Teaching Japan in the Age of AI: Lunch and Workshop

Are you an IUC alum currently grappling with the sudden changes wrought on the teaching profession by the advent of generative AI? If so, this October you can hit two birds with one stone: celebrate the IUC 60th Anniversary with us at Stanford and participate in a special session just added for academics on teaching Japan in the age of AI. Together we will discuss the challenges presented by ChatGPT for student learning and assessments; discuss best practices for talking to students about the use of AI; and brainstorm course assignments that effectively hone critical thinking skills in an age when take-home essays and online discussion posts can be undetectably produced by AI.

The session will be led by Ariel Stilerman, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University. Professor Stilerman has a background in Japanese literature, the Tea Ceremony, Clinical Psychoanalysis, and Industrial Design. His first monograph studies the role of classical verse in the transmission of culture and knowledge across social classes. Current projects include a second monograph on technology and knowledge, a bibliographic database for research, and an exploration of materiality in late medieval aesthetics. Still on hold is the first direct translation of Genji monogatari into Spanish.

Registrants for this special session will be listed in the program as participants. Priority given to university faculty, postdocs, Ph.D students, and lecturers.

**Please note that this special lunch session is held as part of the IUC 60th Anniversary Symposium at Stanford. If you haven't yet registered for the symposium, please do so here.**