Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities
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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities: UCLA & Waseda University reimagining the Japanese humanities for the world.
The Yanai Initiative is pleased to invite proposals for a symposium entitled “Experimental Translations in/with East Asian Languages,” to be hosted at UCLA on April 10-11, 2026. Deadline November 30, 2025, 11:59 PM (PT). See more information threaded below. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Yanai Initiative is pleased to invite proposals for a symposium entitled “Experimental Translations in/with East Asian Languages,” to be hosted at UCLA on April 10-11, 2026. Deadline November 30, 2025, 11:59 PM (PT). See more information threaded below. ⬇️
The Yanai Initiative is excited to share that The Graffiti, the second installment in its Bungaku Bideo series, has won the Best Narrative Short Award at the 2025 Ottawa International Animation Festival! 👏
October 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Yanai Initiative is excited to share that The Graffiti, the second installment in its Bungaku Bideo series, has won the Best Narrative Short Award at the 2025 Ottawa International Animation Festival! 👏
柳井イニシアティブ「文学ビデオ」シリーズ第２弾、作家・高柳誠さんとアニメーション作家・折笠良さんによる『落書』が、アヌシー国際アニメーション映画祭Off-Limits賞に続き、2025年オタワ国際アニメーション映画祭でBest Narrative Short Award (最優秀ナラティブ作品賞)を受賞しました！ この賞は短編ではグランプリに次ぐ、カテゴリー最高賞です。👏
October 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
柳井イニシアティブ「文学ビデオ」シリーズ第２弾、作家・高柳誠さんとアニメーション作家・折笠良さんによる『落書』が、アヌシー国際アニメーション映画祭Off-Limits賞に続き、2025年オタワ国際アニメーション映画祭でBest Narrative Short Award (最優秀ナラティブ作品賞)を受賞しました！ この賞は短編ではグランプリに次ぐ、カテゴリー最高賞です。👏
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📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open!
The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
September 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open!
The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
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We are pleased to announce that Japan Past & Present is now accepting proposals for its Fall 2025 Project Funding cycle! 🎉🗾 We offer short-term support to scholars to create public-facing resources on Japan-related topics to be published on JPP's site. japanpastandpresent.org/en/funding/j...
July 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We are pleased to announce that Japan Past & Present is now accepting proposals for its Fall 2025 Project Funding cycle! 🎉🗾 We offer short-term support to scholars to create public-facing resources on Japan-related topics to be published on JPP's site. japanpastandpresent.org/en/funding/j...
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JPPはこの度、2025年秋の募集サイクルとなるプロジェクト助成金への応募受付を開始しました！ 🎉🗾 JPPの「プロジェクト助成金」は、JPPのウェブサイトで公開することを目的とした、幅広い日本の人文科学研究についてのリソース開発を短期的に支援するためのものです。 japanpastandpresent.org/jp/funding/j...
July 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
JPPはこの度、2025年秋の募集サイクルとなるプロジェクト助成金への応募受付を開始しました！ 🎉🗾 JPPの「プロジェクト助成金」は、JPPのウェブサイトで公開することを目的とした、幅広い日本の人文科学研究についてのリソース開発を短期的に支援するためのものです。 japanpastandpresent.org/jp/funding/j...
Join us for upcoming shows in Kyoto (6/25), Osaka (6/26), Ehime (6/28), and Hiroshima (7/6)! 🎞️
digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...
digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...
ディズニー意識？ 1930年代の日本にカラーアニメ、フィルムは紙：朝日新聞
紙のフィルムに刻まれた日本のアニメーション作品が、再び注目を集めている。1930年代の限られた時期におもちゃとして流通した、日本アニメ草創期の貴重なカラー作品。収集家以外には忘れ去られた存在だったが…
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June 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Join us for upcoming shows in Kyoto (6/25), Osaka (6/26), Ehime (6/28), and Hiroshima (7/6)! 🎞️
digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...
digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...
