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Fall 2021-2022
Academy Museum in Los Angeles, opening Fall 2021
Susan Napier, Tufts Goldthwaite Professor of Rhetoric and Japanese Studies, recently participated in a Anime Expo panel for the upcoming opening of the Hayao Miyazaki exhibit at the Academy Museum.The panel featured two of the curators of the exhibition plus a journalist from the Los Angeles Times and Susan. Of the exhibit, Susan said:
"This really is a big deal – the “Academy” are the people who hand out the Oscars and they have been around since 1926. The fact that they have chosen to inaugurate the new museum NOT by honoring Steven Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino but rather by honoring a non-American, non-Western director who specializes in animation is pretty breathtaking. Tears actually came to my eyes when I heard about it.
The exhibit will run from the end of September through the end of June 2022 so I’m attaching a link to information about it. I know that some of our students are from California so they could go to it fairly easily and I’m betting that other students are serious fans who will want to go!"
In September, Professor Napier attended the opening gala for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Susan had excellent adventure at the new Academy of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Here is a photo of her trying to imitate the expression of Kiki, the Ghibli character in the mural who was about to seek her fortune in the wide world!
This fall, Professor Napier taught Disney Studios Meets Studio Ghibli and Cinema of the Apocalypse. Details for both can be found on our FMS courses page.
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