Information for online participation:
The 7th EU-Japan Young Scholars Workshop in Alsace
Transnational Japanese Spaces

Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies will hold an international workshop, “Transnational Japanese Spaces” at the Centre Européen d’Etudes Japonaises d’Alsace between November 8th ~ 10th, 2024. We welcome observers to join us online. For those interested, please refer to the online application form at the bottom of the page.

■Theme:
Transnational Japanese Spaces
トランスナショナルな日本の空間

■Organizers:
・Consortium for Global Japanese Studies (CGJS)
・Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies (HIJAS)
・European Center for Japanese Studies in Alsace (CEEJA)

■Date and Time:
November 8th (Friday) ~ November 10th (Sunday)　

▶ Workshop program ▶ Abstract for presentations

Poster▶

■Language: English/Japanese

■ Event format:
Hyflex (Presentations will be mainly given on site. Participants can access online.)

◆ Registration for an online participation:
If you wish to participate online, please fill in the google form below.
We will inform you a zoom link via e-mail.
https://forms.gle/ZVSnN1g1PQSLeoLB9

■ Registration Deadline: November 7th (Thursday) 15:00 (JST) November 8th (Friday) 9:00 (JST)

■Contact:
HIJAS Office
E-mail: hijas-ws@ml.hosei.ac.jp

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Timetable
➢ Presentations: 40 minutes (approx. 20 minutes presentation + 20 minutes discussion)
➢ Time Zones: CET (France) / JST (Japan)

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■Day 1 (Friday, November 8th)
— Virtual/Imagined Transnational Spaces and Education —
Chair: Hideto Tsuboi (Waseda University, Japan)

09:00 – 09:30 (CET) / 17:00 – 17:30 (JST)
Welcome and Opening

09:30 – 10:30 (CET) / 17:30 – 18:30 (JST)
Keynote
Christophe Thouny (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
“Planetary Imaginations of Postwar Japan”

10 Minutes Break

10:40 – 11:20 (CET) / 18:40 – 19:20 (JST)
Koto Nishimura (Waseda University, Japan)
“Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s Bi-shoku Club as Transnational Literature: Exploring the Intersection of Japanese, Chinese, and French Elements in Crafting a Fantasy”

11:20 – 12:00 (CET) / 19:20 – 20:00 (JST)
Kuriko Shinozaki (University of Strasbourg, France)
“What is the Purpose and Effect of the Japanese Boarding School in Alsace, France? – From Three Different Points of View: Alsace, Seijo Gakuen in Japan, and the Former Students of Lycee Seijo d’Alsace for Transnational Japanese Spaces”

60 Minutes Lunch / Dinner Break

13:00 – 13:40 (CET) / 21:00 – 21:40 (JST)
Noah Hinschberger (University of Strasbourg, France)
“’Nijisanji EN’ Japanese Learning Live Streams as Transnational Virtual Spaces”

13:40 – 14:20 (CET) / 21:40 – 22:20 (JST)
Maj Hartmann (KU Leuven, Belgium)
“Building Virtual Transnational Spaces: The Evolution of Data Protection and Privacy in Japan”

10 Minutes Break

14:30 – 15:10 (CET) / 22:30 – 23:10 (JST)
Wrap-Up Discussions

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■Day 2 (Saturday, November 9th)
— History of Japanese Transnational Spaces —
Chair: Regine Mathias (CEEJA, France)

09:30 – 10:30 (CET) / 17:30 – 18:30 (JST)
Keynote
Katja Schmidtpott (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
“Transnational Approach to Japanese Urban History”

10 Minutes Break

10:40 – 11:20 (CET) / 18:40 – 19:20 (JST)
Andreas Eichleter (Heidelberg University, Germany)
“Spaces of Connections and Disconnection: Treaty Port Yokohama as a Transnational Space”

11:20 – 12:00 (CET) / 19:20 – 20:00 (JST)
Paride Stortini (Ghent University, Belgium)
“Transnational Spaces of Memory: The Role of Buddhism in Tracing Meiji-period Japanese Migrant Sex Workers between Kyushu and Singapore”

60 Minutes Lunch / Dinner Break

13:00 – 13:40 (CET) / 21:00 – 21:40 (JST)
Datong Qiu (Heidelberg University, Germany)
“Owning a Transnational Space: Disputes Over the Property Lease of the Chinese Guild Hall in Hakodate, 1884-1912”

13:40 – 14:20 (CET) / 21:40 – 22:20 (JST)
Manon Ramos (Kyoto University, Japan)
“Libraries and Amphitheaters to Reshape the State: Transnational Spaces for Constitutional Thought in Early Shōwa Japan”

10 Minutes Break

14:30 – 15:10 (CET) / 22:30 – 23:10 (JST)
Wrap-Up Discussion

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■Day 3 (Sunday, November 10th)
— Transnational Spaces in Contemporary Japan —
Chair: Kei Takata (Hosei University, Japan)

09:00 – 09:40 (CET) / 17:00 – 17:40 (JST)
Marius Palz (Oxford University, UK)
“Transnational Toxic Spaces: PFAS Contamination on and around American Military Bases in Okinawa”

09:40 – 10:20 (CET) / 17:40 – 18:20 (JST)
Gi Jung Song (Nagoya University, Japan)
“The Cultural Acculturation and Career Formation of Second-Generation Japanese Brazilians in the Densely Settled Area: Focusing on the Accumulation of Social Capital and Development of Local Transnationalism”

10 Minutes Break

10:30 – 11:10 (CET) / 18:30 – 19:10 (JST)
Frank Tu (Free University Berlin, Germany)
“Cultivating Transnational Spaces: Buzen City’s Strategy for Regional Revitalization”

11:10 – 12:10 (CET) / 19:10 – 20:10 (JST)
Round-Table Discussions

12:10 – 12:30 (CET) / 20:10 – 20:30 (JST)
Concluding Remarks

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Commentators
➢Erich Pauer (CEEJA)
➢Josef Kyburz (CNRS)
➢Masashi Oguchi (Hosei University)
➢Nozomi Takahashi (Strasbourg University)
➢Shin Abiko (Hosei University)
➢Tsutomu Hoshino (Hosei University)
➢Yasuko Yokoyama (Hosei University)
➢Yusuke Suzumura (Meijo University)

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◆Reports of our past workshops on Japanese transnationalism.
● 2023: Transnational Change in Contemporary Japan
● 2022: Japanese Transnationalism and Empire
● 2021: Japanese Studies and Transnationalism

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