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 JSA Professional Development Workshop at Johnson County Community College
"Japan Across the Disciplines"

October 6-8, 2022
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Final Program
(Download Full Final Program with Abstracts and Bios)


Thursday, October 6th
Time                            Location          Activity
 
8:30 – 9:00                  RC 101             Registration and Welcome
 
9:00 – 10:30                RC 101             “Anime Beyond Japan: Approaches to Studying Anime”
 
                                                               Dr. David Mai
                                                               Assistant Teaching Professor, Film and Media Studies, U. of Kansas
 
10:30 – 10:50              RC 101             Coffee Break
 
11:00 – 12:30              RC 101             "Teaching Japan on American TV: Gentle Ways to Approach
                                                             Difficult Issues"
 
                                                             Dr. Alisa Freedman
                                                             Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, & Gender,
                                                             University of Oregon
 
12:30 – 1:30                RC 101             Lunch
 
1:30 – 2:55                  RC 101             Strategies for Integrating Japan Across the Disciplines           
                                                           
                                                            Dr. Stacia Bensyl & JSA Board Members                               
 
2:55 – 3:15                  RC 101             Coffee Break
 
3:15 – 4:45                  RC 101             “Involuntary Consent: The Illusion of Choice in Japan’s Adult 
                                                            Video Industry”
 
                                                            Dr. Akiko Takeyama
                                                            Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
 
6:00                                                     BBQ Dinner at Dawn Gale’s home
 
 
Friday, October 7th
Time                            Location          Activity
 
8:30 – 10:00                RC 175           “‘Japaneseness’ as an unmarked category: What does it
                                                             mean to be “Japanese” or “not truly Japanese” in an increasingly                                                               diverse Japanese society?”
 
                                                             Dr. Ayako Mizumura
                                                             Academic Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
 
10:00 – 10:20              RC 175             Coffee Break
 
10:20 – 11:50              RC 175          “Japanese Territorial Disputes”
 
                                                            Dr. Alexis Dudden
                                                            Professor, Department of History, University of Connecticut
 
12:00 – 1:30                RC 270           Lunch Presentation
 
                                                            “Japanese Art in and out of Context: Four Themes Within
                                                            the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art”  
 
                                                            Dr. Sherry Fowler
                                                            Professor of Japanese Art History, University of Kansas
 
2:30 – 5:30                  Nelson -           Tour the Japan gallery and visit other galleries of interest
                                    Atkins
                                    Museum
 
5:30                             Rozzelle           Sips, Snacks, and Live Music
                                    Court
 
Saturday, October 8th
 
10:00 – 7:00                JCCC                Greater Kansas City Japan Festival
 
**Enjoy cultural displays, performances, workshops, and presentations
 
Of particular interest: additional presentations by Dr. Alisa Freedman and Dr. Ayako Mizumura, as well as presentations by JSA members:  Dr. Sarah Aptilon, Dr. Fay Beauchamp, Dr. Michael Charlton, Dr. Paul Dunscomb, Dr. Andrea Stover, and Dr. Jennifer Welsh.