The 2014 University of Chicago Japan Studies Summer Workshop:  Reading Kuzushiji will take place June 16-20. It is open to students and faculty with a working knowledge of classical Japanese and hentaigana. Our instructor will be Professor Aratake Kenichiro (http://www.cneas.tohoku.ac.jp/staff/aratake/aratake.html) of Tohoku University’s Center for Northeast Asian Studies.  Professor Aratake, who received his Ph.D from Kansai University in 2004, is a social historian whose research focuses on urban history and the development of trade routes and market economies.  This year we will be reading both print and manuscript materials.

For more information and to apply, please see the workshop website: http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/kuzushiji/funding/

The deadline for applications is March 15th.  Questions can be directed to me at slburns@uchicago.edu.

Susan L. Burns
Associate Professor of Japanese History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations