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PUBLIC EVENTS 2014 ~ 2015

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Research Unit “Japanese Texts in Motion” presents a workshop on 

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Translation and Shared Literary Imagination in the Early Twentieth Century

Pannelists:

Noriko Murai, Sophia University

Kim Hyo Sun, Korea University

Angela Yiu, Sophia University

Sachi Nakachi, Tsuru University

Jeffrey Johnson, Daito Bunka University

Shion Kono, Sophia University

Akiyo Suzuki, Kanazawa University

Discussant:

Atsuhiko Wada, Waseda University

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10:00-17:45, March 7, 2015 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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Never Again:

Hiroshima, Auschwits and the Politics of Memory​

Ran Zwigenberg, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University

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18:00-19:30, January 29, 2015 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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Going to the Philippines is like Coming Home: 

Japanese Pan-Asianism and the Philippines from the Meiji Era to the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ​

Sven Matthiessen, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Institute of Comparative Culture, Sophia University 

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18:30-20:00, January 28, 2015 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014

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Rethinking Circulation of Japanese-Language Books between Japan and its Oversea Territories before the World War II ​

Yoshitaka Hibi, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University 

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17:30-19:00, January 23, 2015 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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This event is organized by Institute of Comparative Culture research unit "Japanese Literature in Motion"

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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Reflections on Iran’s Sexual Revolution ​

Pardis Mahdavi, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Pomona College, Visiting Scholar, Waseda University    

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18:00-19:30, January 22, 2015 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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Branding Japan: ​

Cultural Challenges and Opportunities in 2015 

Nancy Snow, SSRC Abe Fellow and Visiting Professor, Institute for Media and Communications Research, Keio University  

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18:30-20:00, January 13, 2015 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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An International Symposium

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Women and Networks in Nineteenth Century Japan 2 ​

19世紀日本の女性とネットワーク(二) 

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18:30-20:00, December 20, 2014 

Room 102, Building 12, Sophia University 

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This event is organized by Institute of Comparative Culture Research Unit on “Network Studies”

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014

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Give Back Peace that Will Never End:​

Hibakusha Poets as Public Intellectuals 

Cassandra Atherton, Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Melbourne 

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18:30-20:00, December 15, 2014 

Room 310, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014

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Pacifying Souls, Soothing Hearts:​

Buddhist Care for the Dead and the Living in Post-disaster Tohoku

Maja Veselič, University of Ljubljana

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18:30-20:00, December 10, 2014 

Room 310, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014

A screening of a documentary film + discussion

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Stories From Tohoku​

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18:00-20:00, November 21, 2014 

Room 508, Building 2, Sophia University 

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This event is organized by Institute of Comparative Culture Research Unit on “3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity”

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014  

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Reconsidering Pictures of Yoshiwara Beauties​

Julie Nelson Davis, University of Pennsylvania

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18:00-19:30, October 17, 2014 

Room 310, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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This event is organized by Institute of Comparative Culture Research Unit on “Network Studies”

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Collaborative Research Unit on “3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity” presents 

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Nuclear Nation​

Film Showing and Discussion with: 

Funahashi Atsushi, Director

Aaron Gerow, Yale University

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17:00-20:00, July 25, 2014 

Room 508, Building 2, Sophia University 

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This event is organized by Institute of Comparative Culture Research Unit on “3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity”

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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Maps of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster ​

Ryo Morimoto, PhD Student, Brandeis University, Research Fellow at the Institute of Comparative Culture, Sophia University 

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18:30-20:00, July 23, 2014 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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This event is organized by Institute of Comparative Culture Research Unit on “3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity”

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014

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Nuclear Projects in India:​

State, People and Protests

Anthony Dias, SJ, Jesuit priest of the Province of Mumbai and heads the Xavier Institute of Social Research (XISR)

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18:30-20:00, July 21, 2014 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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This event is organized by Institute of Comparative Culture Research Unit on “3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity”

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Collaborative Research Unit on “3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity” presents 

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Freeter and Precariat​

With featured Guest: 

Guy Standing, Professor of Development Economics, SOAS

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17:00-20:00, July 19, 2014 

Room 508, Building 2, Sophia University 

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This event is organized by Institute of Comparative Culture Research Unit on “3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity”

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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From Fear to Beauty: ​

The Materiality of Writing and the Early History of Japanese-English Translation 

Michael Emmerich, Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA

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17:30-19:00, July 17, 2014 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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This event is organized by Institute of Comparative Culture research unit "Japanese Literature in Motion"

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A screening of a documentary film

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HAFU:​

The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan

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17:00-19:00, July 11, 2014 

Room 508, Building 2, Sophia University 

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This event is organized by Institute of Comparative Culture and The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Tokyo Study Center

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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Abe Kôbô and the Politics of Fantasy

Darcy Gauthier, PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto, Centre for Comparative Literature

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17:00-18:30, July 10, 2014 

Room L-912, Sophia University Library 9F 

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A screening of a documentary film

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Buddhism after the Tsunami:​

The Souls of Zen 3/11 Japan Special

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18:30-20:00, June 20, 2014 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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This event is organized by Institute of Comparative Culture Research Unit on “3.11 as Crisis and Opportunity”

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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Japanese-American and their Lived Experiences in a Multicultural Society

Emi Moriuchi, Hawai'i Pacific University

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17:00-18:30, June 16, 2014 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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An Oration on Idology 

Hiroshi Aoyagi, Professor in the School of Asia 21 of Kokushikan University

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17:00-18:30, June 13, 2014 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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Chinese Labour Corps:

The Forgotten Story of the 135,000 Chinese Who Worked for the French and British Armies during World War One

Mark O'Niell, Author of "Chinese Labour Corps"

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17:30-19:00, June 4, 2014 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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Desiring Sex and Longing for Love:

A Culture's Dilemma

William Jankowiak, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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17:30-19:00, June 2, 2014 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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Twanging Bows and Throwing Rice:

Warding Off Evil in Medieval Japanese Birth Scenes 

Yui Suzuki, Associate Professor of Japanese Art at the University of Maryland

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17:30-19:00, May 30, 2014 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2014 

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The Posthumanist Quest for the Universal:

Butler, Badiou, Žižek 

Mari Ruti, Professor of Critical Theory, University of Toronto

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17:00-18:30, May 22, 2014 

Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University 

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