PUBLIC EVENTS 2023 ~ 2024
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An International Workshop
Kengo Miyazono, Hokkaido University
John O’Dea, Tokyo University
Richard Dietz, Tokyo University
Akiko Frischhut, Sophia University
20~21 March, 2024 / 14:00-17:00 (JST)
10-301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University
In person only / No registration required
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Screening with talks
Bois du Rose
Catalina Alvarez, Fordham University
Daniel Fishkin, University of Virginia
March 24, 2024 / 14:00-15:30 (JST)
10-301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University
In person only / No registration required
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Building Memorials in Japan to Allied Prisoners of War
Daniel Milne, Kyoto University
Taeko Sasamoto, POW Research Network Japan
February 15, 2024 / 17:30-19:00 (JST)
Room 503, 5F, Building 6, Sophia University
In person only / No registration required
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents a
Film Showing and Discussion
Ron Small, Filmmaker
Nagase Osamu, Professor, Ritsumeikan University
Dr. Paul Bookman, Mark Bookman’s father
2pm to 5 pm / Sunday, Feb 25, 2024
Room 401, 4F, Building 2, Sophia University
In person ONLY; Registration from the QR code on the flyer recommended but not necessary. Please see the flyer.
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
'Sexual Violence and Gender Inequality in Japan'
Machiko Osawa, Professor Emeritus and Researcher at the Research Institute for Women and Careers at Japan Women’s University
Jan. 18, 2024, 19:00-20:30 (JST)
Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University
In person only / No registration required
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Kyoto Vegetables, Uji Tea, Natori Seri:
Food Producers and Place Branding in Contemporary Japan
Greg de St. Maurice, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business and Commerce at Keio University
Jan. 19, 2024, 18:00-19:30 (JST)
Room 301, 3F building 10, Sophia University
Format: In-person only
Registration: Not necessary
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Cold War Psychological Science and the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Ran Zwigenberg, Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University
Dec 19, 2023 , 17:30-19:00 (JST)
Room 301, 3F building 10, Sophia University
In person only / No registration necessary
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023 with support from ICAS (Temple University Japan) presents a book talk,
Is British Politics Turning Japanese?
Book title: Contemporary Ministerial Leadership in Britain and Japan, Palgrave Macmillan 2023
Presenter: Tina Burrett, Associate Professor of Political Science, Sophia University and Academic Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS)
Moderator: Robert Dujarric, ICAS Co-Director
Tuesday 12 December 2023
18:00-19:30
Room 503, 5th Floor, Building 6, Sophia University
No registration required/ In person only.
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Symposium
Supported by the Great Britain-Sasakawa Foundation Grant
ART IN THE VILLAGE, ART IN THE LANDSCAPE
Moderated by John Williams, Filmmaker and professor at Sophia University
Speakers:
Hazel Barron-Cooper (IN PERSON, TOKYO), Visual Artist
Mike Collier (ZOOM PRESENTATION), Artist, Writer, Curator
Elisabeth Brun (ZOOM PRESENTATION), Norwegian Artist
Atsuko Nakamura (ZOOM PRESENTATION), Sculptor and Visual Artist
December 7, 2023, 19:00-20:30
Room 301, Building 10, Sophia University,
In Person and on Zoom (For Zoom information, please register.)
Please register from HERE: https://forms.office.com/r/ng3ymQU2nX
For more information click HERE
Sophia Gender and Sexuality Research Association (SGSRA) and the Institute of Comparative Culture presents:
Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture
Thomas Baudinette, Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies and International Studies at Macquarie University
December 14, 2023
18.00-19.30
In person only, no registration required
Venue: Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Japan’s Prisoners of Conscience:
Protest and Law During the Iraq War
Lawrence Repeta, Former Professor of Law, Meiji University
December 1, 18:30-20:00 (JST)
Room 301, 3F Building 10, Sophia University
In person only
Please register from here: https://forms.office.com/r/yZE8J9V7mz
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Book Break
Pursuing Justice after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Accident (Routledge, 2023).
