Tuesday, April 5th at 6:30PM Wheeler 2nd Floor Common Room Dinner with Professor Dennis Washburn Dennis Washburn is the Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies at Dartmouth College where he has taught since 1992. He has served as chair of the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures and is currently chair of the Comparative Literature Program. Washburn has published extensively on Japanese literature and culture and is an active translator of both modern and classical Japanese fiction. In 2004 he received the Japanese Foreign Ministry's citation for contributions to cross-cultural understanding, and in 2008 he received the Japan-US Friendship Commission Translation Prize. Come discuss: Is the study of other languages really necessary anymore? Isn't it best and more efficient for communication to leave translation to computers? RSVP to [log in to unmask] The Thought Project is a Living Learning Community in Wheeler Hall. Each week, we host a Food for Thought dinner with a faculty member and a variety of social events. Apply today for residence in the Fall 2016 Thought Project! Fill out the application on Banner in the Housing StarPortal. Applications are due on April 6th, 2016 at 11:59PM. Visit our website at www.dartmouththoughtproject.com<http://www.dartmouththoughtproject.com/>. [http://static1.squarespace.com/static/552c9dade4b0c4575fdcad9e/t/552cbb2ce4b0c2f8a381f3c6/1459010975870/?format=1000w]<http://www.dartmouththoughtproject.com/> The Thought Project<http://www.dartmouththoughtproject.com/> www.dartmouththoughtproject.com A vibrant, diverse Living Learning Community of students committed to exploring ideas and cultures different from their own.