PUBLIC EVENTS 2012 ~ 2013
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
The Challenges of Highly Skilled Migration in Asia and the Pacific
Organized by ICC Multicultural Asia Research Group
Date: March 6, 2013
Time: 9:45 – 17:30
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English
No registration necessary
This workshop is supported by The International Metropolis Project
A program of this workshop can be downloaded from here.
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
A Disease Apart: Hansen’s Disease, Eugenics and Public Health, in Modern Japan
Michael Weiner, Professor of East Asian History and International Studies, Soka University of America
Date: March 1 (Fri), 2013
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English / No registration necessary
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
with Kyoko GASHA, Film Director, Journalist, Sophia alumna
Time: 17:00-19:50 (Talk by Gasha followed by the film and a Q and A session)
Venue: Library Bldg 8F, Rm 821
Language: Japanese Film is subtitled in English / No registration necessary
This event is supported by ICC 3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity Research Unit
ICC co-hosts a screening of a 3.11 related film
Post-3.11 and the Arts of Catastrophe
Marilyn Ivy, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University
Date: Nov.27 (Tue), 2012
Time: 17:00-18:30
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English / No registration necessary
This talk is organized by ICC "3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity" Research Unit
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture and Institute of American and Canadian Studies presents
Charles L. Briggs, Professor of Folklore and Anthropology, University of California Berkeley
Date: Dec.7 (Fri), 2012
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English / No registration necessary
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
Fabian Schäfer, The University Research Priority Program (URPP) Asia and Europe of the University of Zurich
Date: Dec.5 (Wed), 2012
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English / No registration necessary
ICC workshop Organized by ICC Network Studies Research Group (no link)
Networks in Premodern and Early Modern Japan
Organized by ICC Network Studies Research Group (no link)
Date: Oct. 20 (Sat), 2012
Time: 13:30-17:00
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English
No registration necessary
This is the fifth workshop organized by the Network Studies research unit.
Program of this event can be downloaded from here.
Videos of the prior workshops are available at the following URL http://www.erp.sophia.ac.jp/Projects/ocw/research/comparativeculture.html (no link)
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
China’s Development Prospect beyond the Middle-Income Level
Ding LU, University of the Fraser Valley, Canada
Date: Oct. 8 (Mon), 2012
Time: 17:00-18:30
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English / No registration necessary
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
Contemporary Japanese Art After 1990:
The Representation and the Identity of the Japanese Artists in the Global Context
For event flyer, click HERE
Date: July 8 (Sun), 2012
Time: 14:00-17:00
Venue: Sophia University, Building 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English with some Japanese / No registration necessary
This event has been made possible by the funding from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
Teaching 3.11: Issues, Materials, Pedagogy and Research
Orginized by 3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity Research Group
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Date: June 29 (Fri), 2012
Time: 10:00-17:30
Venue: Sophia University, Library, 9F, Rm 921
Language: English with some Japanese / No registration necessary
This event has been made possible by the funding from Japan Foundation
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
An Other Other? The Qur’ān, Islam, and Religious Identity in Modern Japan
Hans Martin Krämer, Ruhr University Bochum
Date: June 21 (Thu), 2012
Time: 17:30-19:00
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English / No registration necessary
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
Orginized by 3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity Research Group
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
Date: June 15 (Fri), 2012
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English / No registration necessary
This is the fourth event organized by 3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity Research Group. They will organize workshops/events over the course of this year.
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
Assessing the Place of Religion in Recent Japanese Disaster Responses
Orginized by 3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity Research Group
Levi McLaughlin
Date: June 5 (Tue), 2012
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 2, 5F, Rm 510
Language: English / No registration necessary
This is the third event organized by 3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity Research Group. They will organize workshops/events over the course of this year.
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Samurai
David L. Howell, Harvard University
Date: June 1 (Fri), 2012
Time: 17:30-19:00
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English / No registration necessary
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
John Lie, University of California, Berkeley
Date: May 29 (Tue), 2012
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English / No registration necessary
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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
This Machine Kills Nuclear Power Plants: The Music of Resistance in Post-Fukushima Japan
Orginized by 3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity Research Group
Date: April 27 (Fri), 2012
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English
No registration necessary
This is the Second event organized by 3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity Research Group. They will organize workshops/events over the course of this year.
Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents
FUKUSHIMA COLOURS--Voices of Sustainability after March 11th, 2011
Short film, reading and discussion
Orginized by 3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity Research Group
Levi McLaughlin
Date: April 13 (Fri), 2012
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English
No registration necessary
This is the first event organized by 3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity Research Group. They will organize workshops/events over the course of this year.
ICC workshop Organized by ICC Network Studies Research Group (no link)
Networks in Early Modern Japan (4)
Organized by ICC Network Studies Research Group (no link)
April 14 (Sat), 2012 /13:30-17:00 / Sophia University, Bldg 10, 3F, Rm 301
Language: English / No registration necessary
Program of this event can be downloaded from here.
Videos of the workshops are available at the following URL http://www.erp.sophia.ac.jp/Projects/ocw/research/comparativeculture.html (no link)