25th Annual Japan Studies Association Conference
3-5 January 2019, Honolulu, Hawai'i
Saturday, 5 January 2019
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8:30am -- 2:30pm
9:00-9:50 am |
Conference registration
Table outside Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor Plenary Session Keynote Address: Alisa Freedman, University of Oregon "From Cold War Coeds to Pioneering Professors: The Forgotten Story of Japanese Women Who Studied in the United States, 1949-1966" Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor |
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10:00-11:15 am
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Panel 19: Alternative Christian Movements in the Post-Aum Era
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor Chair: Jeremy Rapport, The College of Wooster Greg Wilkinson, Brigham Young University: Alternative Christian Movements in the Post-Aum Era Andrew Reed, BYU: The Photography Collection of Jay Jensen: Early 20th century Japan under the Christian Missionary Gaze Kerry Hull, BYU: New Sake in Old Bottles: Excising Buddhist and Shinto Ideology from Early Translations of the Japanese Bible Panel 20. Images and Imaginings in Japanese Literature Room: Lokahi 1, 2nd floor Chair: Barbara Seater, Raritan Valley Community College Sumi Cho, Myongji University: Positive stereotypes and their reversal in Okinawan representation in Japanese popular texts Qiuyue Lu, University of Arizona: Interaction Between Sōseki’s Literary Theory and Fictions: Inter-Textual Context For “Distance” And “Tragedy” In Kokoro Steve Corbeil, University of the Sacred Heart: The Ethos of the Literary Translator in Japan after 1945 Panel 21: Japanese Security Policy in New and Changing Domains Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor Chair: Lonny Carlile, University of Hawaii at Manoa Kristi Govella, University of Hawaii at Manoa: Responding to Security Threats in the Global Commons: Japan’s Evolving Middle Power Approach to Outer Space, Cyberspace, and the High Seas Deirdre Martin, University of California, Berkeley: Explaining Variation in Japanese Indigenous Development of Space-Based Security Capabilities Benjamin Bartlett, Harvard University: Japan as a Middle Cyber-Power |
11:15-11:30 am Coffee/tea break: Outside Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
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11:30am -- 12:45pm
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Panel 22: Japan Becoming Part of the World
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor Chair: Kristi Govella, University of Hawaii at Manoa Hanae Kramer, University of Hawaii at Manoa: The Discovery of the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands in 1670 Sergey Tolstoguzov, Hiroshima University: Considering the State of the Tokugawa Bakufu’s Readiness for the Opening of Japan by Perry in 1853-54 Karli Shimizu, Hokkaido University: Pioneer Deities and Shinto Shrines in Hokkaido Panel 23: Redefining Space and Spaces in Japan Room: Lokahi 1, 2nd floor Chair: Greg Wilkinson, Brigham Young University Akiko Mori, Community College of Philadelphia: Determination and Boldness: Life and Art of Toko Shinoda David Jones, Kennesaw State University: Entering Stone: Death and Being in Isamu Noguchi’s Sculpture Hilson Reidpath, University of Hawaii at Manoa: Active Acts, Passive Pasts: Passing in the work of Yamanokuchi Baku Panel 24: A History of Things Unremarked, yet Remarkable Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor Chair: Koichi Mera, University of Southern California Shuko Takeshita, Aichi Gakuin University: Betrothal Gifts in Japan: Focusing on the History and Regional Variations Brent Ferguson, Washburn University, TJ Laws-Nicola, Texas State University: Globalized Tropes: Representations of Pipe Organ in Japanese Multimedia Mitsuko Takahashi, Nihon Institute of Medical Sciences: The Japanese word that came from the warrior's feelings and intentions: The derivation of the adverb kesshite |
12:45-1:30 pm Lunch: Pick up outside Pua Melia Ballroom; eat in Ballroom.
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1:45-3:00 pm
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Panel 25: Voices of Empire
Room: Lokahi 1, 2nd floor Chair: Nathan Hopson, Nagoya University Moxi Zhang, Seoul National University: Representing the Empire’s Space: Travel Writing of the Japanese Imperial Subjects Catherine Tsai, Harvard University: The Temple Reorganization Movement in Colonial Taiwan, 1937-1945 Mari Ishida, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard: The Resonance of Silenced Voices in the Japanese Empire: Multiple Colonial Historicities in Kim Sa-Ryang’s The Taebaek Mountains (1943) Panel 26: Fear of a Wet, Lost Planet; Horror in Japan Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor David Jones, Kennesaw State University Michael Charlton, Missouri Western State University: Fears of a Lost Decade: Junji Ito’s Horror Manga and Japanese Social Anxieties Colleen Laird, Western Washington University: Eastern bodies in a Western world: Post-Human Selves and Japanese Others in HBO’s Westworld Jennifer Yoo, University of Hawaii at Manoa: Monstrous Wives, Murderous Lovers and Dead Wet Girls: Examining the Feminine Vengeful Ghost and the Role of the Monstrous Feminine in Japanese Theatre and Horror Cinema Panel 27: Sometimes, the Old Ways Are Best Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor Chair: Brent Ferguson, Washburn University Fay Beauchamp, Community College of Philadelphia: Warriors’ Laughter in The Tale of the Heike: Considering Yoshitsune Dylan McGee, Nagoya University: The Spectacle of Commoner Beauty in Ame-uri Dohei-den (1769) Michael Stern, Community College of Philadelphia: Tea and Power: Hideyoshi and Rikyū in fiction and film |
3:00-3:15 pm Coffee/tea break: Outside Pua Melia Ballroom
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3:15-4:30 pm
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Panel 28: Follow the Money! Japanese Politics and Household Management
Room: Lokahi 1, 2nd floor Chair: Reed Knappe, Harvard University Nathan Cisneros, University of California, Irvine: Quantitative text analysis and the study of Japanese politics Igor Prusa, Oriental Instute, Czech Republic: How to Understand Japanese Scandals Olga Kormush, Ochinomizu University: Who is in charge? Income Management Responsibility within Japanese Households Panel 29: Okinawa: Island of Conflict, Identity, Opportunity Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor Chair: Colleen Laird, Western Washington University Aaron Skabelund, Brigham Young University: The Return of the ‘Japanese Army’ to Okinawa Sri Ayu Wulansari, University of Indonesia: BEING HUMAN IN OKINAWA: Okinawan Women’s Active Acquisition of Identity through the Struggle Against United States Military Bases Aiden Kosciesza, Community College of Philadelphia: “But What About the Dugong?”: Teaching Argumentation Using Marine Corps Station Futenma Panel 30: Negotiating the End(s) Chair: Michael Stern, Community College of Philadelphia Diego Oliveira, Waseda University: Ending Notes and scripts for the “good” death in Japan Jeremy Rapport, The College of Wooster: Japanese Christianity: Old Religion, New Religious Movement Thierry Rakotobe-Joel, Ramapo College of New Jersey: Sustainability Discourse, and Cultural Differentiation. The Case of Multi-National Japanese Firms |
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4:30-5:15 pm
6:00pm -- |
Plenary JSA Membership Meeting and Closing Remarks
Everyone is welcome Room: Pua Melia Ballroom Chair: Joseph Overton, JSA President Dinner on your own |
Best Wishes for a Peaceful and Prosperous New 2019 and Safe Travels!