COLUMBUS — Mississippi University for Women’s 2016 International Series will begin its focus on Japan with Tadaharu Yamamoto, president of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, presenting the talk “Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi and Cross-Cultural Communication.”
The event will begin at 7 p.m. Monday in Cochran Hall.
The second Series event will feature Chieko Iwata, Mississippi State University Japan outreach coordinator, who will teach participants how to don and wear kimonos. The demonstration will be Tuesday, March 1 at 7 p.m., also in Cochran Hall.
The Series will conclude with “Ma: The Complexity of Nothing,” a talk on Japanese aesthetics by W student Ashley Morgan, who studied abroad at Aichi Shukutoku University near Nagoya, Japan.
Morgan’s talk will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22 in Painter Hall.
The Series is being supported by The W’s Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy and Department of Business. For more information, email [email protected] or visit the Series’ Facebook page.
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