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23/10/2026

🍵𝗖𝗨𝗛𝗞 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻🍵

Calling all CUHK Japanese Studies alumni! We are thrilled to welcome you back to campus for the 2026 CUHK Alumni Homecoming Tea Reception, hosted by the Department of Japanese Studies. This gathering is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with fellow alumni and reminisce about your time with us. Undergraduate students are also welcome to join the event to celebrate this joyful moment!

📅 28 November 2026 (Saturday)
⏰ 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Room G24, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK

Attending teachers: Prof. Lynne NAKANO, Prof. Jieun CHO, Dr. Simon TU, Ms. Winkki CHOI

Please kindly register by filling in the webform (https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13742164) on or before 27 November 2026 (Friday) noon. ✨

Participation without online registration is also welcome.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact via email ([email protected]) or phone (3943-6466).

We look forward to welcoming you back and sharing a memorable afternoon!

20/10/2026

📢 𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦: 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭: 𝐌𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭

📅Date: 28 October 2026 (Wednesday)
🕚Time: 2:30-4:00 PM
📍Venue: Room 401, Leung Kau Kui Building, CUHK
🎙Speaker: Prof. Rotem KOWNER (University of Haifa, Israel)
🗣Language: English

✨No registration required – All are welcome!

Abstract:
Drawing on Rotem Kowner’s new book, A Hardening Hierarchy: The Japanese in the Global Formation of Racial Ideologies, 1735-1854, this talk examines how racial perceptions in Japan and the Western powers during the late Edo period laid the foundations for future geopolitical friction. As Western powers industrialized and devised increasingly rigid, “scientific” racial classifications that served to justify imperial dominance, the Japanese were increasingly relegated to an inferior position within a hardening global hierarchy. Meanwhile, Japanese thinkers and authorities formulated their own ethnocentric views, shaped by growing foreign pressure and emerging scientific trends. Analyzing textual and visual materials, the presentation shows how these competing racial constructs fostered ideological mistrust and planted the seeds of later conflict between Japan and the West.

About the speaker:
Rotem Kowner is professor of Japanese history and culture at the University of Haifa, Israel. After majoring in East Asian studies and psychology in Jerusalem, he studied in Berlin and then moved to Tsukuba, Japan, where he obtained his Ph.D. His research interests include wartime behavior in modern Japan, modern naval history in East Asia, race and racism in East Asia, Asian Jewish communities, and learning methods of Japanese scripts.

📩 For enquiries: NAGAOKA Misaki ([email protected])

14/10/2026

🍽️ Academic Advisee Lunch 2026 🍽️

On 10 October, our annual event - Academic Advisee Lunch 2026 - brought together 25 MAJS students and 6 faculty members for an afternoon of lively discussions and meaningful exchanges. From programme development and future courses to student activities and learning experiences, the gathering offered a valuable opportunity to share ideas and connect beyond the classroom.

Alongside our academic advisors, Dr. Chalyn Lin (Year 1) and Prof. Jeremy Yellen (Year 2), we were pleased to welcome Prof. Lynne Nakano, Dr. Carol Guo, Dr. Simon Tu, and Dr. Reijiro Aoyama. Their insights and active engagement contributed to meaningful conversations with our students and exemplified the close-knit and supportive spirit of the MAJS community.

Special thanks also go to our student representatives for their support in making the event a success. We are grateful for everyone‘s enthusiasm, insights, and continued commitment to the MAJS community.

📢 Join MAJS — Admissions for 2027-28 are now open!
https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/programmes/arts/ma-japanese-studies

06/10/2026

📢📢𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥: 𝐈𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

Join us for the CUHK Japan Forum Guest Lecture by Professor Angela YIU (Sophia University, Japan). A tea reception will follow the lecture!