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If you're in Japan, the next opportunities to see this amazing show are in Niigata (6/21), Osaka (6/24, 6/26), Kyoto (6/25), Ehime (6/28), and even Hiroshima (7/6)! These paper films and the performances with them are really something! 🎞️
中心となるプログラム「紙フィルムの世界」では、現代の技術でデジタル化された34本の紙フィルム作品を弁士の語りと音楽のライブパフォーマンスとともにご紹介いたします。また、特別プログラム「日本アニメの誕生から紙フィルムまで」では、 紙フィルムを同じ時代の関連アニメーション作品とともに取り上げ、紙を使ったアニメーションの広がりを紹介します。知られざる紙フィルムの世界、そして紙とアニメーションの世界をぜひご堪能ください！
上映会は6月～7月にかけて東京、京都、大阪、広島、新潟、愛媛で行われます！ツアーの詳細についてはこちらご覧ください： www.waseda.jp/culture/news...
上映会は6月～7月にかけて東京、京都、大阪、広島、新潟、愛媛で行われます！ツアーの詳細についてはこちらご覧ください： www.waseda.jp/culture/news...
June 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If you're in Japan, the next opportunities to see this amazing show are in Niigata (6/21), Osaka (6/24, 6/26), Kyoto (6/25), Ehime (6/28), and even Hiroshima (7/6)! These paper films and the performances with them are really something! 🎞️
日本にはかつて、紙のフィルムで作られた子ども向けの短編映画がありました。映画といえばセルロイドのフィルムで上映されるものだった時代、1932～38年の短い期間だけ、家庭用のおもちゃとして「紙フィルム」作品が売られていたのです。子どもたちは紙フィルムを専用の手回しの映写機で上映してもらって遊んだようです。映像の多くはアニメーション。映画館で観る映画が白黒だった時代に、紙フィルムではカラーで印刷された鮮やかな色彩の映画が観られました。素朴でかわいらしいキャラクターや動物のおとぎ話、とぼけた侍たちの時代劇、時代を反映した戦争モノまで、たくさんの作品が作られています。
June 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
日本にはかつて、紙のフィルムで作られた子ども向けの短編映画がありました。映画といえばセルロイドのフィルムで上映されるものだった時代、1932～38年の短い期間だけ、家庭用のおもちゃとして「紙フィルム」作品が売られていたのです。子どもたちは紙フィルムを専用の手回しの映写機で上映してもらって遊んだようです。映像の多くはアニメーション。映画館で観る映画が白黒だった時代に、紙フィルムではカラーで印刷された鮮やかな色彩の映画が観られました。素朴でかわいらしいキャラクターや動物のおとぎ話、とぼけた侍たちの時代劇、時代を反映した戦争モノまで、たくさんの作品が作られています。
In an age when most films were printed on celluloid, a few companies in Japan embarked on an experiment: producing and selling short, often animated films printed on paper. Sold as toys for just six years (1932-1938), these “paper films” were screened using special hand-cranked projectors.
June 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In an age when most films were printed on celluloid, a few companies in Japan embarked on an experiment: producing and selling short, often animated films printed on paper. Sold as toys for just six years (1932-1938), these “paper films” were screened using special hand-cranked projectors.
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今週！対面とオンライン！ ジャパン・パスト＆プレゼントの第1回国際シンポジウム「Japan Past & Present ― グローバルな日本人文科学へ」の参加登録が開始されました。 🗾 このシンポジウムは、2025年5月29日から31日まで早稲田大学で開催されます。 japanpastandpresent.org/jp/jpp-event...
May 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
今週！対面とオンライン！ ジャパン・パスト＆プレゼントの第1回国際シンポジウム「Japan Past & Present ― グローバルな日本人文科学へ」の参加登録が開始されました。 🗾 このシンポジウムは、2025年5月29日から31日まで早稲田大学で開催されます。 japanpastandpresent.org/jp/jpp-event...
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This week! In-person and virtual! Registration is still open for JPP's international symposium "Japan Past & Present: Reimagining a Global Field" (5/29–5/31)! 🗾 japanpastandpresent.org/en/jpp-event...
May 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This week! In-person and virtual! Registration is still open for JPP's international symposium "Japan Past & Present: Reimagining a Global Field" (5/29–5/31)! 🗾 japanpastandpresent.org/en/jpp-event...
The Yanai Initiative is pleased to co-present a screening of the film Asia is One (1973) by the Nihon Documentarist Union, which follows migrants from Okinawa to Taiwan, documenting colonial legacies in the Pacific. Join us 6/6, 6:30pm (Dodd 147) for an introduction by Dr. Nina Horisaki-Christens.
