<?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>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:26:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.icc-sophia.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Putin’s Mirror: Russian Television and Foreign Policy 2000-2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tina Burrett (Professor of Political Science, Sophia University) 17:00-18:30, October 27, 2026 Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 shocked the world. The night before the invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to bed believing a rumoured attack was another Russian ruse. The Russian media’s denigration of Ukraine’s government as a nest of neo-Nazi drug addicts in the pay of U.S....]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/putin-s-mirror-russian-television-and-foreign-policy-2000-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa107a1cc0692753db76453</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:20:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487f91_1a6adb9d78884edd82118c2e926852c7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_542,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism and Economic Extraction: A Comparative Perspective on Global Talent Mobility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthony P. D’Costa, Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne 6:00 -7:30pm, October 20, 2026 Room 301, 3F, building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required The objective of this presentation is to remind us that behind all the human stories of migration and multilayered experiences of different ethnic communities, generational differences, and national policies, the mobility of talent is a product of the structural workings of uneven global capitalism. Here...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/capitalism-and-economic-extraction-a-comparative-perspective-on-global-talent-mobility</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a965ff7e25608e51aad70dd</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:22:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_744ada6f4e05484aab8866968695fcd5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_353,h_520,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myanmar's Spring Revolution: Students, higher education and political change]]></title><description><![CDATA[A book written by Marie Lall and Ikuko Okamoto (UCL Press, 2026)   A book talk with Marie Lall    16th October 2026, Friday / 6:00pm -7:30pm Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University No prior registration required On 1 February 2021 Myanmar's military conducted a coup putting an end to a decade of reforms. Although it was the third coup in Myanmar's history, it was received as a moral shock by a large part of the population, and the response was an unprecedented resistance movement branded...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/myanmar-s-spring-revolution-students-higher-education-and-political-change</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a912771b26be70df891b3b8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:25:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_9b85771cb0b942f1a84c0e3248b11600~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_307,h_460,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sophia Symposium "Migration in the Age of AI: Work, Education and Belonging" (Hybrid) ]]></title><description><![CDATA[October 3-4, 2026 Room 1702, Building 2, Sophia University Organizers: Megha Wadhwa, David H. Slater (Sophia University) and Michiel Baas (Leiden University)  Image generated by Gemini Digital technologies have long shaped how migrants sustain family ties, navigate borders, and build belonging. Artificial intelligence now pushes this further—promising to smooth language barriers and settlement, yet raising the question of whether such tools genuinely help or foster dependence that erodes the...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/sophia-symposium-migration-in-the-age-of-ai-work-education-and-belonging-hybrid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8d11098c800d51388de745</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:16:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_9380ca711b724bcd9206ffb3b470c8e6~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[Screening Unit 731: Biological Warfare and Postwar Japanese Memory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ivo Plšek July 23 (Thu), 2026 / 18:00-19:30 Room 301, 3F, building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required   Building (1号棟右側) on the site of the Harbin bioweapon facility of Unit 731/ Wikimedia Commons How has Unit 731 been portrayed on Japanese screens since 1945? Drawing on a corpus of 300 war-related screen works, this talk identifies 17 feature films, television dramas, and documentaries that have engaged directly or indirectly with the history of Japanese...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/screening-unit-731-biological-warfare-and-postwar-japanese-memory</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a55cba3ea99be7096ea2aee</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:47:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_811b51cb4ecf4843bed8f0c636f370c4~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[Borderland Dreams: The Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[June Hee Kwon   July 24, 2026 (Friday)/ 17:30-19:00 Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only No prior registration required   Borderland Dreams: The Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers (Duke University Press, 2023), examines how Korean Chinese workers' collective aspiration for the "Korean Dream" emerged at the intersection of post-socialist China and post-Cold War South Korea. This book argues that this aspiration was not merely an individual desire for upward...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/borderland-dreams-the-transnational-lives-of-korean-chinese-workers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3a35e8fa54cc84484ceb91</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:33:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_46974f43cbe04b0cad5fd6a422d23aaa~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[Japan, tourist world tours and globetrotters]]></title><description><![CDATA[from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to 1970  International conference co-organized by Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture, The University of Osaka, University of Geneva Geography Department, University of Turin Department of Humanities Sophia University, Tokyo, 26-28 June 2026  Full program with abstracts and bios is available now (PDF): DOWNLOAD Aoki, Tsunesaburō (1885-86). Sekai ryokō bankoku meisho zue – Illustrated guidebook for travellers round the world, Covers of volumes 1...