Date
04.27.2024 (Sat.)
Time
09:00 AM – 05:30 PM
Location
JAPAN HOUSE Salon, Level 5
Fee
Free
JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles, in collaboration with the Yanai Initiative at UCLA and Waseda University, invites guests to attend an exploration of Japanese tea both as a practice and as a scholarly topic.
“Japanese Tea Ceremony,” chanoyu, chadō, or just “Tea” has been a subject of international fascination and academic interest from the sixteenth century to the present day. Yet, due to the depth, breadth, and complexity of its imbrication with Japanese history, culture, and spirituality, it can be a remarkably difficult subject to introduce in scholarly and pedagogical contexts.
The academic symposium “Teaching Japanese Tea” proposes to help fill this gap and make it easier and more rewarding for anyone to teach English-speaking students about the rich history and cultural value of Japanese tea practice.
In this one day, public-facing symposium, guests are invited to listen as academics from across the US and beyond explore the topic of tea, and teaching about tea, across four topical sessions, each featuring scholars and experienced tea practitioners presenting on their approaches to teaching tea across disciplines and in public spaces.
This event is open to the public. Attendance at all sessions of the symposium is not required. Light refreshments will be served.
Scroll down for program and speaker information.
Photo Courtesy of XPERISUS
Program Schedule
*Subject to Change
9:00 AM | Doors Open
9:30 AM | Opening Remarks
Session 1
9:45 AM | Art History and Aesthetics
10:35 AM | Roundtable Discussion
• Meghen Jones
• Kristopher Kersey
• Sol Jung
• Akiko Walley
• Millie Creighton
11:15 AM | Break
Session 2
11:30 AM | History and Material Culture
12:10 PM | Roundtable Discussion
• Rebecca Corbett
• Melinda Landeck
• Morgan Pitelka
• Eric Rath
12:50 PM | Break
Session 3
2:20 PM | Practice and Publics
3:00 PM | Roundtable Discussion
• Michelle Liu Carriger
• Bruce Hamana
• Janet Ikeda
• Ruth Lionberger
3:40 PM | Break
Session 4
3:55 PM | Media, Literature, and Poetics
4:35 PM | Roundtable Discussion
• Ariel Stilerman
• Nancy Hamilton
• Lindsey Stirek
• Christina Laffin
5:05 PM | Closing Remarks
Speakers
Co-Presented by
Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities
The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities is a collaborative project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Waseda University in Tokyo, established in 2014 to realize a sustainable, equitable, globally interconnected future for the Japanese humanities. Its recently launched project Japan Past & Present is a global, digital hub meant to further these goals. For more information, please visit http://yanai-initiative.ucla.edu/ and https://japanpastandpresent.org/.
Supported by
USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture
Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies
Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, UCLA
Hiroshi Wagatsuma Memorial Fellowship, UCLA Asia Pacific Center