Announcements

Announcement
The Waseda Symposium on Demon Slayer (鬼滅の刃)
Date: 
January 9, 2021
Type: 
Call for Papers
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Film and Film History, Japanese History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies
The First International Workshop at the Japanese Association for Migration Studies
Date: 
December 20, 2020
Type: 
Workshop
Location: 
California, Japan
Subject Fields: 
Asian American History / Studies, Ethnic History / Studies, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Literature
Conference on "Contesting Memorial Spaces in the Asia-Pacific"
Date: 
November 6, 2020 to November 7, 2020
Type: 
Conference
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Asian History / Studies, Borderlands, East Asian History / Studies, Political History / Studies, Contemporary History
Art and Design through Corona: The Role of Art in Global Issues
Date: 
July 27, 2020 to July 31, 2020
Type: 
Call for Papers
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Fine Arts, Music and Music History, Popular Culture Studies, Urban Design and Planning
Conference “Climate Change, Energy, and Sustainability in the Pacific Region: knowledge, policies, and transfers (1970s-present)”
Date: 
July 15, 2020
Type: 
Call for Papers
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Environmental History / Studies, World History / Studies, Area Studies, Contemporary History, Political Science
Hestia 2021 Okinawa. Expertise in the aftermath of COVID-19: Unintended consequences, opportunity costs, and uncertainty in complex societies.
Date: 
March 12, 2021 to March 15, 2021
Type: 
Conference
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Contemporary History, Journalism and Media Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Social Sciences
Boundaries, Crossings, and Creative Spaces in the Contemporary World
Date: 
February 23, 2020
Type: 
Symposium
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
East Asian History / Studies, Eastern Europe History / Studies, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Southeast Asian History / Studies
Examining representations that contribute to our understanding of what "looking Japanese" means in contemporary Japanese society.
Date: 
February 4, 2020
Type: 
Workshop
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Humanities, Popular Culture Studies, Race / Ethnic Studies, Race Studies, Sociology
Call: Mechademia Conference on Asian Cultures: Kyoto 2020 “Ecologies”
Date: 
May 30, 2020 to June 1, 2020
Type: 
Conference
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Asian History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, East Asian History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies
[Temple ICAS Event] Japan's New Immigration Policy
Date: 
May 28, 2019
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Japanese History / Studies, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Social History / Studies
[Temple ICAS Event] The Courage of Our Convictions: Young Female Activists in Japan Defying the Social Norm
Date: 
April 1, 2019
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Contemporary History, Cultural History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Human Rights, Women's & Gender History / Studies
UTokyo Lecture Merklejn and Wislicki, News headlines and representation of minorities in Japan, Nov. 22, 2018
Date: 
November 22, 2018
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Linguistics
[Temple ICAS Lecture] Why is Myanmar Persecuting Rohingyas?: A "Buddhist" Nationalist Perspective
Date: 
October 23, 2018
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Ethnic History / Studies, Human Rights, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Race Studies, South Asian History / Studies
[Temple ICAS Lecture] No Nukes for Dinner:Katsumata Susumu's Anti-Nuclear Manga
Date: 
October 18, 2018
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Journalism and Media Studies, Popular Culture Studies
[Temple ICAS Film Event] “VINCENT WHO?” followed by Q&A with Writer/Producer Curtis Chin
Date: 
October 2, 2018
Type: 
Event
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Asian American History / Studies, Chinese History / Studies, Ethnic History / Studies, Human Rights, Immigration & Migration History / Studies
Sound Culture Studies and Modernity in Asia Conference
Date: 
September 14, 2018 to September 15, 2018
Type: 
Conference
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Asian History / Studies, Area Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Humanities
Sound Culture Studies and Modernity in Asia Conference
Date: 
July 16, 2018
Type: 
Call for Papers
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Asian History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Humanities, Popular Culture Studies, Social History / Studies
23 December at Osaka U.: Asia-Pacific Studies Seminar (Professors Markovic and Gaens)
Date: 
December 23, 2017
Type: 
Seminar
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Asian History / Studies, Contemporary History, Diplomacy and International Relations, East Asian History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies
The Book in Transition, the East and the West
Date: 
December 9, 2017
Type: 
Symposium
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Early Modern History and Period Studies, East Asian History / Studies, Library and Information Science, European History / Studies
Private Employment Services and Temporary Labour Migration--Karen Shire lecture, Tokyo Nov. 16
Date: 
November 16, 2017
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Japanese History / Studies, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Sociology
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 'Cinema and Social Change in Japan' October 20-22, 2017 Kyoto University, Japan
Date: 
October 20, 2017 to October 22, 2017
Type: 
Conference
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Art, Art History & Visual Studies, East Asian History / Studies, Film and Film History, Japanese History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies
Member Blog: New Online Digital Resource (Everyday Japanese Culture and Society)
Type: 
Online Digital Resources
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Area Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Languages, Popular Culture Studies, Sociology
[Temple ICAS Event] Ian Condry: Music and the New Social Economy: Value and Livelihoods in a Post-Capitalist 21st Century
Date: 
June 29, 2017
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Cultural History / Studies, Anthropology, Music and Music History, Popular Culture Studies, Social History / Studies
Ethics of Immigration: Is Japan’s immigration policy justifiable? Johan Rochel talk, Tokyo June 15, 2017
Date: 
June 15, 2017
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Philosophy, Law and Legal History
