After a long silence, JIPS will be holding a new meeting this November. I’m rather sad to say they seem to be moving their base of activities away from Kyoto to Osaka, however they do have an impressive list of speakers, so it might be worth making the trek down into the heaving hurdy-gurdy of the metropolis… Here are the details from Jane Nakagawa:
Meeting: Saturday November 17, 2012: 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Location: Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus
Access Map: http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/
Directions in English: http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/
Gengo Bunka Kenkyuka Building 7, large meeting room on the 2nd floor (言語文化研究科大会議室): http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/
Admission: free
Contact: Trane DeVore, Osaka University
Email: trane@lang.osaka-u.ac.jp / traned@gmail.com
Telephone: 06 6850 5886 (Osaka University)
Come join us for a friendly poetry reading and discussion. Open to the public.
All are welcome. Languages used will be English and Japanese.
Speakers/Readers: Eric SELLAND, Goro TAKANO, Jane JORITZ-NAKAGAWA, Kiyoko OGAWA, Loren GOODMAN, Trane DeVORE and Yoko DANNO. [Read more…]