<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ICC Sophia]]></title><description><![CDATA[ICC Sophia]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/japanese</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 05:23:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.icc-sophia.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Sources and Consequences of Low Birth: Work Life Balance in Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[This workshop examines the sources and consequences of Japan's declining birth rate, using work–life balance as its central analytical lens. Drawing on comparative perspectives from Japan, the United States, and Taiwan, it brings together scholars, legal practitioners, journalists, and filmmakers to explore how labor conditions, gender norms, family law, and immigration policy intersect in an aging society. Session 1 addresses family law as a revealing site of these tensions, bringing...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/sources-and-consequences-of-low-birth-work-life-balance-in-japan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2dabb24f9d3e5cd74d526</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:48:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_c5d90f50385e435299e9c3bc76ba4525~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aftertaste of Empire: Cultural Imperialism and Asian Nationalisms]]></title><description><![CDATA[ICC Sophia Food Studies Unit: Online Lecture Series 2026 with Dr. Krishnendu Ray May 19, 2026, 21:00-22:30 (JST) / 08:00-09:30 (US EDT) / 13:00-14:30 (GMT) Link: https://sophia-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/98405194039 Meeting ID: 984 0519 4039 Meeting password: 572276 No registration necessary    “In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people… The Japanese people are, as I have said, simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.” Oscar Wilde...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/aftertaste-of-empire-cultural-imperialism-and-asian-nationalisms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eeeb727c7678baadeab1ac</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_18e76d29f0c6459b81235a8c4a487e99~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching Climate Change Through Place]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experiential Learning for Stronger Environmental Engagement Date: May 20, 2026, 18:00-19:30 Place: Library, room 821, Sophia University Format: In person only Registration: Not required   This event explores how place-based and experiential learning can help build climate knowledge, strengthen environmental concern, and foster a sense of agency. The speakers will share new survey findings from Japan alongside concrete educational projects in Seattle and Tokyo that bring young people into...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/teaching-climate-change-through-place</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e978d24eb35989a4677bcb</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:47:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_5ee09ab7a624448fa8d1a2a819208905~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CANCELLED: Matsumoto Toshio’s Antifascist Queer Becomings ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julia Alekseyeva  This talk is cancelled due to Dr. Alekseyeva's trip being cancelled. May 21, 2026 / 17:30-19:00   Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University  In person only / No registration required    This talk introduces the work of avant-garde documentary filmmaker Matsumoto Toshio and conceives of his “neo-documentary” as an antifascist practice. In addition, the talk contextualizes his most famous film, the 1969 Funeral Parade of Roses, alongside other revolutionary queer films from...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/matsumoto-toshio-s-antifascist-queer-becomings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69df502847c3def1ffeef6b1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:51:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_8aeb4179dbc2492eb88e2e3e2521c82e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upstream, Downstream, Offshore: Constancy amidst the flux of supply chains]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julie Y. Chu May 28, 2026 (Thursday): 17:30-19:00  Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required Before “the chain” became the dominant figure for understanding the dynamics of supply and demand in the 1980s, fluvial landscapes have long undergirded logistical projects for building out and maintaining the infrastructural channels of commerce and travel, especially around estuarial or delta zones where rivers meet the sea. Drawing on two decades of...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/upstream-downstream-offshore-constancy-amidst-the-flux-of-supply-chains</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d74ba189f9e676eca324de</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:54:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_12dce534042949dcb62dbd117bb8b9a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_650,h_802,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future is Foreign: Women and Immigrants in Corporate Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hilary J. Holbrow 18:00-19:30, May 19, 2026 Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required Japan's foreign population has grown exponentially since the liberalization of its border control policy in 1989. But, because political discourse paints the foreign population as temporary, research on non-citizens' experiences and outcomes relative to comparable Japanese is in its infancy. In this talk, I discuss how white-collar migrants from Asia and the West...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/the-future-is-foreign-women-and-immigrants-in-corporate-japan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d72f42a51db32c14c1a31c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:49:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_dbccf3dc763843688f241be9f911d45d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_292,h_441,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rethinking Buddha’s Life and Legacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mario Poceski May 7, 2026, 16:00-17:30 (JST) Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required   Based on Prof. Poceski’s newest book, the talk explores the intertwining of life story, legend, and legacy, centered around the historical figure of the Buddha. A subject of veneration for hundreds of millions of people, the Buddha is a source of quiet admiration, reflection, or inspiration to many more. Exploring this iconic figure, his vision of spiritual...