🗓 Date: 4 November 2026 (Wednesday)
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM
📍 Venue: Arts & Humanities Hub (G/F), Fung King Hey Building, CUHK
🗣 Language: English

As Japan enters the era of Generative AI, intelligence unattached to a physical body is fast becoming a norm rather than an exception. A plurality of existence—avatars, handler names, personae—populates physical and cyber space. What is existence without a body? What does it mean to exist with an installed identity? How do we define who we are if our memories are erased or altered? What does it mean when multiple selves (“dividualism”) replace a single subjectivity or individualism? These are some questions that contemporary writers explore in their works. This talk will begin with a brief introduction to a selection of contemporary writers—Wataya Risa, Murata Sayaka, Yū Miri, Ogawa Yōko—and focus on Hirano Kei’ichirō who created the neologism bunjin 分人 (dividual) to define the multiple selves in a person as opposed to a single and stable subjectivity in an individual. His works—A Man, The Real You, and Fill in the Empty Space—both philosophically profound and accessible to a general readership, continue to ask the questions “Who am I?” and “Where is the real self?” in full awareness of a divisible and multitudinous self.

🔗 Registration (by 25 October 2026):
https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=4370856

For enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

We look forward to welcoming you to the talk!

#中大日研

14/09/2026

🌸 Welcome to MAJS 2026–27! 🌸

On 5 September 2026, we welcomed 35 new MAJS students to the Esther Lee Building at CUHK’s Chung Chi Campus for our Orientation Meeting. This intake we have a total of new 45 MAJS students.

It was a joyful morning of introductions, experience sharing, and new connections as our students prepared to begin their MAJS journey. The gathering offered an opportunity to meet faculty members, alumni, student helpers, and fellow classmates while learning more about the supportive academic community they are joining.

We sincerely thank our Programme Director Professor Jeremy Yellen, alumni representative Jonathan, and our alumni and student helpers, Kenji, Allan, Aaron, Elen, Ruby, and Steve, for supporting our new cohort.

Congratulations to our 8 new student representatives. We look forward to a meaningful year of learning, friendship, and discovery together! ✨

🌸 歡迎加入中大日本研究碩士課程(MAJS) 2026–27！🌸

日本研究碩士課程於2026年9月5日在香港中文大學崇基學院利黃瑤璧樓為35位新生舉行碩士課程迎新大會，歡迎各位新同學加入 MAJS 大家庭。本年度共有45位新生入讀本碩士課程。

除了MAJS的課程主任Jeremy Yellen教授在是次迎新大會簡單介紹碩士課程和其他注意事項外，新同學透過校友經驗分享及交流等，為即將展開的學習旅程作好準備，亦了解到本課程如何支援同學的學習過程。

再次衷心感謝課程主任 Jeremy Yellen 教授、校友代表 Jonathan，以及校友和二年級學生們(Kenji、Allan、Aaron、Elen、Ruby 和 Steve)的參與，幫助新生更快融入 MAJS大家庭。

同時恭喜8位新學生代表上任！

期待未來一年與大家一同學習、成長、交流與探索，展開充實而精彩的學習生活！✨

#中大日研碩士 #香港中文大学

10/09/2026

📢 2026-2027 Admission: MPhil–PhD Programme in Japanese Studies 🎓 (Full-time & Part-time) Virtual Information Session

🗓️ Date: 20 October 2026 (Tuesday)
🕘 Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am (HKT)
💻 Format: Online via Zoom
🌐 Language: English

✨ Session Highlights:

Hear from our Graduate Division Head, Professor Matthew Mewhinney, on the RPg Programme and fellowship opportunities, gain tips on writing a research proposal in Japanese Studies, and enjoy a sharing by a current PhD candidate and fellowship awardee. Q&A to follow!

🔗 Register for the Virtual Information Session (link in the bio):
https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13738974

Admission Application Deadlines:
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme: By 12 noon, 1 December 2026 (HKT)
Main Round: 1 December 2026
Clearing Round: 31 March 2027 (subject to availability)

🔗 Online Application:
https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/programmes/arts/mphil-phd-japanese-studies

📞 Enquiries: 3943-6466
📧 [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you at the Information Session! 🌸

#中大日研 #日本研究

02/09/2026

📢2027-2028 Admission: MPhil–PhD Programme in Japanese Studies🎓 (Full-time & Part-time)

Are you passionate about Japanese Studies and looking to take your academic journey to the next level?

