May 6, 2014
SWET Reminder for Upcoming Events for May 11
Upcoming SWET May 11th Events
in Tokyo
Research through Translation: Exploring Edo Society in the Company of a 19th-century Critic: With Kate Wildman Nakai and Umezawa Fumiko
in Kansai
Writing Travel Books: Lunch and an Informal Talk with Judith Clancy
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Kansai: Writing Travel Books - Lunch and an Informal Talk with Judith Clancy
Judith Clancy taught music in New Jersey schools before coming to Japan. Fed up with U.S. politics and the Vietnam War, she went to South Korea and served as a paramedic in the Peace Corps from 1967 to 1969. In January 1970, she arrived in Japan, a country she was enthralled with as recounted by an elementary school classmate's businessman father.
During her talk for SWET Kansai, Clancy will discuss the perils and occasional pleasures of publishing and try to bolster those whose dreams are leading them down the perilous path of penury.
Read the most recent SWET interview with Judith Clancy here.
Date: Sunday 11 May 2014
Time: 13:30–16:00 (Judith’s talk from around 14:30)
Place: Machiya restaurant Soiru (5 minutes’ walk from Subway Marutamachi Stn)
Address: 京都府京都市中京区室町通夷川東入ル鏡屋町50-3 (Map)
Lunch: Curry, temakizushi, or soba lunch sets (880 yen) + drink (100 yen); or tempura (prawn or fish) lunch set (1,500 yen) (Menu; pre-tax hike prices)
Talk Fee: 500 yen SWET members, 1,000 non-members
Reservations: SWET Kansai by Friday May 9th. Please specify 1 of the 4 lunch sets above when reserving.
More information can be found here.
Research through Translation: Exploring Edo Society in the Company of a 19th-century Critic - With Kate Wildman Nakai and Umezawa Fumiko
Sophia University professor emerita Kate Wildman Nakai and Keisen University professor Miyazaki Fumiko will talk about the six-year project by a team of researchers that culminated in the recent publication of Lust, Commerce, and Corruption: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard, by an Edo Samurai (Columbia University Press).
Date: May 11, 2014 (Sunday)
Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 for visiting)
Place: International House of Japan, Room 404 (Map)
Fee: 1,000 yen for SWET members; 1,500 yen for non-members
More information can be found here.