The Global Japanese Studies Model Unit will organize the lectures by Dr. Thomas McAuley (Lecturer, The University of Shefield) and Dr. Janine Beichman (Professor Emerita, Daito Bunka University) , who have been actively translating Japanese Waka and Tanka.

Following to the lectures, we will provide an opportunity of the translation contest (Honyaku Awase) like a poetry contest (Uta Awase), and exploring the possibility of translation through discussion.

Event Overview

Title: The Power of Translation: Who’s Afraid of Poetry?
Day＆Time：November 15 (Fri) 2:50pm-5:40pm
Venue: Conference Room #1, Bldg.33, Toyama Campus, Waseda University
Organizer: Waseda RILAS Research Area-Transdisciplinary Research for Creative Writing and Translation
Co-Organizer:
Top Global University Project Global Japanese Studies, Waseda University
Waseda RILAS Research Area-Ryusaku Tsunoda Center of Japanese Culture
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 16K02377, Principal Investigator; Prof. Hidenori Jinno

Lecturers:
Dr. Thomas McAuley (Lecturer, The University of Shefield)
Dr. Janine Beichman (Professor Emerita, Daito Bunka University)

Speakers:
Dr. Andrew Houwen (Associate Professor, Tokyo Woman’s Christian University)
Dr. Loren Waller (Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University)

Opening Remarks: Fumihito Ando (Professor, Waseda University)
Closing Remarks: Hidenori Jinno (Professor, Waseda University)
Moderator: Machiko Midorikawa (Part-time Lecturer, Waseda University)
Organizer: Machiko Midorikawa (Part-time Lecturer, Waseda University)
Coordinator: Makiko Tsuneda (Guest Assistant Professor, Waseda University)

Language: Lecture-English / Workshop & Discussion-Japanese and English
Participants: Student, Faculty and General Public
Free of Charge / No Reservation Required
Contact: Administrative Office, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University 03-3203-4381

For more details, please refer to the flyer below.