The 4th EU-Japan Young Scholars Workshop / 2021 International New Generation Workshop
Japanese Studies and Transnationalism
日本研究とトランスナショナリズム
Date: October 29th – 31st, 2021
Place: CEEJA (France) or Online (Zoom)
Organizing Committee
- Consortium for Global Japanese Studies (CGJS)
- Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies (HIJAS)
- European Center for Japanese Studies in Alsace (CEEJA)
Day 1 (Friday, October 29th)
— Transnational Culture — Chair: Hideto TSUBOI (Nichibunken)
11:00-11:30 (CET, France) / 18:00-18:30 (JST, Japan) / 05:00-05:30 (EDT, USA)
Opening Remark / Technical Instructions
11:30-13:00 (CET) / 18:30-20:00 (JST) / 05:30-07:00 (EDT)
Keynote: Sandra SCHAAL (University of Strasbourg, France)
Discovering Women’s Voices: The Lives of Modern Japanese Silk Mill Workers in Their Own Words
13:30-14:15 (CET) / 20:30-21:15 (JST) / 07:30-08:15 (EDT)
Yijie CHEN (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan)
The Reception of Shasan yōketsu in China: Focus on Fu Baoshi's Introduction
14:15-15:00 (CET) / 21:15-22:00 (JST) / 08:15-09:00 (EDT) )
Aki YOSHIDA (National Intitute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations INALCO,
France)
Transnationalism in Literature and Its Reception: a Case Study of Zainichi Literature
15:15-17:15 (CET) / 22:15-00:15 (JST) / 09:15-11:15 (EDT)
Keynote: Naoki SAKAI (Cornell University, USA)
Internationality and Transnationality: Translation and Area Studies
Day 2 (Saturday, October 30th)
— Connecting with the West and the East — Chair: Kei TAKATA (Hosei University, Japan)
11:00-11:45 (CET) / 18:00-18:45 (JST) / 05:00-05:45 (EDT)
Maria Carlotta AVANZI (Akita Prefectural University, Japan)
Religions Beyond Borders — Buddhism and its Impact on Ancient Japanese Art
11:45-12:30 (CET) / 18:45-19:30 (JST) / 05:45-06:30 (EDT)
Pia Maria JOLLIFFE (University of Oxford, UK)
Transnational Relations and Young People's Intellectual Lives: The Tenshō Embassy 1582-1590
13:00-13:45 (CET) / 20:00-20:45 (JST) / 07:45-07:45 (EDT)
Danila KASHKIN (University of Genava, Switzzerland)
They Came from beyond the Sea: Castaways and the Transnational Cultural Exchange between Japan and the West
13:45-14:30 (CET) / 20:45-21:30 (JST) / 07:45-08:30 (EDT)
David MALITZ (German Institute for Japanese Studies, Japan)
Japan in Southwest Asia/ Saoutheast Asia in Japan: Transnationalism Perspectives from Thaïland and Japan
14:45-16:45 (CET) / 21:45-23:45 (JST) / 08:45-10:45 (EDT)
Keynote: Claudia DERICHS (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)
Tracing Transnationalism: Japan in Southeast Asia and the Middle East
Day 3 (Sunday, October 31st)
— Transnationalism and Boundaries — Chair: Shin ABIKO (Hosei)
For participants from Europe: Please be aware winter time begins from Sunday October 31st
11:00-11:45 (CET) / 19:00-19:45 (JST) / 06:00-06:45 (EDT)
Takahiro YAMAMOTO (Heidelberg University, Germany)
Demarcating Japan: A Microhistorical Approach
11:45-12:30 (CET) / 19:45-20:30 (JST) / 06:45-07:30 (EDT)
Michiyo KOGA (Hosei University, Japan)
Can Japanese Express Universality? — Comparative Linguistic between Japan and France
13:00-13:45 (CET) / 21:00-21:45 (JST) / 08:00-08:45 (EDT)
Chiara Rita NAPOLITANO (University of Naples, Italy)
Rewriting Tradition: An Analysis of the Influence of Transnatioanal Cultural Flow on Japanese Traditional Townhouses
14:00-15:30 (CET) / 22:00-23:30 (JST) / 09:00-10:30 (EDT)
Round-table discussion
15:30-16:00 (CET) / 23:30-00:00 (JST) / 10:30-11:00 (EDT)
Closing Remark / Chat & Drink
If you would like to participate in the workshop as an observer, please send an email
in English to the secretariat of the Consortium for Global Japanese Studies:
(cgjs*nichibun.ac.jp（* = @）)
with the following pieces of information:
(1) Surname and given name
(2) Email address
(3) Academic affiliation
(4) Mode of participation (full or partial; if partial, please let us know of your tentative plan)
Closing date for registration:
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 12:00 (JST)