• Gagaku: Music of the Imperial Ceremonies of Japan One Thousand Years of Elegance and Harmony

    Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Mary Craig Auditorium Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 6 PM This evening event will feature three musicians from the Naoyuki MANABE GAGAKU Ensemble led by Naoyuki Manabe. Manabe, who holds a degree from the prestigious Tokyo University of the Arts, is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and dancer who has performed internationally. […]

  • Gagaku: Sound of a Thousand Years — Lecture + Performance

    Gagaku: Sound of a Thousand Years Lecture + Performance at UCSB's ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM Naoyuki MANABE GAGAKU Ensemble with special guest Maestro Hideaki Bunno Thursday, April 28 at 5:30 -- 7:30 pm https://bit.ly/Gagaku2022 The Gagaku orchestra at the Imperial Palace of Japan was established in 701; its music is recognized by the government […]

  • Tai Ming-Liang’s Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy Queer

    NICHOLAS DE VILLIERS, (UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA) WEDNESDAY MAY 4, 2022, 2-3:30 P.M. PDT SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR TAIWAN STUDIES Zoom: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/83806164281?pwd-eURnNWcxOTFJUmœkSnNAS1RyTIcAUT09 Meeting ID: 838 0616 4281 Passcode: 337462 For more information, please contact: eastasian-taiwanstudies@usb.edu

  • Takashima Talks: The Democracy That Society Allows — Protest Sounds in Japan and the US

    Takashima Talks: The Democracy That Society Allows -- Protest Sounds in Japan and the US Perceived attacks on the foundations of democracy in recent years have sparked large demonstrations, often numbering in the hundreds of thousands, in both Japan and the US. This paper will explore the ways in which democracy is sounded differently in […]

  • Is a Tekagami a Text? Reading the Fragmentary in a Calligraphy Album

    Friday, May 6, HSSB Room 4080, 4 - 5:30 PM Join the Transregional East Asia RFG for a talk by Edward Kamens, Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies, Yale University, and Paul I. Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations, UCLA. Sponsored by the IHC’s Transregional East Asia Research Focus Group, East Asia Center, and Department of East […]