May 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Yanai Initiative is pleased to co-present a screening of the film Asia is One (1973) by the Nihon Documentarist Union, which follows migrants from Okinawa to Taiwan, documenting colonial legacies in the Pacific. Join us 6/6, 6:30pm (Dodd 147) for an introduction by Dr. Nina Horisaki-Christens.
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Sunday, April 13, 7 p.m.
📽 Japanese Paper Films
Join us for a rare screening of digitized “kami firumu” from @kamifirumu.bsky.social, Japanese short films that were printed on paper in the 1930s. Live musical accompaniment! Free: ucla.in/3Eb9NQZ
Co-presented by @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social
📽 Japanese Paper Films
Join us for a rare screening of digitized “kami firumu” from @kamifirumu.bsky.social, Japanese short films that were printed on paper in the 1930s. Live musical accompaniment! Free: ucla.in/3Eb9NQZ
Co-presented by @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Sunday, April 13, 7 p.m.
📽 Japanese Paper Films
Join us for a rare screening of digitized “kami firumu” from @kamifirumu.bsky.social, Japanese short films that were printed on paper in the 1930s. Live musical accompaniment! Free: ucla.in/3Eb9NQZ
Co-presented by @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social
📽 Japanese Paper Films
Join us for a rare screening of digitized “kami firumu” from @kamifirumu.bsky.social, Japanese short films that were printed on paper in the 1930s. Live musical accompaniment! Free: ucla.in/3Eb9NQZ
Co-presented by @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social
This weekend! Come to the Billy Wilder Theater @hammermuseum.bsky.social for a rare opportunity to see pre-war Japanese paper films with live accompaniment, a fascinating part of animation and film history. 🎞️ At the Billy Wilder 4/13, or in Santa Barbara 4/12! humanities.ucla.edu/news/paper-f...
Paper films – treasures of pre-war Japan – to be screened at Billy Wilder Theater, April 13
Ninety years after the height of the medium’s popularity, a selection of kami firumu will be presented by the Yanai Initiative and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
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April 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This weekend! Come to the Billy Wilder Theater @hammermuseum.bsky.social for a rare opportunity to see pre-war Japanese paper films with live accompaniment, a fascinating part of animation and film history. 🎞️ At the Billy Wilder 4/13, or in Santa Barbara 4/12! humanities.ucla.edu/news/paper-f...
If you're in the Los Angeles area there's still time to join us for this special event (4/4), offered in partnership with Japan Foundation LA & Japan House LA, featuring 4 Japanese spoken theater performers showcasing their craft! To register or see more info, visit: www.jflalc.org/event-detail...
March 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If you're in the Los Angeles area there's still time to join us for this special event (4/4), offered in partnership with Japan Foundation LA & Japan House LA, featuring 4 Japanese spoken theater performers showcasing their craft! To register or see more info, visit: www.jflalc.org/event-detail...
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Film enthusiasts in LA and the Chicago area! 🎞️✨👇 You can check out what promises to be an amazing performance/screening of rare 1930s Japanese paper film 紙フィルム！
We are delighted to be welcoming the Japanese Paper Film Project (@kamifirumu.bsky.social) to UCLA at the Billy Wilder Theater April 13th! 🎞️ Come enjoy a selection of rare 1930s paper film (kami firumu) and experience these pieces of early film history! www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/japan...
March 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Film enthusiasts in LA and the Chicago area! 🎞️✨👇 You can check out what promises to be an amazing performance/screening of rare 1930s Japanese paper film 紙フィルム！
Deadline approaching! ⬇️ We look forward to your applications!
The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities invites graduate students from non-U.S. institutions in Japanese humanities fields to apply to come to UCLA as Visiting Graduate Researchers during the 2025-2026 academic year!
柳井イニシアティブでは2025‐2026年度の招聘研究員としてUCLAに迎える日本文化研究の大学生を募集します！
柳井イニシアティブでは2025‐2026年度の招聘研究員としてUCLAに迎える日本文化研究の大学生を募集します！
March 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Deadline approaching! ⬇️ We look forward to your applications!
We are delighted to be welcoming the Japanese Paper Film Project (@kamifirumu.bsky.social) to UCLA at the Billy Wilder Theater April 13th! 🎞️ Come enjoy a selection of rare 1930s paper film (kami firumu) and experience these pieces of early film history! www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/japan...
