CJR Seminars 2007-2008

Centre for Japanese Research
1855 West Mall, UBC
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6T 1Z2
Fax: (604) 822-5207

CJR Seminar Series 2007-2008

All seminars will be held on Fridays from 5-6:30PM in the Conference Room (Room 120) of the Institute of Asian Research (C.K. Choi) Building, 1855 West Mall, Vancouver (except where noted).

Spring 2008

January 18: Mariko Watanabe, Hirosaki University
"Educating Monks in Medieval Japan"
January 25: Joshua Mostow, Asian Studies
"Illustrated Classical Texts for Women in the Edo Period"
February 8: David Edgington, Geography
"Japanese Tourism in Canada: Recent Trends"
Feburary 29: Workshop "Lifecourse and Personality in Post-Industrial Japan: Preliminary Analysis of a US-Japan Comparative Panel Survey" (Osaka University)
Toru Kikkawa: Project Overview
Kikuko Nagayoshi: "Comparing Japanese and American Life-courses and Personality Development"
Jun Nakahara: "A Comparative Look at Aging between Japanese and Americans"
March 5, noon-1:30p: Koichi Iwabuchi, Waseda University
"Soft Power, Brand Nationalism and Dialogic Uses of Media Culture"
March 28: Jennifer Chan, Education Studies
"Another Japan is Possible: New Social Movements and Global Citizenship Education"
April 11: Erin Chung, Johns Hopkins University
"Japan's Immigrant Incorporation Regime"

Fall 2007

September 5 (Wednesday), 10:30am to 5:30pm, Peter Wall Institute Conference Room: Workshop on Dressing Up Japanese History: Gender, Class, and Clothing from Premodern to Present [Co-sponsored with the Peter Well Institute for Advanced Studies]
September 7 (Friday), 10am to 4:30pm: Workshop on Regional Sustainability in Japan and Canada [organized by Professor H. Muraryama, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto]
September 7 (Friday), 4:30-6pm, Lobby, C.K. Choi Bldg.: Start of Fall Term CJR Reception
15th CJR Anniversary Event: Manga Culture in Contemporary Japan: Takemiya Keiko Festival September 19-21: Wednesday 19th September7, noon-1:30pm. Book signing in UBC Bookstore of Professor Takemiya's English translations of her major manga cartoon book : "To Terra" (Translated by Dawn Laabs).

Thursday 20th September. Asian Centre Auditorium, UBC, 1871 West Mall
3:00pm-4:30pm. Display of manga and TV presentation of Professor Takemiya's anime films.
5:00-7:00pm. Public Lecture by Professor Keiko Takemiya on "Shojo Manga Power! Girl Comics from Japan", followed by panel discussion by Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh (Asian Studies, UBC), Dr. Masami Toku, (Department of Art & Art History, California State University, Chico) and Yukari Fujimoto (Shojo manga researcher and editor of Chikuma Shobo).

Friday 21st September, 2007. UBC Robson Square Campus, Main Theatre, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver.
6:00pm-8:00pm Public Lecture: "The Role of Manga in Japanese Contemporary Culture"
October 12 (Friday) [co-sponsored with Asian Studies, UBC]: Royall Tyler (Australian National Univ)
"The Greatness of The Tale of Genji"
October 19 (Friday): Yves Tiberghien (Political Science, UBC)
"Civil Society and Political Agenda Capture: The Battle over Genetically-Engineered Food in Japan"
November 16 (Friday): William Wray (History, UBC)
"Researching Japan's NYK Shipping Line: Life on a Silver Platter"
November 30 (Friday), 3-5pm: "The Japan Market Advisory Group Report - Implications and What to do Next"
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Summer 2007

July 4 (Wednesday): Masaru Kohno (Waseda Univ)
"Trends in Japanese Politics on the Eve of the Upper House Election"
August 28-29 (Tuesday-Wednesday): Conference on Japanese Politics (co-sponsored by Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions)

CJR seminars, workshops and conferences from past years: 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996.