Featured Events

Wednesday, September 28 2016 12:30PM

Astrobreak at the Manfred Olson Planetarium

Join us for a Japanese edition of the Astrobreak at the Manfred Olson Planetarium on the UWM campus! We will look at the stars and talk about poetry and literature about the Tanabata story of two lovers separated by an...

Wednesday, March 9 2016 3:00 pm

Landscapes of the Unfamiliar: Tani Motokatsu and His Journey to Ezo in 1799

Tani Motokatsu was employed as a sketch artist along with some eight hundred fellow expeditioners on a shogunate-sponsored trip to Ezo (present day Hokkaido, Japan) in 1799.

Thursday, October 29 2015 4PM-6:30PM

Japan Foundation Support Boosts UWM’s Japanese Program

Join us for a special ceremony celebrating Japan studies at UWM and acknowledging the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago and the Japan Foundation’s generous support of the Japanese Program at UWM. Event sponsored by: * Center for International Education *...