Rutgers Meets Japan: A Celebration of Friendship will be held on Saturday, September 12th, 3:00-5:00 PM, at the Kirkpatrick Chapel, Rutgers University, to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the publication of The Mikado's Empire and the 100th anniversary of the bestowal of the Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan upon William Elliot Griffis (Rutgers Class of 1869). Join us to celebrate the 150 years of intellectual and cultural exchange between Rutgers-New Brunswick and Japan!
Register here to attend the event.
Also held in conjunction is Japan In/Out of View at the Zimmerli Art Museum. See this article on Rutgers Today featuring Professor Haruko Wakabayashi.
This event is co-sponsored by the School of Arts and Sciences, Asian Languages and Cultures Department, Rutgers Foundation, Rutgers Global, Rutgers University Libraries, Zimmerli Art Museum, Global Asias Initiative, Rutgers University Press and the Rutgers Japanese Student Association. It is funded through grants and donations from the New Jersey Historical Commission, Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry in New York, the Japanese American Association of New York, and ITO EN, and with generous support from the Consulate General of Japan in New York, New Brunswick Sister Cities Association, Princeton Japanese Association, the New York Buddhist Church and the American Buddhist Study Center, the Japan History Council of New York/Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York.