[Temple ICAS Event] Mihoko Matsubara: Japan and Cybersecurity Heading to 2020
Date: 
June 7, 2017
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Educational Technology, Library and Information Science
2017 ASCJ Early Bird Registration Reminder
Date: 
April 20, 2017
Type: 
Conference
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Asian History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Religious Studies and Theology, Social Sciences
#vivalarevolucíon: New Millennium Political Protests
Date: 
April 5, 2017
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Political History / Studies, Race Studies, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Law and Legal History, Women's & Gender History / Studies
[Temple ICAS / Law School Event] 13 MAR 2017: Muslim Surveillance in the Name of National Security
Date: 
February 23, 2017 to April 5, 2017
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Ethnic History / Studies, Human Rights, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Islamic History / Studies, Law and Legal History
7 DEC 2016 [Temple ICAS Special Program] Dialogue with Family of Former US Prisoners of War in Japan 2016
Date: 
December 7, 2016
Type: 
Event
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
American History / Studies, Contemporary History, Diplomacy and International Relations, Japanese History / Studies, Social History / Studies
Help Wanted: Labor Shortages, an Aging Society, and Japan’s Restrictive Immigration Policy
Date: 
November 29, 2016
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Political Science, Sociology
2017 Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ)
Date: 
October 20, 2016
Type: 
Call for Papers
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Anthropology, Asian History / Studies, Political History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Social Sciences
19 OCT 2016 Miloš Debnár: Europeans in Japan: Migration and Whiteness
Date: 
October 19, 2016
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
European History / Studies, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Social History / Studies, Sociology
Krys Lee, author of How I Became a North Korean
Date: 
October 7, 2016
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Humanities, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Korean History / Studies, Social History / Studies, Literature
IAFOR- The International Conference on Japan & Japan Studies 2017 (IICJ2017)
Date: 
June 1, 2017 to June 4, 2017
Type: 
Conference
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Japanese History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies, East Asian History / Studies, Asian History / Studies, Anthropology
IAFOR- The Asian Conference on Cultural Studies 2017 (ACCS2017)
Date: 
June 1, 2017 to June 4, 2017
Type: 
Conference
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Cultural History / Studies, Demographic History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Indigenous Studies, Anthropology
ANIMATING LIFE: LECTURES (July 4) and FILM SCREENING (July 5)
Date: 
July 4, 2016 to July 5, 2016
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Anthropology, East Asian History / Studies, Film and Film History, Popular Culture Studies, Japanese History / Studies
2016 ASCJ Conference Update
Date: 
July 2, 2016 to July 3, 2016
Type: 
Conference
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Asian History / Studies, Literature, Popular Culture Studies, Religious Studies and Theology
The 3rd Asian Symposium on Education, Equity and Social Justice- EQUIS 2016
Date: 
August 2, 2016 to August 3, 2016
Type: 
Symposium
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Cultural History / Studies, Educational Technology, Human Rights, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Public Policy
“Animating Life”: Kadokawa / University of Tokyo Summer Program 2016
Date: 
March 10, 2016
Type: 
Summer Program
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Anthropology, Cultural History / Studies, Film and Film History, Japanese History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies
Film Director & Comedian Atsushi Ogata: Clips, talk and Q&A from new award-winning Sketch Comedy Web Series "Yukata Cowboy"
Date: 
February 24, 2016
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Cultural History / Studies, Film and Film History, Journalism and Media Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Social History / Studies
Mechademia Conference on Asian Popular Cultures: Tokyo 2016
Date: 
March 18, 2016 to March 20, 2016
Type: 
Conference
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Asian History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, East Asian History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies
Call for discussants: Osaka on 22 November "How did 1950s Hollywood films represent Japanese American soldiers on the Korean battlefield?" and "Another Side of American Folk Music Revival: The Kingston Trio and Authenticity in the post-WWII Period"
Date: 
November 22, 2015
Type: 
Seminar
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
American History / Studies, Asian American History / Studies, Asian History / Studies, Film and Film History, Popular Culture Studies
Thinking about the Tokyo Olympics: City marketing and branding
Date: 
November 27, 2015
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Contemporary History, Japanese History / Studies, Social History / Studies, Sport History / Studies
Robot Theatre (ロボット演劇), public lecture, Prof. Jennifer Robertson
Date: 
November 3, 2015
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Anthropology, Japanese History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Theatre & Performance History / Studies
Japanese Cinema / Media Panel, AAS in Asia 2016
Date: 
October 27, 2015
Type: 
Call for Papers
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Film and Film History, Asian History / Studies, Women's & Gender History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies, East Asian History / Studies
[Temple ICAS Event] 13 NOV 2015 Giovanni Ganelli and Naoko Miake: Foreign Help Wanted: Easing Japan’s Labor Shortages?
Date: 
November 13, 2015
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Demographic History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Social History / Studies, Immigration & Migration History / Studies
CFP Encylopedia of Spanish Literature Film Adaptations
Date: 
January 1, 2016
Type: 
Call for Publications
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Film and Film History, Literature, Nationalism History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Spanish and Portuguese History / Studies
Frances Rosenbluth lecture, "What Explains Bias toward Immigrants in Japan" UTokyo July 9, 2015, 6:00 [note early start]
Date: 
July 9, 2015
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 
Japan
Subject Fields: 
Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Sociology, Social Sciences