Information for online participation:
The 6th EU-Japan Young Scholars Workshop in Alsace
Transnational Change in Contemporary Japan

Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies will hold an international workshop, “Transnational Change in Contemporary Japan” at the Centre Européen d’Etudes Japonaises d’Alsace between November 17th ~ 19th, 2023. 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 Change in Contemporary Japan
現代日本のトランスナショナルな変容

■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 17th (Friday) ~ November 19th (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/12hE8gbojosbZ19w9

■ Registration Deadline: November 16th (Thursday) 10:00 am (JST)

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

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■Day 1 (Friday, November 17th)
— Transnational Mobility and Space —
Chair: Kei Takata (Hosei University, Japan)

09:30 – 10:00 (CET) / 17:30 – 18:00 (JST)
Welcome and Opening

10:00 – 11:00 (CET) / 18:00 – 19:00 (JST)
Kei Takata (Hosei University, Japan)
“What is Transnational Japanese Studies?”

10 Minutes Break

11:10 – 11:50 (CET) / 19:10 – 19:50 (JST)
Nanase Shirota (University of Cambridge, UK)
“Precarious Stepping-Stone: Transnational Japanese Hostesses in London and their Intimate Labour, Career, and Mobility”

11:50 – 12:30 (CET) / 19:50 – 20:30 (JST)
Miyako Hayakawa (Free University of Brussels, Belgium)
“Migrating to an Ideal Country? Democratization of Japanese Migration to France”

60 Minutes Lunch / Dinner Break

13:30 – 14:10 (CET) / 21:30 – 22:10 (JST)
Lenard Görögh (Free University Berlin, Germany)
“Transnational Housing Practices in Tōkyō: The Effect of Migration Flows on their Production and Continuous Reproduction”

14:10 – 14:50 (CET) / 22:10 – 22:50 (JST)
Julia Olsson (Lund University, Sweden)
“Regional Globalism – Transnationalism as told by Kochi Prefecture”

10 Minutes Break

15:00 – 15:40 (CET) / 23:00 – 23:40 (JST)

Wrap-Up Discussions
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■Day 2 (Saturday, November 18th)
— Transnational Culture and Diversity —
Chair: Hideto Tsuboi (Waseda University, Japan)

09:30 – 10:30 (CET) / 17:30 – 18:30 (JST)
Keynote Speech
Thierry Hoquet (Paris Nanterre University, France)
“Erotic without Borders: The Mishima Mystery – Dionysian Trance and Transnationality”

10 Minutes Break

10:40 – 11:20 (CET) / 18:40 – 19:20 (JST)
Miyuki Tamura (International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan)
“Toward Transnational Practice in the Classroom: Re-reading Translated Materials in Japanese Language Textbooks in Japan”

11:20 – 12:00 (CET) / 19:20 – 20:00 (JST)
Rino Endo (Free University Berlin, Germany)
“The Translator as Boundary-Crosser and Boundary-Creator – Violence of Translator in Tawada-Literature”

60 Minutes Lunch / Dinner Break

13:00 – 13:40 (CET) / 21:00 – 21:40 (JST)
Philippe Bürgin (State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Germany)
“The Stage of Philosophy: Tokyo – the Capital of the 20th Century?”

13:40 – 14:20 (CET) / 21:40 – 22:20 (JST)
Guo Jun (Shanghai University Tokyo Campus / Hosei University, Japan)
“Transnationalism in East Asian Thought – The Thought of Liang Shuming as an Example”

10 Minutes Break

14:30 – 15:10 (CET) / 22:30 – 23:10 (JST)
Kazuyoshi Kawasaka (University of Düsseldorf, Germany) / Ami Kobayashi (University of Düsseldorf)
“Transnationality, Diversity, and Intersectionality in Japanese Schools: The Experiences and Struggles of LGBTQ+ JET Teachers in Rural Japan”

15:10 – 15:50 (CET) / 23:10 – 23:50 (JST)
Wrap-Up Discussion
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■Day 3 (Sunday, November 19th)
— Transnational History and Politics —
Chair: Regine Mathias (CEEJA, France)

09:30 – 10:10 (CET) / 17:30 – 18:10 (JST)
Chris Park (Ristumeikan University, Japan)
“Japanese ‘High-Growthism’ and Third World Internationalism: Zainichi Korean Dissenters and Transnational Anti-Development Solidarity in the 1970s”

10:10 – 10:50 (CET) / 18:10 – 18:50 (JST)
Alice Witt (Heidelberg University, Germany)
“Portrayals of ‘Resistance’ During and after the Second World War on the Home Front”

10 Minutes Break

11:00 – 11:40 (CET) / 19:00 – 19:40 (JST)
Jan Felix von Alten (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
“Transnationalism Standing Trial: Application and Rejection of Foreign Law in Japanese Courts”

11:40 – 12:20 (CET) / 19:40 – 20:20 (JST)
Costanza Schönfeld (Bordeaux Montaigne University, France)
“Global Mobility Inequalities: The Perspective of Japan’s Travel Visa Policy”

60 Minutes Lunch / Dinner Break

13:20 – 15:10 (CET) / 21:20 – 23:10 (JST)
Round-Table Discussions

15:10 – 15:20 (CET) / 23:10 – 23:20 (JST)
Concluding Remarks
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Commentators
➢ Akinobu Kuroda (Strasbourg University)
➢Erich Pauer (CEEJA)
➢ Josef Kyburz (CNRS)
➢ Masahi Oguchi (Hosei University)
➢ Nozomi Takahashi (Strasbourg University)
➢ Shin Abiko (Hosei University)
➢ Takami Kuwayama (Kwansei Gakuin University)
➢ Tsutomo Hoshino (Hosei University)
➢ Yasuko Yokoyama (Hosei University)
➢ Yusuke Suzumura (Meijo University)

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