EVENT INFO
Are you an IUC alum currently grappling with the sudden changes wrought on the teaching profession by the advent of generative AI? If so, this October you can hit two birds with one stone: celebrate the IUC 60th Anniversary with us at Stanford and participate in a special session just added for academics on teaching Japan in the age of AI. Together we will discuss the challenges presented by ChatGPT for student learning and assessments; discuss best practices for talking to students about the use of AI; and brainstorm course assignments that effectively hone critical thinking skills in an age when take-home essays and online discussion posts can be undetectably produced by AI.
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The session will be led by Ariel Stilerman, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University. Professor Stilerman has a background in Japanese literature, the Tea Ceremony, Clinical Psychoanalysis, and Industrial Design. His first monograph studies the role of classical verse in the transmission of culture and knowledge across social classes. Current projects include a second monograph on technology and knowledge, a bibliographic database for research, and an exploration of materiality in late medieval aesthetics. Still on hold is the first direct translation of Genji monogatari into Spanish.
Registrants for this special session are listed below. Priority given to university faculty, postdocs, Ph.D students, and lecturers.
PARTICIPANTS
Bruce Batten
Resident Director, Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
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Kei T. Befu
Retired
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Taranee Cao (IUC ’19)
Instructor in Japanese Language and Linguistics, Earlham College
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Martha Debs (IUC ’80)
Business Communications Consultant (retired)​
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Paula Esguerra (IUC ’20)
Special Advisor of the Japan Institute's International Exchange Program, Portland Japanese Garden​
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Josh Feng (IUC ’22)
PhD Student, UC Berkeley
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Glen S. Fukushima
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
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David Gundry (IUC ’03)
Associate Professor of Japanese, University of California, Davis
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Mohamed Hadidi
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Nancy Hamilton (IUC Summer ’18)
Independent Scholar
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Bei Han (IUC’23)
MA student of East Asian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Frederic Kahn
PhD Student, Harvard University
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Lida Kon
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Indra Levy
Executive Director of IUC; Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University
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Momoyo Lowdermilk
Advanced Lecturer of Japanese, Stanford University
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Yoshiko Matsumoto
Yamato Ichihashi Professor of Japanese History and Civilization; Professor of EALC (and Linguistics, by courtesy), Stanford University
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Scott Miller
Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature, Brigham Young University
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Gary Mukai
Director, Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), Stanford University
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Young-Jeh Oh
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Kenneth Pechter (IUC ’94)
Professor, Hosei University Business School -- Global MBA Program
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Miryam Sas (IUC ’89)
Professor of Comparative Literature and Film & Media, University of California, Berkeley
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Ariel Stilerman (IUC Summer ’09)
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages
and Cultures, Stanford University
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Kurt W. Tong (IUC ’09)
Managing Partner, The Asia Group
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Yifan Xu (IUC ’23)
MA Student, Stanford University
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Kohei Yoshikawa
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Jiaqian Zhu (IUC ’21)
PhD Student, UC Berkeley;
Visiting Scholar of EALC, Stanford University
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