The University of Chicago Reading Kuzushiji Summer Workshop 2025

NOTE: This workshop has been cancelled due to low enrollment.

The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago is delighted to announce that it will once again be holding its summer Reading Kuzushiji Workshop. This year the workshop will meet daily from June 9-14, 2025. There will be two sections. The introductory section will be led by Dr. Nobuko Toyosawa, Research Fellow at Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences. Dr. Toyosawa is the author of Imaginative Mapping: Japanese Identity in the Tokugawa and Meiji Eras (Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2019). The intermediate section will be led by Prof. Akinori Takahashi of Tohoku University.

There is no cost for the workshop except for a program fee of $100 that covers a catered lunch daily, snacks, beverages, and copies of workshop materials. We offer limited financial aid for students and junior faculty traveling from institutions that cannot support their participation.

The workshop is open to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars. The workshop will be conducted in Japanese. Please apply here:
https://ceas.wufoo.com/forms/reading-kuzushiji-summer-2025/

Applications are due by April 21, 2025. Questions can be addressed to Prof. Susan Burns, slburns@uchicago.edu.

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Schedule

Monday-Thursday, June 9-12
9:00am – 4:00pm

Friday, June 13
9:00am – 1:00pm