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/rethinking-buddha-s-life-and-legacy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d5e41f74eeae096e52f78f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:19:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_f741a119436c40239d440a1f4e511f34~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_833,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Refugee support in the heart of Europe’s capital:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Insights from a collective initiative carried out in solidarity with asylum seekers on a university campus in Brussels   Yannick Vanderborght   May 11, 2026 / 18:30-20:00 (JST) Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required   Since the 2015 migration “crisis,” the European Union (EU) and its member states have adopted increasingly restrictive policies toward refugees. In Brussels, the EU capital, thousands of asylum seekers are now forced to sleep rough...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/refugee-support-in-the-heart-of-europe-s-capital</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cca7b87d31fe550c65d8aa</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:08:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_fd1a310ac8bc426789fed1e45df7e51c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_960,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Migration, Social Media, and Globalization: Matcha Latte and Bubble Tea in Toronto, Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[(ICC Sophia Food Studies Unit: Online Lecture Series 2026) Jeffrey Pilcher April 20, 2026  20:30-22:00 (JST) / 07:30-09:00 (US EST) / 12:30-14:00 (GMT) ZOOM Meeting information https://sophia-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/95084567453   Meeting ID: 950 8456 7453 Password: sophiafood No registration necessary This talk adopts a mobility studies framework to examine interconnections between the movements of people, goods, and knowledge. By comparing the arrival of bubble tea and matcha latte in Toronto, it...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/migration-social-media-and-globalization-matcha-latte-and-bubble-tea-in-toronto-canada</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c382c1653657f03d5c03ba</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:24:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_f959608038c34cd79c2bd394790c2c0c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Collectives: Finding Nikkei in Interwar American Art]]></title><description><![CDATA[May 12, 2026 / 17:30~19:00 Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No prior registration required Prof. ShiPu Wang discusses the rich but under-studied history of Nikkei artists who fostered self-representation, visibility, and a sense of belonging through organizing transcultural collectives and group exhibitions in interwar California. This period, falling within the Exclusion era (1885–1965), was characterized by anti-immigration and anti-Asian laws in the United...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/california-collectives-finding-nikkei-in-interwar-american-art</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c222928f0e652aaa2da5b3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 05:43:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_d7726497df7e407e9e8a1c254a0e6da4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A trip to war-torn Syria]]></title><description><![CDATA[– and some thoughts on the challenges of reporting from war and conflict zones Gabriele Riedle   April 20, 2026/18:00-19:30 Room 301, building 10, Sophia University In person only/No registration necessary   During a recent trip to Syria, Gabriele Riedle, a Berlin-based journalist and writer, investigated the current situation in a country that has been — and continues to be — deeply affected by 14 years of extremely bloody civil war, as well as ongoing domestic and regional conflicts...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/a-trip-to-war-torn-syria</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b8fc36bae3e800161c815e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:07:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_aa261e9589724055b2e1f6cc2ae5769d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deities of Heaven, deities of Earth, and foreignness in Japanese origin myths ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bernhard Scheid , Austrian Academy of Sciences (Senior Scientist Emeritus)   Date: April 16, 2026   Time: 18:00–19:30   Venue: Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University   Format: In person only  In this talk, I will focus on apparent continental influences in the origin stories of the Tennō dynasty. In the mythical episodes of the official annals ( Kojiki  and  Nihon shoki ), a well-known implicit hierarchy exists between “heavenly” and “earthly” deities (rulers). I will demonstrate that,...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/deities-of-heaven-deities-of-earth-and-foreignness-in-japanese-origin-myths</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b761a4bae3e80016189c66</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:53:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_c9d76a2969d64642ab81da24636d5e4c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_459,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Section through Tokyo’s Labourscape ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Work, Space, and Community in Sumida’s Machikoba Neighbourhoods  Wednesday 8 April 2026, 18:00-19:30 /   Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus, Building 10, Room 301  In English without translation / In person only    Speakers:  Christian Dimmer  (Waseda University),  David H. Slater (Sophia University)   Moderator:  Sven Saaler (Sophia University)   Although urban labour is a central policy domain shaping contemporary economies—and has historically constituted the very substrate...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/a-section-through-tokyo-s-labourscape</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b75c8c982a6a9cdc28e681</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:37:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487f91_ff92e38953cd46a097c7536fa5c4d1b7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feminism in Japan: Resistance, Complicity, and Gendered Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 25 th , 2026 Sophia University, Building 10, 301 16:00-18:30 No registration required / In person only Event Abstract Feminism in Japan has developed over more than a century, yet persistent gender inequalities continue to shape social, cultural, and political life. This workshop brings together early-career researchers working on gender and feminism in Japan across literature, history, media, and contemporary social contexts. Through an interdisciplinary lens, ranging from postwar...