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Michitoshi Soga Japan Center

Building Bridges and Creating Opportunities

Mission Statement:

The Soga Japan Center at Western Michigan University commits itself to making fundamental advances in our knowledge of Japanese history, culture, business, science and technology. In so doing, it serves as a generative force in international education.

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Soga Japan Top Story

Lambert gets NSF grant to study gender provisions in national constitutions


Western Michigan University's Dr. Priscilla Lambert, assistant professor of political science and faculty of the Soga Japan Center, is co-principal investigator of a collaborative research project awarded $312,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation to examine how gender provisions in national constitutions contribute to women’s political and economic standing.

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Soga Japan Center Events

Fall 2009 events

Symposium on Gender Studies
across Languages and Disciplines
12 to 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21
WMU's Bernhard Center Room 157
(Open at 11:30 a.m., reception follows day's events)
Symposium keynote speech: 
"Geisha, Pop Star, Princess: Japan Miscast?"

Roundtable on Language Pedagogy:
Theory, Practice, Technology
1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23
WMU's Brown Hall Room 3025

Study abroad in Japan Info Session                
Learn more about WMU exchange programs to Japan.
6p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29
WMU's Brown Hall Room 3025

Michigan-Japan Shiga Fair
Experience the culture and cuisine of Japan. Sponsored by the Michigan-Shiga Sister State Program.
1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 4
Novi Civic Center, Novi Michigan

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