 Update: this has been postponed because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
New dates TBC (sometime in summer 2020). English-language symposium at ICU on "Feminist/Queer Utopias & Dystopias: Alternative Worlds Imagined Through Non-Normative Desires and Bodies" Recent years have been witnessing an increase in the number of popular cultural works that present themselves as feminist or queer. Curiously enough, many of these works are set in alternative utopian or dystopian worlds. Even more interesting is the fact that queer and feminist representations in these genres seem to be respectively coagulating around two separate poles: queer representations tend to be the locus of utopian hope, rather than dystopian despair, as seen for instance in Sense8 (2015-2018), or the two Black Mirror episodes “San Junipero” (2016) and “Striking Vipers” (2019); while representations of feminist issues within alternative worlds tend to be set in dystopian rather than utopian frameworks, with The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-) being a prominent example. This raises some important questions: Is the inclusion of queer issues as utopian horizon merely the result of market-oriented image politics and political correctness? Or do these utopian representations of queer issues offer us new ways of imagining alternative, better futures? If so, how? And for whom? How do dystopian representations of feminist issues correspond to the present reality of intersectional feminist politics? Addressing these questions, this symposium aims to critically reflect on how feminist/queer perspectives intersect with utopian and dystopian imagination in recent works of popular fiction. POSTPONED International Conference Room, Kiyoshi Togasaki Memorial Dialogue House, International Christian University English with Japanese translation. Free / open to all; no registration required.  Human Rights Now, an international NGO based in Tokyo, is running a 2020 Book Club on Women’s Empowerment, meeting on Fridays from February 21st to April 17th. The book is Melinda Gates's "Moment of Life: How Empowering Women Changes the World".
"Are you interested in Human Rights? Do you want to know more about feminism and society development? Do you want to practice English and learn how to express your opinions? Do you want to make friends that shares your own interests? Then join us! For this Book Club we will read together “the Moment of Lift” by Melinda Gates, and learn how even small improvements in women’s daily life can result in huge benefits for the whole society. Our meetings are designed for providing contents and knowledge on the topic of women’s rights, but also for creating a welcoming environment where everybody can contribute, make friends and have fun." Every Friday from February 21st until April 17th (no session on Friday 20th). 18:00 -19:30. Human Rights Now's Office, 4F Suzuki Bldg., 335 Yamabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo,162-0801 JAPAN Single Session: General JPY 1500 (Student: JPY 1000) 20% discount for full session package. Details and sign-up link below: https://forms.gle/KfX4cBfiW89BbE3TA  Professor Judith Pascoe (George Mills Harper Professor of English, Florida State University) will speak on "Wuthering Heights, World Literature, and Japanese Child Readers" at the University of Tokyo on 6th February.
Professor Pascoe's talk will explore the continued popularity of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights in Japan, engaging with broader questions of reception history, the construction of childhood, cross-cultural exchange and the globalisation of literature. Location: University of Tokyo (Hongo Campus), Department of English Language and Literature, 5th floor of the graduate school of humanities and sociology (Building 3, room 3508). Time: 5pm - 6.30pm. Talk is open to all with no pre-registration required.  An original Japanese play by John Williams (director of Sado Tempest and The Proceedings):
"Holes", an absurdist drama, inspired by the poem “A Ritual to Read to Each Other.” Sophia University Library (room 911), January 24th and 25th, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm). Free and no registration required. ------------ "A Ritual to Read to Each Other" (William Stafford) If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and following the wrong god home we may miss our star. ------------ ジョン・ウィリアムズ監督最新舞台作品 『穴』（HOLES）（実験的創作） 日時：2020年1月24日(金)／25日(土) 場所：上智大学中央図書館9階911号会議室 開演：19時（開場は18時半） 入場無料／日本語上演／事前予約不要 主催：上智大学ヨーロッパ研究所 問い合わせ：[email protected] 毎週水曜日の夜にウィリアムズ監督を中心に開催して来た俳優のための定期的な「ラボ」を通して、この作品は生まれました。ウィリアムズ監督の映画『審判』に出演した多くの俳優の他、上智大学の学生俳優たちも出演します。 この作品は、ウィリアム・スタフォード・クラークの次の詩から着想を得ています。  We are pleased to announce an event to share the findings of the book Ethnography of Japanese Early Childhood Education will be held at the Global Hall of Global Front, Meiji University, Surugadai Campus on 14 December 2019, at 2:30-4:30 p.m.
This book, based on a collaboration between a Japanese and an American researcher, presents findings from their video-based study of three Japanese preschools, one a youchien (kindergarten), one a hoikuen (day-care center), and one a signing program in a school for the deaf. The book, in words and images (200 pictures), sheds light on implicit cultural practices of Japanese preschool educators. This event will feature a talk, with video-clips, by the book’s authors, Akiko Hayashi and Joseph Tobin, followed by a discussion by panelists Yoichi Sakakihara and Taro Machiyama. The event will focus on defining key characteristics of Japanese Early Childhood Education, including the meaning of teaching, how Japanese teachers teach with their bodies and Japanese preschools support children’s social-emotional development. These questions will be explored from the perspectives of child development, anthropology, educational sociology, and pedagogy. Please join this discussion about Japanese early childhood education. We would like to invite scholars, teachers, policymakers, students, parents (Japanese and foreign) and the public who are interested in Japanese culture and education to also join us. The event will be conducted in both Japanese and English. Link: https://forms.gle/Y2J5B7wSZJsKgTeCA 14 December 2019, at 2:30-4:30 p.m. Location: Meiji University, Surugadai Campus No fees or registration required. See flyer for additional information. |
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