Stop BOWS(ER)-ing social media and come out to our Super Smash Bros Ultimate Tournament hosted with NYU ACU on Thursday, Nov. 21st for a FREE-to-enter tournament with CASH prizes and free food! Thursday 11/21, 6pm to 8pm, 19 University Pl, Room 102.

We invite you to sample classic and bold flavors of Chinese Teas at our Chinese Tea Tasting on Friday, 11/22. Learn about different flavor profiles and the regions where the teas are harvested. Tea and light snacks will be served! Friday 11/22, 10am to 12pm, 19 University Pl, The Great Room.

Hiroko Oyamada is hailed as one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Japan and one of the boldest writers of her generation. Join the author and acclaimed translator, David Boyd, in reading and conversation on the English-language debut of The Factory. Friday 11/22, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, 19 University Pl, The Great Room.

This presentation lays out Japan’s short history of refugee support, the current new flows of migrants into Japan, and the liminal conditions of asylum seekers as they wait for a decision on their refugee applications in Tokyo. Central to the situation is the Japanese twist on what Agamben has called the “state of exception,” not in refugee camps but in “provisional release” in the urban areas of Tokyo, leading to asylum seekers’ descent into irregular employment or “shadow work.” The presentation draws upon digital videos of oral narrative data from our project entitled “Refugee Voices Japan” at Sophia University and the continual efforts of the Sophia Refugee Support Group. Monday 11/25, 5pm to 7pm, 19 University Pl, The Great Room. 

He Yafei, the Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, joins Susan A. Thornton, the former Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, to discuss the future of China-U.S. relations. The panel will be moderated by Jeffrey S. Lehman, the Vice Chancellor of NYU Shanghai. This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. Monday 11/25, 5:30pm to 7pm, Kimmel Center for University Life, Room 914.

 Join us on Friday, November 22nd from 5-6:30pm for Japanese Language Table | Topics: Sushi & Onigiri Making! Anyone who is interested in Japanese Language/Culture is welcome. Free Japanese snacks are provided. Friday 11/22, 5pm-6:30pm, 19 University Pl, The Great Room.

Join EAS for the last Japanese Movie Night Presents: Porco Rosso! Bring friends and your ID for a fun, Friday night movie night. Friday 12/6, 5pm-7pm, 19 University Pl, Room 102.