The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) at UBC is actively engaged in promotion of research on a wide variety of topics dealing with Japan and its place in the world community. As part of its research activities, the CJR presents a series of seminars  and lectures featuring speakers from around the world, as well as UBC-based scholars and faculty. The CJR is also engaged in various activities which encourage personal and organizational interaction between Canada and Japan, including accepting visiting researchers, and co-sponsoring programs, which aims at facilitating greater understanding between people of Japan and Canada.

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Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs

Name Role Research Interests
Laffin, Christina Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Humanities and the arts; premodern Japanese literature; medieval Japanese history; women's writing; Japanese women's history; travel writing; autobiography; Japanese poetry; Literacy; socialization; wet nursing; narratology; premodern Japanese literature, medieval Japanese history, women's writing, Japanese women's history, travel writing, autobiography, Japanese poetry, literacy, socialization, wet nursing, narratology
McCormick, Kelly Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Modern Japan; History of Visual and Material Culture/Photography; History of Technology; History of Gender and Sexuality; Modern Japan, History of Visual and Material Culture/Photography, History of Technology, History of Gender and Sexuality
Nakamura, Fuyubi Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Social and cultural anthropology; Museum studies (Museology); Visual theory, visual culture and visual literacy; Globalization and culture; Environment, space and place; Anthropology of art; museum studies (working as curator at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC); material and visual culture; Contemporary Japanese calligraphy; Indigenous cultures, especially Ainu; disaster and memory, especially in the context of the Great East Japan Earthquake (3.11).; contemporary Asian art and culture; Anthropology of art, Museum studies (working as curator at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC), Material and visual culture, Contemporary Japanese calligraphy, Indigenous cultures, especially Ainu, Disaster and memory, especially in the context of the Great East Japan Earthquake (3.11)., Contemporary Asian art and culture