The Graduate Division of Japanese Studies at CUHK is now accepting applications for the 2027-2028 MPhil–PhD Programme!

Application Deadlines:
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme: By 12 noon, 1 December 2026 (HKT)
Main Round: 1 December 2026
Clearing Round: 31 March 2027 (subject to availability)

🔗Online Application:
https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/programmes/arts/mphil-phd-japanese-studies

📞Enquiries: 3943-6466
📧[email protected]

We look forward to your application!🌸

27/08/2026

⭐Master of Arts in Japanese Studies (TPg)⭐
🔈2027–2028 Admission Information Session🔈

We are excited to invite you to the upcoming Information Session for the Master of Arts in Japanese Studies (Full-time/Part-time Programme) 2027-2028!

📅 15 October 2026 (Thursday)
🕕 19:00 - 20:00
📹 Online via Zoom
▶️ Register here: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13734622

We look forward to meeting you at the information session!

11/08/2026

🎉Congratulations to PhD and MA graduate Dr. Cho Chi-hang Harry, Recipient of the Postgraduate Research Output Award 2025

We are proud to share that Dr. Cho Chi Hang Harry (PhD ’25, MA ’21), has been awarded the Postgraduate Research Output Award 2025, and is the very first recipient from Japanese Studies! 🏆 His research explores global Maoism and how Chinese thought shaped post-war Japan, with published work in important journals like The Global Sixties, Japanese Studies, and Twenty-First Century etc.

“It is a great privilege to be the Department's first recipient of this award. This achievement is all thanks to CUHK and our Department. We have the most outstanding professors, interdisciplinary experts, and world-class library collections here. The Department inspired my interest in Japan and guided me into serious academic research. I am sure that this is the best place in the world to study Sino-Japanese history.”

🎉日本研究學系畢業生曹嗣衡博士獲頒2025年度「研究生學術成果獎」

日本研究學系衷心祝賀曹嗣衡博士（哲學博士 ’25，文學碩士 ’21）榮獲「2025年研究生學術成果獎」，更是日研系首位獲此殊榮的得主！🏆 曹博士的研究專注於全球毛主義以及中國思想如何塑造戰後日本，成果已發表於《The Global Sixties》、《Japanese Studies》及《二十一世紀》等重要期刊。

「能夠成為學系首位獲頒此獎項的得主，我感到十分榮幸。這份成果實歸功於中大和日研系。這裡有最優秀的教授、跨學科的專家，以及世界級的圖書館藏。日研系啟發了我對日本的興趣，並帶領我進入嚴肅的學術殿堂。我深信，這裡是世界上最適合學習中日關係史的地方。」

10/08/2026

📖 New Publication | Special Issue of Review of Japanese Culture and Society (Vol. 37)

The special issue, titled Color and Form: The Affordances of Color in Japanese Literature, Art, and Media, was recently published. Professor Matthew Mewhinney of the Department of Japanese Studies has guest-edited the volume, with Contributing Editor Franz Prichard.

This special issue features essays and translations by scholars that examine the affordances of color in art and other literary forms in Japanese culture. It explores how Japanese artists across time and through a multiplicity of aesthetic forms use color to create aesthetic experience, enchanting or otherwise.

Key highlights:
✒️ English translations presented for the first time from philosopher Imamichi Tomonobu, textile artist and Living National Treasure Shimura Fukumi, ceramicist Takiguchi Kazuo, and poetry scholar Akahane Shuku.
📓 New translations of works by literary giants such as Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, Natsume Sōseki, and Murata Sayaka.
📜 A bibliography of important works on color from many fields in Japanese studies, including literature, history, archaeology, art and design, painting, textiles, and film media.

🔗Full issue: https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/57247

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