topics and elements that make the work a commentary on contemporary Japan.