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/japan-tourist-world-tours-and-globetrotters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a20f7d2b63f5fb828ed4598</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:04:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_be03f4903c454944b6e1795bf6d948fa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_470,h_371,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not the End of the Story　（終わらない物語）:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conversation on Sexual Violence, Media, and Feminist Futures（性暴力、メディア、フェミニズムの未来を考える） June 27 and 28, 2026 Room L-921, 9F, Central Library, Sophia University Over the past decade, feminist movements, survivor activism, and public debate have transformed how sexual violence is discussed in Japan. From grassroots campaigns of #MeToo to recent legal reforms, such as the 2023 revision of the Penal Code, important changes have emerged in both public discourse and institutional frameworks. Yet these...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/not-the-end-of-the-story-%EF%BC%88%E7%B5%82%E3%82%8F%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E%EF%BC%89</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1d2a60d87dcf57d5463548</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:21:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_cf0ec8b0a585419d806f86b87fc9f27d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_705,h_397,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A documentary film screening of "Home, Elsewhere" ]]></title><description><![CDATA[a film by Megha Wadhwa June 30, 2026 / 18:00-19:30 Room L-821 (8F, Library) / No registration necessary Discussant: David Slater (Professor emeritus, Sophia University)   Home, Elsewhere follows Karan, a Gen Z migrant from India navigating his life in Berlin. What begins as a chance encounter with the filmmaker—an anthropologist who left India 20 years ago—evolves into a four-year long-term observation of Karan’s migrant life in transition. From the structured world of a student fraternity to...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/a-documentary-film-screening-of-home-elsewhere</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a193c7769f69d4475ae5ec0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 07:17:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_60c2b880662d4673936de2c4ed6addb4~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[Imagining Japan’s Economic Collapse: Orientalism, Crisis, and Digital Media]]></title><description><![CDATA[Javier Pérez-Jara   In this talk, I examine how digital journalism and social media in the Spanish-speaking world have often circulated the perception that Japan faces an imminent economic collapse. I identify several factors shaping this apocalyptic narrative: orientalist tropes and misunderstand ing of cultural codes, political propaganda, cognitive biases, and the algorithmic dynamics of digital platforms. Against accounts that portray Japan as a dying society trapped by public debt,...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/imagining-japan-s-economic-collapse-orientalism-crisis-and-digital-media</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a151e3bb6bdb307fe722e1f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 06:23:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_daab2647f3ef4763b04c01de7537a672~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_717,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Predictions Without Futures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Repetition and stagnation in dreams of artificial intelligence Sun-ha Hong   Date: July 2, 2026 (Thursday)  Time: 17:30-19:00  Venue: 2-508, 5F, Building 2, Sophia University  Format: In-person only / No prior registration necessary   The technological future bears down on us today with a suffocating universality, described already by Bertolt Brecht in 1939: “I stood on a hill and I saw the Old approaching, but it came as the New.” Futures sketched boldly on powerpoint slides, by the same few...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/predictions-without-futures</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a153258d681fe01d16a1671</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 05:44:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_0d8ef01e4e494e6fb685718c67c1226c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_645,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreign Workers, Precarity, and the Changing Social Laborscapes of Contemporary Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[June 19 (Friday) ~ June 21 (Sunday) 2026 Room L-821, 8F Sophia University Central Library Organizers: David Slater (Sophia University) Megha Wadhwa (Sophia University) Hee Eun Kwon (University of Tokyo)    Open to all; no registration necessary Language: English. In person only  Paper abstracts and Bios (PDF)  Overall abstract This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars from anthropology, sociology, law, political science, economics, and migration and refugee studies to examine...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/foreign-workers-precarity-and-the-changing-social-laborscapes-of-contemporary-japan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0ac1f2e8a70f90633da2fa</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 07:57:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_cf635b37c46649f3962c8a86ec6fbdd2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_313,h_201,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through the Lens of Loss:  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photography, Memory, and Transatlantic Deindustrialization  Thomas Heise  June 18, 2026 / 18:00-19:30  Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University  In person only / No prior registration required    This talk examines how photography serves as a crucial lens for understanding the complex interplay of memory and loss within transatlantic deindustrialization. Examining the rigorous formalism of the industrial typologies by the highly influential German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher, I...]]></description><link>https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/through-the-lens-of-loss</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a06ac78ffdf5b83a024d2ec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:23:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2edff9_2e0f148c7e3043b18fa204be68546962~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_750,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>i-comcul</dc:creator></item><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></channel></rss>