Moderator:
Prof. David Slater
Speakers:
Dr. Natalia Novikovai (Language Instructor at Tamagawa University, Japan)
Dr. Julia Gerstea (Assistant Professor at the Disaster Culture and Digital Archive Division at the International Research Institute for Disaster Studies at Tohoku University, Japan)
Dr. Manuela Hartwig (Currently a Research Associate at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan)
November 25, 2023, 19:00-20:30 (JST)
On Zoom only
Please register: https://forms.office.com/r/WnDPUeLruV
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture and the Institute of International Relations presents:
Challenges to Taiwan's Defense:
Implications for Japan and Japan-Taiwan Relations
Paul Huang, Research Fellow, Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation / Visiting Fellow, Fairbank Center, Harvard University
Wednesday 18 October 2023, 17:00-18:30
Event format: Hybrid
In Person: Room103, 1F, Building 13, Sophia University
On zoom: https://sophia-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/99103169626
Meeting ID: 991 0316 9626
Passcode: 931412
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture for SORW 2023
Adaptation and Regional Revitalisation
（アダプテーションと地域再生）
A Case Study in a Small Fishing Village on Sado Island
John Williams, Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University
November 22, 2023, 19:00 - 20:30
Room 301, 3F Building 10, Sophia University
In person only / No registration required
This project was supported by the Sophia University Special Grant for Academic Research (Adopted Research Projects of Research in Priority Area 2020-2022)
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture for SORW 2023
Speakers:
Literature professors from the Faculty of Liberal Arts
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Shion Kono
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Matthew Strecher
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Mathew Thompson
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Angela Yiu
Students:
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Munia Hwedi (PhD, Graduate Program in Global Studies, PD, Faculty of Global Studies)
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Valentina Giammaria (PhD, Graduate Program in Global Studies)
November 22, 2023, 12:30 - 14:00
Room 301, 3F Building 10, Sophia University
Hybrid Format (In person and on Zoom)
Please register: https://forms.office.com/r/pUqhmM3veJ
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Househusbands and Breadwinning Mothers:
(Un)doing, Displaying and Challenging Gender in Japan
Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni, Professor, Tel Aviv University
October 13, 2023, 19:00 - 20:30
Room 301, 3F Building 10, Sophia University
Format: Hybrid
Register from HERE: https://forms.office.com/r/yHEZnhaKPU
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
The German-Japanese Military Alliance in World War II
Bernd Martin, Professor Emeritus of Freiburg University
October 5, 2023, 18:30 - 20:00
Room 301, 3F Building 10, Sophia University
Format: In person only / Registration: Not necessary
We are very sorry to have to inform you that Dr. Martin had to cancel his trip to Japan and will not be able to give the planned talk on October 5. We apologize for the short notice and hope we will be given another chance to host him in the near future.
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Wartime Civil Air Defense, Aviation, and Japan’s Aerial Imaginary
Gennifer Weisenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Distinguished Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Duke University
October 31, 2023, 18:00 - 19:30
Room 503, 5F Building 6, Sophia University
In person only
Change of venue notification
The venue for the ICC Lecture Series talk scheduled on October 31, 2023, changed.
The "Gas Mask Nation" will be held at Room 503 on the 5th floor in Building 6.
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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Ecocriticism and Performance Today:
Reflections on Slow Dramaturgy
Peter Eckersall, City University of New York
October 10, 2023, 17:00 - 20:30
Room 301, 3F Building 10, Sophia University
Hybrid Format / Please register. https://forms.office.com/r/x6Y9RcM9cm
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
William Ascher, Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics at Claremont McKenna College
October 6, 2023, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Room 301, 3F Building 10, Sophia University
In person only
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
The Illusion of Choice in Japan’s Adult Video Industry?
