INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: 'NIHONGO DEKIMASU. 20 YEARS OF JAPANESE STUDIES AT THE BABEȘ-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY'

Introducing, in the academic year 1998/1999, the Japanese Language and Literature program in the university’s curricula is part of the general strategy adopted by Babeș-Bolyai University, a strategy oriented towards diversifying the university’s academic offer. This initiative aimed to be a response to the necessity of a good academic performance, acutely felt within the Transylvanian area, where there was no previous possibility of studying, systematically and in-depth, Asian languages and literature. Contemplating all the years that have passed, we celebrated them through an international symposium entitled Nihongo Dekimasu. 20 Years of Japanese Studies at the Babeș-Bolyai University (26.10-25.11.2018). On this occasion, together with the Sembazuru Centre of Japanese Studies, we organized various events, trying to bring Japan closer not only to the Japanese Language and Literature program’s students, but also to the large audience in Cluj-Napoca, to everyone who wishes to understand, in their own country, Japan’s irresistible charm that continues to expand throughout the world.