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Department News
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Events
- The Fall 2024 Pikachu Bon Dance (Bon Odori) event from 3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. on Friday, October 18, at Café 58, IR124 (3401 Spruce Street)
- Penn Japanese Language Table on 9/25 (W) at 5:15-6:15pm in Williams Hall, Room 723
- We are excited to host the first Taiko Workshop and Performance on Sunday, April 28, from 2:30 p.m. @Amado Recital Hall! (April 2024)
- Eight Japanese language classes showcased their passion for Japanese culture through singing karaoke! (March 2024)
- We hosted the second annual Japanese dance event (Pikachu Bon Dancing) at Penn’s campus!(September 2023)
- We are hosting both in-person and virtual language table events this fall! (September 2023)
- We are hosting the Fall 2023 Japanese dance event (Pikachu Bon Dancing) at Penn’s campus! (September 2023)
- Eight Japanese language classes showcased their passion for Japanese culture through singing karaoke at our 3rd annual Spring Karaoke event! (April 2023)
- We are thrilled to host our Spring Japanese Karaoke event on Friday, April 14! (April 2023)
- We hosted our in-person Japanese Conversation Table three times in the spring semester! (April 2023)
- We are hosting the Study Abroad in Japan Information Session (online) on Friday, November 4 @3:30 p.m. In this live session, students can learn about the program options/the application process and the one-of-a-kind experiences from the former study abroad students! (10.26.2022)
- We are hosting the first Japanese dance event (Bon Odori) at UPenn’s campus, featuring “PIKACHU Bon Dance,” on Thursday, October 20 @5:15 p.m.! (10.3.2022)
- We are hosting three in-person Japanese Language Table at UPenn and also co-hosting an Inter-College Japanese Language Table via Zoom this fall to give our students an opportunity to speak Japanese outside of the classrooms and engage with the Japanese language communities! (9.15.2022)
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Course Highlights
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Department News Archives
- UPenn Japanese Language Program welcomes Dr. Izumi Walker, a Visiting Scholar, from the National University of Singapore, in Spring 2022.(3.15.2022)
- Tomoko Takami, director of the Modern Japanese Language Program, has been elected as the next President-Elect of American Association of Teachers of Japanese (12.18.2020)
- Congrats to Willow Wilkes, a freshman in a dual program with Arts & Sciences and Wharton, who received the Silver Award in George Washington University’s J.LIVE 2020, a national-level Japanese language/presentation competition! (12.18.2020)
- Congratulations to Willow Wilkes, a Penn student who has been named for the finalists for a national-level speaking competition for Japanese language learners! (10.20.2020)
- Two Penn students selected as semifinalists from university-level competitors from across the country for a Japanese-language speaking competition! (10.13.2020)
- The Penn Libraries’ recent project, “Building a Japanese Manga Collection for Non-Traditional Patrons in an Academic Library,” has been published (9.30.2020)
- Tomoko Takami, Director of Penn’s Modern Japanese Language Program, received major development grant
- Diversity in the Stacks: East Asian Comics Collection at Penn
- Check more updated job opportunities on our Japanese Language Program Facebook Page!
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