Akiko Takeyama, Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Kansas
July 24(Mon) from 19:00 to 20:30
In Person Only / No registration required
Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Middlebrow Media and White-Collar Masculinity in Japan’s Era of High Economic Growth
Hannah Airriess, Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, Bloomington
July 26, 2023 / 19:30- 21:00 (JST)
Hybrid (In-Person and on Zoom)
Venue: Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University
Please register from here: https://forms.office.com/r/fnwhx8Rc1b
A panel discussion presented by SGSRA, GPGS and ICC
Gender and Sexuality in Migration Research
July 13 / 18:00-19:30,
Room 301, Bldg.10, Sophia University
In person only
Click HERE for more information
A workshop presented by KASA Sustainability, GPGS and ICC
Niccolo Lollini, a faculty member at the Graduate School of Governance Studies at Meiji University
Bldg. 10-428 | Fri, 14 July 2023 | 05:00 PM | in-person
Register via link: https:/kasasustainability.org/environmental-change-workshop
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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Seitō (1911-1916) and the global New Woman
Eleanor Medhurst, A historian of lesbian fashion and author of the website Dressing Dykes)
July 21, 2023
07:30 PM Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo
Format: Online only
Registration necessary: https://forms.office.com/r/eJCLTNSGEn
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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Teshigahara Sōfu and Japan’s Postwar Internationalization
Alice Ashiwa, Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at UCLA and a visiting researcher at the Institute of Comparative Culture at Sophia University
July 14, 2023 18:00-19:30
In person only / No registration necessary
Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
“This Absolutely is not a Hui Rebellion!”
The Ethnopolitics of Great Nationality Chauvinism in Early-Maoist China
Benno Weiner, Associate Professor in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University
July 6, 2023, 17:30-19:00
Room 301, 3F, Building 10
In person only/No registration required
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Global Food Project Book Launch
The Global Japanese Restaurant:
Mobilities, Imaginaries and Politics (University of Hawai’i Press 2023)
James Farrer, Sophia University, Japan
David L. Wank, Sophia University (emeritus) and Tōyō Bunko, Japan
Christian A. Hess, Sophia University, Japan
Mônica R. de Carvalho, SKEMA Business School, Brazil
Lenka Vyletalova, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Chuanfei Wang, Hosei University, Japan
July 11, 2023, 18:30-20:00 (Japan time)
In person: Room 10-301, Sophia Yotsuya Campus
On Zoom: register HERE
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
POETRY READING, TALK AND BUTOH
July 3rd, 19.00 till 21.00
Building 6, Room 404, Sophia University
Sophia University Institute of Comparative and SRSG presents
日付・Date: June 23, 2023
会場・Venue Room 309, Building 2
開場・Room open at 17:30
上映開始・Screening starts from 18:00 (Film length approx. 2 hours)
解説と質疑応答(日本語のみ）・Commentary and Q and A in Japanese only (no translation available) from 20:00 to 21:00
映画は日本語のみ（他の言語の字幕はありません）Film is in Japanese without subtitles
詳細はチラシをご覧ください。
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
Screening of “Paper City”
Memories of the Tokyo firebombing
Q&A with writer/director, Adrian Francis
Moderator: Dr. David McNeill
June 21, 18:30-20:30 (approx.)