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/feminism-in-japan-resistance-complicity-and-gendered-power</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698567dd96663872685d8525</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:16:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_39c90f6c194c40c79dde38fd64d3b45d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call for papers "Migration in the Age of AI: Work, Education and Belonging" to be held on 3–4 October 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[We invite scholars and practitioners to submit proposals for participation in the workshop Migration in the age of AI to be held on 3–4 October 2026 . It will take place in a hybrid format , allowing for both in-person (Tokyo, Japan) and online participation.   Workshop Focus:   The digital world has long shaped migration experiences and transnational lives. From earlier diasporic practices of maintaining connections through letters, postcards, and prohibitively expensive phone calls,...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/call-for-papers-migration-in-the-age-of-ai-work-education-and-belonging-to-be-held-on-3-4-octobe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696dbf453e23fce2937acb57</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:30:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukiyo-e Painting and the Long Shadow of the Shunpōan Incident  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julie Nelson Davis    January 22, 2026  18:00-19:30  Room 301, 3F, building 10, Sophia University  In person / No registration necessary  On April 26, 1934, a headline in the Asahi Shinbun  newspaper announced the “greatest discovery of the world”: two Sharaku paintings found in the hither-to unknown Shunpōan collection. These rare works, along with fifteen other ukiyo-e masterpieces, were slated for auction in May, it continued. Organizers produced a deluxe, full-color catalogue featuring...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/ukiyo-e-painting-and-the-long-shadow-of-the-shunp%C5%8Dan-incident</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693922fa9c4bc26e80376312</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:39:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487f91_017383d8e11c42ccb2a45c20d137ed3a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_460,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perspectives on Culinary Craft in Japan: a mini colloquium]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japanese culinary craft is legendary. Yet what is behind this phenomenon? This colloquium features perspectives from two researchers on their long-term research on the social and cultural dimensions of culinary craft in Japan. Everyone is invited to participate in this academic discussion on Japanese culinary craftwork.     January 16, 2026 17:30-19:30 (JST) Format: Hybrid Venue: Room 301, 3F, building 10, Sophia University ZOOM information https://sophia-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/93475873444   Meeting...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/perspectives-on-culinary-craft-in-japan-a-mini-colloquium</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69313da74a313d7af56030ed</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:58:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_a253019ef916426bb398c34793785b09~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_480,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Statue by the Sea: ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Memory, Resistance, and Universal Women’s Rights in Stintino, Sardinia  Dr. Agnese Dionisio  January 8, 2026,  18:00-19:30  Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University  In person only/No registration required     This talk is based on research I have conducted for a paper on the first “Statue of Peace” (평화의 소녀상) installed in Italy, in the small coastal town of Stintino, Sardinia, on June 22, 2024. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews conducted in May–June 2025, the talk explores the local...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/a-statue-by-the-sea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69311a774a313d7af55fdf93</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:27:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_c3fadd220326404483754c3100d050f7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_440,h_331,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Wave to Wave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aesthetic Figurations of  Neo-Japonisme  in the French Cinematic Avant-Garde - Far Away, So Close Anne-Gaëlle Saliot December 18, 2025 17:30-19:00  Room301, 3F, building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required This talk reconsiders postwar French cinematic modernism through the lens of  neo-Japonisme , not as thematic citation but as a structural and epistemic operation. While the influence of the French New Wave on Japanese directors like Ōshima, Imamura, and Yoshida...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/from-wave-to-wave</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693117087bfdd06d107e90dc</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:13:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_b660535df9954606a478fabbe072d131~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_466,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cultural Revolution at 60: The Case for More Context]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ian Johnson Copyright: Sim Chi Yin Dec 16, 2025, 17:30-19:00 10-301, 3F, building 10, Sophia University In person and on ZOOM Please register from here: https://forms.office.com/r/HDsqJ8AEYJ This coming May marks the Cultural Revolution's 60th anniversary, which will result in a barrage of media reports of what is often portrayed as modern China's greatest tragedy--an event on par with Pol Pot's atrocities and even the Holocaust. The Cultural Revolution was hugely important: millions died,...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/the-cultural-revolution-at-60-the-case-for-more-context</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6925680c933da9c9fc5c02b1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:31:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_92463b36a66143b7958d3d29186939a8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>