Mark your calendars! Tokyo Humanities Cafe 5 is now confirmed for:
Thursday, June 7th, 2018
at our usual venue (Good Heavens Bar in Shimokitazawa)
Our one-year anniversary event!!
Thursday, June 7th, 2018
at our usual venue (Good Heavens Bar in Shimokitazawa)
Our one-year anniversary event!!
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Details of previous cafes (THC 1 - 4)
Tokyo Humanities Project is excited to announce the next in our series of English-language humanities cafés, organized and hosted by Alex Watson (Nagoya University).
We invite a series of speakers - researchers, artists, translators, and others - to present their work in an informal, supportive, and lively atmosphere.
The event aims to bring research outside the university to a broader audience, while providing a forum for people to meet and exchange ideas across traditional humanities disciplines.
We invite a series of speakers - researchers, artists, translators, and others - to present their work in an informal, supportive, and lively atmosphere.
The event aims to bring research outside the university to a broader audience, while providing a forum for people to meet and exchange ideas across traditional humanities disciplines.
What is a "humanities café"?
Bringing humanities and arts research to a wider audience:
our popular cafe series at "Good Heavens" bar in Shimokitazawa.
our popular cafe series at "Good Heavens" bar in Shimokitazawa.
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Each presenter gives a 10-15 minute talk in English about any aspect of their work. For example, they might explain an ongoing research project, talk about a book of poetry or a translation they're working on, or discuss a recent art project...
The talks are all pitched (TED-style) at a general audience - so no specialist knowledge is required. There'll also be plenty of time to relax with a drink and exchange ideas with other attendees. |
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Speakers at our next café
(Thursday, June 7th, 2018)
Maho Ikeda
(University of Tokyo)
"No Room for Politics in Urban Governance:
Distrust in the Representative System of Meiji Tokyo"
Distrust in the Representative System of Meiji Tokyo"
about Maho
Maho Ikeda received her Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Tokyo in 2017 and is currently a JSPS researcher at Tokyo Metropolitan University.
She teaches and researches modern Japanese history, and political history of pre-war Tokyo in particular. She has been trying to figure out how urban citizens in Japan embraced the concept of politics or political representation in the modernization process.
Born in Hokkaido and raised in Chiba, she is not a Tokyo native, but after moving to Tokyo recently, she came to enjoy wandering around in her field of study.
She teaches and researches modern Japanese history, and political history of pre-war Tokyo in particular. She has been trying to figure out how urban citizens in Japan embraced the concept of politics or political representation in the modernization process.
Born in Hokkaido and raised in Chiba, she is not a Tokyo native, but after moving to Tokyo recently, she came to enjoy wandering around in her field of study.
Anne McKnight
(Shirayuri College)
"In Search of Bygonese: Translating Akira Kurosawa"
about anne
Anne McKnight teaches in the Comparative course in the English department at Shirayuri University. She was trained in Comparative literature at UC Berkeley, and focuses on American and Japanese postwar fiction; in a more public vein, she has a background in public art administration, and activism in food justice/urban agriculture movements in southern California. She has written a book about the writer Nakagami Kenji; essays on Japanese sex films, experimental documentary films about science, and runs a small press that translated early examples of genre writing from Japanese to English.
Other interests include linking fieldwork with textual studies, and figuring out how to enable eco-criticism, ethnic studies, and belletristic writing to talk to each other in the classroom and on the page.
Other interests include linking fieldwork with textual studies, and figuring out how to enable eco-criticism, ethnic studies, and belletristic writing to talk to each other in the classroom and on the page.
Martyn Smith
(School of Oriental and African Studies, London)
"Sex, Sport, and Shopping Like a Man:
Japan and the Global 60s"
Japan and the Global 60s"
about martyn
(biography coming soon)
When and where is it?
Events are held at "Good Heavens" (グッドヘブンズ) bar, five minutes' walk from the south exit of Shimokitazawa station (see below for a map).
The bar regularly hosts comedy events and film screenings and has lots of comfy chairs and a cosy atmosphere.
The bar regularly hosts comedy events and film screenings and has lots of comfy chairs and a cosy atmosphere.
Photos from our inaugural event in June 2017
"Good Heavens" bar, Shimokitazawa
5-32-5 Daizawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
東京都 世田谷区 代沢 5-32-5 2F
Tabelog link: (English) (日本語)
5-32-5 Daizawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
東京都 世田谷区 代沢 5-32-5 2F
Tabelog link: (English) (日本語)
How much is it?
Free!
(However, the bar asks that you buy at least one drink, so please make sure to do that - and maybe more! - to thank them for supporting our event)
(However, the bar asks that you buy at least one drink, so please make sure to do that - and maybe more! - to thank them for supporting our event)
Any other questions?
Contact the event organizer, Alex Watson
(Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University)
(Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University)
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