Room 201 in bldg. 6, Sophia University
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Exploring the philosophical foundations of a slow gastronomy
Maddalena Borsato, Senior Researcher in the R-GIRO project at Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto) within the Faculty of Gastronomy Management
June 14, 2023, From 17:30 to 19:00
Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University
In-person only / No prior registration required
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
The Art of Resistance: Myanmar Artists under Siege
Speakers: Four Myanmar Artists
More information on the flyer or HERE: The Art of Resistance: Myanmar Artists under Siege (icc-sophia.com)
June 15, 2023, 18:00-20:00 (JST)
Zoom only
Registration essential: Please register from HERE
https://forms.office.com/r/ByyjBGkBke
(Registration closes on June 14, noon, JST)
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
“Cinema of Discontent: Representations of Japan’s High-Speed Growth”
Tomoyuki Sasaki, Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at the College of William & Mary in Virginia
Friday, June 9, 5:30 PM (JST)
In person and on zoom
Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University
Please register: https://forms.office.com/r/7sy8EdHqrV
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Horiguchi Sutemi’s Plan for a Total Man’yō Park in Yugawara
Naomi Kuromiya, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University and Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Comparative Culture at Sophia University
June 8, 2023, 18:00-19:30
Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University
In person only
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
Contesting and Commemorating Trauma in East Asia
A book talk for Routledge Handbook of Trauma in East Asia, edited by Tina Burrett and Jeff Kingston
Jeff Kingston, Chair/moderator, Professor of History and Asian Studies, Temple University, Japan
Tina Burrett, Associate Professor of Political Science, Sophia University
Sven Saaler, Professor of Modern Japanese History, Sophia University
Christian Hess, Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History, Sophia University
Collin Rusneac, PhD candidate, Heidelberg University,
May 26, 2023, 18:00-19:30
Room 404, Building 6, Sophia University
Please register from HERE
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Two Lectures on Japanese Buddhist Art
Distinguishing the Phoenix: Conceptual Landscapes of Buddhist India in Medieval Japan (15:00-)
Rachel Saunders, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Curator of Asian Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Echoes of the Past: Korean Buddhist Bells that Rang at Shrines in Japan and Ryukyu (16:20-)
Sherry Fowler, Professor of Japanese Art History at the University of Kansas
15:00-18:00, 27 May (Sat) 2023
Room 301 (3F), Building 10, Yotsuya Campus, Sophia University
In person only
Please register from HERE
Sophia University Insitute of Comparative Culture presents
EU Energy Politics in the Shadow of the Ukraine War
Jens Geier, SPD member of the EU Parliament
May 22, 2023, 18:00-19:30
Room 407, Building 6, Sophia University Yotsuya Campus
In Person Only
Sophia University Institute of International Relations and the Institute of Comparative Culture presents:
Whither Security on Okinawa: Recapitulating international relations through a layered approach
Ra Mason, Sasakawa Associate Professor of International Relations and Japanese Foreign Policy at the University of East Anglia (UEA)
Friday 2 June 2023, 5:20pm (JST)
Event Format: Hybrid
In-person: Building 2 Room 407
On Zoom: https://sophia-ac-jp. zoom.us/j/99818041419
Meeting ID: 998 1804 1419
Passcode: 110742
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Locally National: Koseki Rokuhei and the Advent of Contemporary Lacquer Art in Iwate
Joel Thielen, Ph.D. candidate in the History of Art Department at the University of California, Berkeley and a Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Comparative Culture at Sophia University
May 18, 2023, 18:00~19:30
Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Yotsuya Campus, Sophia University
In person only
No registration required, Free of charge.
Language: English (No translation)
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2023
Hashtag activism found in translation: Unpacking the reformulation of
#MeToo in Japan (*)
Saki Mizoroki, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Isarel, University of Tokyo
April 28th (Friday), 5:30 PM (JST) – 7:00 PM (JST)
Zoom only
Join Zoom Meeting
https://sophia-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/99468537215 Meeting ID: 994 6853 7215
Passcode: 982771
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Workshop
"Migration to Japan: Focus on Kurdish Communities" Workshop
Hosts: Dr. Evelyn Reuter (Visiting Scholar, Sophia University)
Dr. David H. Slater (Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Sophia University)
Inquiries and Contact: Dr. Evelyn Reuter (evelynareuter@gmail.com)
April 8 (15:00-18:00) and April 9 (10:00-12:30), 2023
Room 301, 3F Building 10, Sophia University Yotsuya Campus
No registration necessary,
In-person only