Saturday, May 21, 2022 – Sunday, May 22, 2022, All Day, Zoom.

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at UIUC are excited to announce the 29th Conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese (CATJ) on May 21-22, 2022. This conference will bring together Japanese language professionals from across the US and Canada to network and share their research and ideas on best practices in teaching and advising. The theme of this year’s conference is “Preparing for Post-Covid Japanese Language Education: Leveraging What We Learned (ポスト・コロナの日本語教育：この体験を未来に繋ぐ).” The keynote speakers are as follows: Ms. Ann Jordan (Immediate Past President of AATJ; Laurasian Institution), Ms. Tomoko Takami (President of AATJ; University of Pennsylvania), and Dr. Shinsuke Tsuchiya (Brigham Young University).

Find more information about the event here. You can register for the event here.