Theme: Video Production in the Japanese classroom (Level: Primary-Secondary)

In this issue, we would like to suggest some ideas for video production as a classroom activity or project.

The 2009 Term 2 Online Basic Japanese Course will start from May 5th. Applications close on May 1st. In Term 2, we will offer Stages 1, 2 and 3 of the basic course, and the Online Japanese Writing Course.

In April and May, our language consultants will conduct workshops at the Japanese Teacher’s conferences in NSW, ACT and Tasmania. Hope to meet you there!

As previously announced, we have launched a national art and language contest ‘Art Speaks Japanese Comes Alive!’ this year.
Go to the website for information, and be inspired by the entries from the 2008 NSW contest! We are looking forward to your applications.

The second volume of New Voices, the Japan Foundation, Sydney’s academic journal has been published and is now available in print and online. The journal’s main aim is to support emerging Japanese Studies scholars by providing a platform for the promotion of outstanding research and writing by students and early career researchers. New Voices Volume 2 contains articles adapted from recent Honours theses of students from a variety of Australian universities, with topics ranging from popular culture to literature and history.

The Japan Foundation, Sydney is now seeking submissions for New Voices Volume 3. We are currently soliciting original papers from recent Honours and Masters graduates who completed their Honours or Masters thesis at an Australian University between January 2006 and December 2008. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2009.

For further details and an information package click here or contact the Japan Foundation, Sydney (Japanese Studies & Intellectual Exchange Department) on Ph: 02 8239 0055 or email: newvoices@jpf.org.au

One Thousand Years of Manga / Brigitte Koyama-Richard.
Paris : Flammarion, 2007
ISBN: 978-2-0803-0029-4 Call #: 726.101 KOY

In Japan, people read manga for both fun and education, and they form an integral part of everyday life. However, in recent years the popularity of manga has extended outside of Japan, now reaching an increasingly large audience across the world.
This book is a comprehensive reference text and introduction to the world of manga, aimed at both those with no previous knowledge and those wishing to deepen their understanding.

The Library’s opening days for April - May are as follows:

Opening hours:
Mon-Fri (except Wed): 11.00 am - 5.30 pm
Wed: 11.00 am - 6.00 pm
Sat (every third week): 11.00 am - 4.00 pm
Sun: Closed

There is a book returns chute at the library entrance.  It is available during the Chifley Plaza building operation hours:
Mon-Fri: 6.30 am - 10.00 pm
Sat : 8.30 am - 10.00 pm
Sun/Public Holidays: Closed

The Inoue Yasushi award was established by the Inoue Yasushi Memorial Foundation to encourage Australian researchers, scholars and PhD students who are studying Japanese culture and literature. It is awarded annually for the best refereed journal article or book chapter on Japanese literature to have been published during the previous year by a researcher based in Australia.

Dr. Ian McArthur, of Sydney University, was announced as the winner of this year’s award at a ceremony held at the Japan Foundation on 20 March 2009.

photo:Courtesy of Nichigo Press/Shigeki Mori

This exhibition provides a very rare opportunity to survey works from one of the twentieth century’s most dynamic and creative print movements, the Creative or Sosaku Hanga movement of Japan. It includes an extensive and representative range of pre-1950 Sosaku Hanga prints and a similar range of post-1960 Creative and Modern Hanga. The Sosaku Hanga movement had its origins in the early twentieth century, as one response to the impact of western individualism on a traditional Japanese medium – but it did not win international recognition and popularity until the late 1950s and lasting into the 1970s.

Further Information available: freelandgallery@bigpond.com or 02 9360 2541

Discover the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama with this major exhibition that spans decades of her artistic practice.

The Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA) is delighted to host JSAA-ICJLE 2009. Featuring research and discussion in various disciplines of Japanese language and studies, the main theme of the conference will be "Bridging the gap between the Japanese language and Japanese studies". The conference aims to provide a forum for Japanese language and studies academics and educators from around the world to meet and share ideas beyond and across their disciplines.

For more information and registration please visit
http://jsaa-icjle2009.arts.unsw.edu.au/en/events.html