March 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We are delighted to be welcoming the Japanese Paper Film Project (@kamifirumu.bsky.social) to UCLA at the Billy Wilder Theater April 13th! 🎞️ Come enjoy a selection of rare 1930s paper film (kami firumu) and experience these pieces of early film history! www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/japan...
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Are you gearing up for #AAS2025? We’ll be there! Come by booth 613 this week to say hello and learn about all the exciting things we’re up to at JPP and the @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social! 🗾 Plus, swag! 🖊️😍
March 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Are you gearing up for #AAS2025? We’ll be there! Come by booth 613 this week to say hello and learn about all the exciting things we’re up to at JPP and the @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social! 🗾 Plus, swag! 🖊️😍
Come by, Japan enthusiasts! Check out the latest with Japan Past & Present and of course all the exciting publications and projects the Yanai Initiative has been collaborating on. 🗾 Learn more about translation, performance, and opportunities for graduate students to visit UCLA!
We’re here! 😍 The exhibit hall is open! Come by booth 613 (to the right and back by the extremely important ☕️ tables! #AAS2025
March 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Come by, Japan enthusiasts! Check out the latest with Japan Past & Present and of course all the exciting publications and projects the Yanai Initiative has been collaborating on. 🗾 Learn more about translation, performance, and opportunities for graduate students to visit UCLA!
The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities invites graduate students from non-U.S. institutions in Japanese humanities fields to apply to come to UCLA as Visiting Graduate Researchers during the 2025-2026 academic year!
柳井イニシアティブでは2025‐2026年度の招聘研究員としてUCLAに迎える日本文化研究の大学生を募集します！
柳井イニシアティブでは2025‐2026年度の招聘研究員としてUCLAに迎える日本文化研究の大学生を募集します！
January 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities invites graduate students from non-U.S. institutions in Japanese humanities fields to apply to come to UCLA as Visiting Graduate Researchers during the 2025-2026 academic year!
柳井イニシアティブでは2025‐2026年度の招聘研究員としてUCLAに迎える日本文化研究の大学生を募集します！
柳井イニシアティブでは2025‐2026年度の招聘研究員としてUCLAに迎える日本文化研究の大学生を募集します！
The 2nd Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival 2024 in Tokio will be held from 12/8~12/19 at Human Trust Cinema Shibuya! On the 14th (Sat) and 18th (Wed), the animation “Extremely Short” will be screened. Please take this opportunity to come and see the film! www.cannes-df-in-tokio.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The 2nd Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival 2024 in Tokio will be held from 12/8~12/19 at Human Trust Cinema Shibuya! On the 14th (Sat) and 18th (Wed), the animation “Extremely Short” will be screened. Please take this opportunity to come and see the film! www.cannes-df-in-tokio.com
カンヌ国際映画祭監督週間 2024 in Tokioが12/8(日)~19(木）までヒューマントラスト シネマ渋谷にて開催されます！ 14日（土）及び18日（水）には、柳井イニシアティブが企画・制作する新シリーズ「文学ビデオ」の第一作目『とても短い』が上映されます。是非来てください！ www.cannes-df-in-tokio.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:46 PM
カンヌ国際映画祭監督週間 2024 in Tokioが12/8(日)~19(木）までヒューマントラスト シネマ渋谷にて開催されます！ 14日（土）及び18日（水）には、柳井イニシアティブが企画・制作する新シリーズ「文学ビデオ」の第一作目『とても短い』が上映されます。是非来てください！ www.cannes-df-in-tokio.com
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Join us at Japan Foundation Los Angeles on 12/4 at 7pm for "An Evening with Tomoka Shibasaki: Readings & Conversation"! 📖 Tomoka Shibasaki, Yanai Initiative Visiting Professor, will discusse her literary works, including the award-winning Spring Garden (Haru no niwa). www.jflalc.org/event-detail...
November 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Join us at Japan Foundation Los Angeles on 12/4 at 7pm for "An Evening with Tomoka Shibasaki: Readings & Conversation"! 📖 Tomoka Shibasaki, Yanai Initiative Visiting Professor, will discusse her literary works, including the award-winning Spring Garden (Haru no niwa). www.jflalc.org/event-detail...