Giving a talk at Otaku no Anime

As many of you know, Otaku no Anime meets every Sunday from 1-4pm in Lake Superior Hall Room 154. And as many of you know, I am the faculty advisor for the club. And on Sunday, Feb. 14th, I'm going to be going to the meeting to give a talk. I will be discussing the function of the classical Japanese suffix keri and its status as a marker indicating the coming into awareness of a previously unnoticed situation and how its use suggests a storytelling mode even if a narrator is not specified... or maybe I'll talk about anime instead. In fact, I'm going to be talking about otaku: shady and potentially dangerous obsessed loners? or the cultural consumers of the future, fully in-touch with the post-modern nature of 21st century media? Otaku no Anime has been watching Genshiken, an anime about an otaku club, and since it's also the first time I'm doing anything official with them I thought it would be a good topic. Also, I've been reading a book on otaku recently and have been dying to give a "book report." So come on in if you're interested. As I said, their meeting start at 1pm, so I'll probably be doing my thing at 1:30 or so (I think). Here's a link to their website if you'd like more info about the club and their activities.