Wednesday, November 25, 2020
7-8pm (PST)
Virtual Lecture Series
The Who's Who of Japanese Deities
Thursday, July 16, 30 & Augut 13, 27, 2020
7:00-7:30pm (PT)
Lecture videos are available on our YouTube channel.
Trotting to Paradise: The Animal in the Art of Japan
Thursday, October 3, 2019 7pm
Make It Real: Flying out of Miyazaki Animation
Saturday, August 10 @2pm
Action in Print: visual narrative in Edo-period popular literature
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7pm
Brewing Happiness: Secrets Behind a Century-Old Sake-Making Family Business
Monday, December 3, 2018 7pm
Lecture & Panel Discussion: Re-Imagining Kurosawa
Monday, November 26, 7pm
Wooden Chopsticks, Metal Chopsticks:
Grab Japanese and Korean Culture through the Languages
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 7pm
Shin Hanga and America: Yoshida Hiroshi's Journey from Painter to Print-Maker
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 7pm
World of Washi: Unfolding Tradition and Innovation
Thursday, July 26, 2018 7pm
Squids, Our Long-Term Friends Save the World
Thursday June 28, 2018 7pm
Hokusai: The Name that Sold Books
Art and Commerce in Nineteenth-century Japan
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 7pm
detailsAkita Dog 101 (Wan Oh Wan!) w/ genuine Akitas in the House
Thursday, March 8 @7pm
The Art of Subtitling: Working Behind the Scenes
Tuesday, November 7, 7pm
Yakuza: Origin and Structure of Japan's Organized Crime Syndicates
Wednesday, November 1, 7pm
Explore the Home of Japanese Mythology: Shimane
Thursday, October 5, 7pm
Special Lecture Series: Deities in Japanese Art
in collaboration with LACMA
Session 1: Shinto
Tuesday, September 19, 7pm
Kabuki Lecture and Demonstration by Mark Oshima and Kiyomoto Nobushizuyoshi
November 29, 2016 7PM
The Way of the Japanese Bath by Mark Edward Harris
September 7, 2016 7:30PM
Madame Butterfly and The Birth of The Motion Picture Actress in Japan
June 23, 2016 7PM
Introducing Kabuki: History, Aesthetics, and Star Power
January 19, 2016 7PM
Fragility is Photos a Photographer's Intimate Study of the Human Body and Soul
October 2, 2015 7PM
Curating the State of the 'Art': Diversity Inspires Creativity Inspires Tech
July 28, 2015, 7PM
Brewing A Community: A Sake Maker's Journey to Her Roots and Beyond
June 25, 2015, 7PM
Delicious Devotion: Soulful Vegetarian Cooking for the Body & Mind
May 6, 2015, 7PM
Tales Spun from illustrations of Beautiful Women: Quiet, Unchanging, All to Myself
May 6, 2015, 7PM
Japanese Literature in This Decade: How A Smaller World Leads to More Literature We Can All Enjoy
March 4, 2015, 7PM
Empowerment through Bilingualism: An Evening with Marty Friedman
January 26, 2015, 7PM
Shikinen Sengu: Heart of Japan Captured by Photographer Sanjiro Minamikawa
December 9, 2014, 7PM
Floating in the Moment: Artist Talk with photographer Mikiko Hara
October 9th, 2014, 7PM
Superheroes Set Side-by-Side: A Cultural Comparison Between Japanese and American Superheroes
September 11th, 2014, 7PM
Operation Tomodachi and Afterwards: A U.S. Marine Corps Perspective
May 15th 2014, 7PM
Noh Theatre in the 21st Century
Featuring: Tatsushige Udaka and Haruna Tanaka
March 13th, 2014 at 7:30PM
Building Art: An Architect's Trip to Japan
With Principal and Studio Design Lead, AECOM, Peter Zellner
January 30th, 2014 at 7PM
New Visions of Japanese Studies at UCLA
With Professor Katsuya Hirano and Professor Michael Emmerich
October 21st , 2013 at 7PM
Washi: Infinite Ideas in Traditional Techniques
With Master Papermakers, Hironao Hamada and Osamu Hamada
Lecture by Yona Warmin, Director of Hiromi Paper Inc.
September 19th, 2013 at 7PM
World of Deadly Valor and Tempered Beauty:
The Japanese Sword Paradox
Master Swordsmith Kunimasa Matsuba
September 3th, 2013 at 7PM
PIONEERS IN COURAGE AND SPECIAL FILM SCREENING
Lecture by Masako Iino, Former President of Tsuda College, and Screening of Hisako Matsui's "Leonie"
Saturday, July 13th, 2013 at 3PM
Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
With Akiko Fukai, Director and Chief Curator of the Kyoto Costume Institute
Friday, June 28th, 2013 at 7PM
Goethe-Institut (directly across the courtyard from JFLA)
Art, Protest, Revolution: Avant-Garde Madness in 1960s Japan
With Professor William Marotti
June 5th, 2013 at 7PM
Curators’ View: Japanese Contemporary Photography
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 at 7PM
Watch & Learn - Classical Japanese Dance And Make-up
By Masako Nishika & Kirk Nishikawa Dixon
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 at 7PM
Bento - Japanese Culture in a Box
By Debra Samuels
Monday, April 8th, 2013 at 7PM
Asian Voices And The US Japan Relationship in 2013
By Aiko Doden
Friday, March 1st, 2013 at 7PM
Anime and Hollywood
By Roland Kelts
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 at 7PM
PARO: The World's Most Therapeutic Robot
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 1PM