Events
A wide variety of Japan-related events and programs are available to the University of Tennessee and the surrounding community.
Recurring Events
- Monthly presentations and workshops by scholars on Japan-related topics
- Annual Japanese film series
- Weekly World Languages and Cultures Japanese Language Table sessions
- Japanese film screening in the Hodges Library Auditorium, every Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Upcoming Events
Conferences
66th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS)
January 29–31, 2027
Proposal Deadline: October 31, 2026
Theme: “Asias in the Remaking: Histories, Practices, Imaginaries”
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
External Japan-Related Events Held Online*
*registration is required for all of these events
“Gathering Fading Voices: Endangered Dialect Research in Japan Today”
Sept. 17 | 12:00–1:30 p.m. (ET)
Joy Taniguchi
Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology
“Rivers and the Politics of Temporality in Ainu Mosir”
Sept. 24 | 12:00–1:30 p.m. (ET)
Michael J. Ioannides
University of Michigan
“Food Poverty in Contemporary Japan”
September 28, 2026 | 6:00–7:30 p.m. (JST)
Ueda Haruka
University of Tokyo
“Performing Transgression: Crowds and Bodies in Heian Japan”
September 30, 2026 | 12:00–1:15 p.m. (EDT)
Ashton Lazarus
University of Utah
“Living Ainu Art: Community, Nature, and Intergenerational Knowledge through Song and Dance”
October 1, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 p.m. (ET)
Kanako Uzawa
Hokkaido University, Weiser Hall 1010
“The Stuff of Japanese History: Materialist Approaches”
October 8, 2026 | 7:00–8:30 p.m. (ET)
Jordan Sand
Georgetown University
“Book Talk on Sacred Journeys and Institutional Rivalries: Pilgrimage Mandalas and the Art of Fundraising in Medieval Japan”
October 21 | 12:00–1:15 p.m. (EDT)
Ashton Lazarus
University of Utah
“Playable Japan: Pedagogical Perspectives on Games & Gaming”
January 30–31, 2027
[Japan Past & Present (JPP)]
UCLA
Photos courtesy of William Le
