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JSA Professional Development Workshop at Johnson County Community College
"History, Culture, and Society: Japan Moving into the 21st Century"

October 4-6, 2018
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Tentative Program


Thursday, October 4th

Time                  Location         Activity

8:30–9:00          CC 234          Registration and Welcome

​9:00–10:30        CC 234          “Japan Moving into the 21st Century”
                                                Nancy Hope, Director, Kansas Consortium for Teaching about Asia

10:30–10:50      CC 234          Coffee Break

11:00–12:30      GEB 233        Title – To Be Announced
                                                Dr. Ian Miller, East Asian Studies, Harvard University

12:30–2:00        CC 234          Lunch

2:00–3:15          CC 234          “Japanese Popular Culture in the Classroom: Rewards, Challenges, and
                                                Surprises”
                                                Dr. Alisa Freedman, East Asian Literature and Film, University of Oregon

3:15–3:30          CC 234          Coffee Break

3:30–5:00          CC 234         “Aging, Ritual, and Ikigai (Life Purpose) in Post Modern Japan: How the
                                                Japanese are Redefining Rituals of Aging, Death, and Dying”
                                                Dianne Daughtery, Japanese Language, JCCC, Shawnee Mission, & Olathe                                                      Schools 
 
Return to hotel/Dinner on your own

Friday, October 5, 2018

Time                  Location           Activity

8:30–10:00        CC 234            “Contested Memories: The ‘Comfort Women’ Debate”
                                                  Dr. Mary McCarthy, Political Science, Drake University

10:00–10:30      CC 234            Coffee Break

10:30–12:00      CC 234            “Teaching Energy History: Fukushima and March 11”
                                                   Dr. Ian Miller, Professor, East Asian Studies, Harvard University

​12:00–1:30         WCA                Lunch Presentation
                                                  “Imperfect, Impermanent, Incomplete: Japanese Religion and ‘Mindfulness’”
                                                   Dr. Sarah Fremerman Aptilon, Senior Consultant, Japan International                                                                 Consulting

2:30–5:45      Nelson-Atkins      Tour the Japan Gallery and visit other galleries of interest
                      Museum

6:00               Rozzelle Court     Dinner and Live Music                               

Saturday, October 6, 2018
 
10:00–7:00      JCCC                Greater Kansas City Japan Festival
 
**Enjoy cultural displays, performances, workshops, and presentations
 
Of special interest: 
Additional presentations by Dr. Mary McCarthy, Dr. Alisa Freedman, and Dr. Sarah Fremerman Aptilon,
as well as presentations by JSA members:  Dr. Stacia Bensyl, Dr. Paul Dunscomb, and Dr. Jennifer Welsh.