Professor Helen Hardacre awarded Order of the Rising Sun decoration
Helen Hardacre, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, was conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, from the Japanese government. One of the oldest and highest national decorations, this award recognizes her extensive contributions to the development of Japanese studies in the U.S. and the promotion of understanding toward Japanese society and culture.
Read MoreRIJS faculty Professor Jay Rubin featured in the Asahi Shimbun and the Japan Times for his translated noh play, “A Reflection of Noh: The Feather Mantle”
Jay Rubin, Takashima Research Professor of Japanese Humanities, teamed up with Kazufusa Hosho, the current head of the Hosho Noh School, and novelist Seiko Ito to present "Mizukagami of Noh: Hagoromo" ("A Reflection of Noh: The Feather Mantle"). Supported by the Tokyo Arts Council, this project aims to emphasize the essence of noh’s original texts.
Read MoreFormer RIJS Director Professor Andrew D. Gordon receives ISS-OUP Prize from Social Science Japan Journal
Andrew Gordon's article, “New and Enduring Dual Structures of Employment in Japan: The Rise of Non-Regular Labor, 1980s–2010s,” has been awarded the ISS-OUP Prize as the most outstanding article of 2017 in the Social Science Japan Journal. The journal is published by the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo and Oxford University Press.
Read MoreRI Director Professor Theodore C. Bestor awarded Order of the Rising Sun decoration
In November, the Japanese government conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, on Theodore Bestor, Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology and Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University.
Read More[New Publication] The End of Japanese Cinema by RI Faculty Professor Alexander Zahlten
In The End of Japanese Cinema, Alexander Zahlten moves film theory beyond the confines of film itself, attending to the emergence of new kinds of aesthetics, politics, temporalities, and understandings of film and media. He traces the evolution of a new media ecology through deep historical analyses of the Japanese film industry from the 1960s to the 2000s.
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