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Andrea Stover and John Paine, professors in the English department, attended the Japan Studies Association (JSA) annual conference Jan. 7-10 in San Diego, California.
Stover serves on the board for JSA and was a co-organizer for the conference. Paine edits the Japan Studies Association Journal, JSA’s professional journal and presented and directed discussion of Kenko, Essays in Idleness, a medieval classic of Japanese aesthetics in plenary session.