Now officially sanctioned by the academy:
Public Lecture at UC Berkeley's Institute of East Asian Studies

"Lord It's the Samurai: Socially Engaged Art and the Cultural Production of Orientalist Hysteria"
Majime Sugiru, Communications Director, Asians Art Museum

DATE: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
TIME: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
PLACE: IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor
FORMAT: Lecture
SPONSORS: Center for Japanese Studies

This event is free and open to the public.

Description and bio here:
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2010.03.09.html

Reviewed in Art Practical's premiere issue:
http://www.artpractical.com/index.php?/review/the_lords_of_the_samurai_lord_its_the_samurai/

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