Founded in 1986 at Columbia University, the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture is named in honor of Professor Donald Keene, internationally renowned scholar, Columbia University teacher, and interpreter of Japanese literature and culture to the West. The Center is dedicated to advancing the understanding of Japan and its culture in the United States through university instruction, research, and public education. In addition, the Center seeks to encourage study of the interrelationships among the cultures of Japan, other Asian countries, Europe, and the United States.

07/20 - Fall 2008 Events Calendar is now online
04/14 - Winners of the 2007-2008 U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission Prize for

the Translation of Japanese Literature to be honored in an award ceremony on Friday, April 18, 2008

02/22 - The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI), in conjunction with the

Donald Keene Center presents a Japanese film series:
Out of the Ashes: Early Postwar Japanese Movies

01/25 - Spring 2008 Events Calendar is now online
10/29 - We now accept applications for the 2008-2009 Shincho Graduate Fellowship

for Study in Japan

10/11 - Poet Gary Snyder to deliver 2007-2008 Sen Lecture
09/10 - We now accept applications for the 2008 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission

Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature

09/04 - Waka Workshop III in March 2008
08/09 - Fall 2007 Events Calendar now online
08/08 - Winners of 2007 Translation Prize announced

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