Oct 20

Illuminating Japanese Studies: Lecture Series with Former Japan Foundation Fellows—Afterlife: Translation, “The Memory Police,” and Global Japanese Fiction

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The Japan Foundation, New York is launching an online lecture series “Illuminating Japanese Studies: Lecture Series with Former JF Fellows.”

First up is Afterlife: Translation, Yoko Ogawa’s The Memory Police, and Global Japanese Fiction, with Dr. Stephen Snyder, translator of the recently published, International Booker Prize-nominated, “The Memory Police.” He will discuss the reception of the novel in the English-speaking world, 20 years after the initial publication. The lecture will be on Wed Oct 28 at 6 pm ET and followed by a live Q&A.

The event is free, but please register at the following Eventbrite: https://afterlife-translation-memory-police.eventbrite.com