Seminars 2006
Comparative Philosophy as Nationalist Propaganda: re-examining early modern constructs of the history of Japanese (Tokugawa) Confucianism
Tuesday 7 March 2006, 1:00 pm
Kiri Paramore, University of Tokyo
The intellectual history of Tokugawa Japan, like that of many areas to which is attributed a complex non-western philosophical tradition, is often narrated in contrast to, and in terms of a conflict with, a constructed "western" intellectual tradition (generally Christian) .What is often overlooked in this analysis, is that this framework itself is clearly a product of 19th century processes of "national history" construction. In the same way that "Orientalism" constructed an image of the Other to define imperial power in the West, in Japan in the 19th and 20th centuries constructions of "Eastern Thought" were used as elements of political control. This presentation will employ research on Confucian and anti-Christian texts from the early Tokugawa period presented in my PhD dissertation at the University of Tokyo to provide a solid source based context within which to consider both the nature of the Confucian and anti-Christian discourses of the 17th century, and the way they were reconstructed in late 19th century intellectual history.
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Shadows of war: Australian memories of Japan
Friday 10 March 2006, 3:00 pm
Ryoko Adachi and Andrew McKay, Honorary Fellows, Japanese Studies Centre; authors of Shadows of War, Indra Publications, 2005
Commentator: Dr Charles Schencking, MIALS, University of Melbourne
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Rakugo comes to Melbourne
Japanese Yose-style vaudeville in Australia
Time: May 24th, 7pm
Presenter: Sanshootei Charaku, with Miyakoya Utaroku and Hayashiya Imamaru
Admission: $10:00 (full) $5:00 (unwaged)
(BYZ = Please Bring your own zabuton for sitting on the floor in both venues)
Programme features two classical Rakugo items, ‘Kamiire’(Wallet) and ‘Funatoku’ (Toku in the boat).
You can also experience ‘saw music’ and a paper-cutting performance!
Sponsored by The Japan Foundation
Supporters: Japan Club of Victoria, Monash University, The Japan Information and Cultural Centre
Enquiries: Alison.Tokita@arts.monash.edu.au
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Media and popular cultural flows in East Asia: Transnational flows of mediated narratives in comics, cinema and TV dramas
A symposium funded by the ARC Asia Pacific Research Futures Network and the Korea Foundation
Hosted by the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics and the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash University
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/lcl/conferences/media-cultural-flows/index.html
Friday August 4, 1:00 – 6:00 pm & Saturday August 5, 9:00 am – 6:15 pm
Program
FRIDAY (4 August)
1:00-2:00 KEYNOTE SPEECH (open to public)
Kang, Myung-koo (Seoul National University)
Disciplining Morally Sound Citizens and Regulating Sexual Expression in Television Dramas in South Korea
2:00-2:50 Netizens and politics in Korea
Jaz Choi (Queensland University of Technology)
Mixing Self with Media: Online Audience Participation in Consuming Media and Self in Korea
Mohita Roman (Monash University)
Media, nationalism and the Comfort Women issue
2:50-3:20 Break
3:20-4:35 HALLYU – Korean (popular cultural) Wave on Asian Shores
Kim, Sujeong (Chungnam National University)
Hallyu and Asian cultural flows.
June Woong Rhee (Seoul National University)
An empirical study on the Chinese reception of Hallyu
Michael Keane (Queensland University of Technology)
Redesigning China’s future: the new East Asian Cultural Co-prosperity Zone
4:35-4:45 Break
4:45-6:00 Politics and Culture
Wu Guanjun (Monash University)
The Anti-Japan protest movement in China
Beatrice Trefalt (Monash University)
Kobayashi Yoshinori’s Sensoron: manga in Japan’s battlefields of history
Lauren Richardson (Monash University)
Japanese history text book controversy: A Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage
7:00 CONFERENCE DINNER (Fedeles Italian Restaurant)
SATURDAY (5 August)
9:00-10:15 Transnational flows of media and texts (1)
Yamanaka, Chie (Osaka University)
The penetration of cross-cultural understanding through television format: Did the Korean Wave itself generate the manga “Ken-kanryu (We hate Korean Wave)”?
Brian Yecies (University of Wollongong)
Floodgates for Transnational Cultural Flows Are Open! Hollywood Accidentally Breeds Tiger in South Korea, 1985-2006
Roald Maliangkay (Australian National University)
Korean animation: How Do Korean Animators Survive in an Industry Marked by Clichés?
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Transnational flows of media and texts (2)
Hyangjin Lee (University of Sheffield/Rikkyo University) Korean Wave in Japan: Disturbing a Global Identity?
Gloria Davies, Michael Davies and Younga Cho (Monash University), Marketing and Representing Gender Variance: The Case of Hari Su
Stephen Epstein (University of Wellington, New Zealand) Drinking Beer in Sapporo: Changing Images of Japan in South Korea
12:00-1:00 LUNCH
1:00-3:05 Translation as cultural negotiation
Judy Wakabayashi (Kent State University) Chinese Vernacular Novels in Edo Japan: Some Contemporary Implications
Ross Mouer (Monash University) Translation of Japanese popular novels
Minako O’Hagan (Dublin City University) Free Labour for Love? - Fan-Subs and Scanlation Networks
James Rampant (Monash University) The Monash manga translation workshop: Lost in scanlation
Injung Cho (Monash University) Lost in Subtitles: Korean Films and TV Dramas
3:05-3:30 Break
3:30-4:45 Hallyu and Soft Power (1)
Peter Murphy (Monash University) Soft Power and Hard Power in the East Asian Portal Ecumene: The Reach and Limits of Aesthetic Authority
Dan Black (Monash University) Cultural Export and National Specificity
Alison Tokita (Monash University) Competing discourses of soft power in Korea and Japan
4:45-4:55 Break
4:55-6:10 Hallyu and Soft Power (2)
Kim, SungMin (Seoul National University) The configuration of discourses on opening Japanese popular culture in Korea, 1987-1994 : the open-'revolving' door of a ban
Park, Seong Jae (Doctoral student, Seoul National University) and Kim, Hyun Suk (Masters student, Seoul National University)
What the ‘Korean Wave’ means to Koreans: Selling and imagining Korea
Lee, Sung-Min (Masters student, Seoul National University)
Christian Broadcasting System (CBS), The first private broadcasting in South Korea, 1948-1959
6:10 Closing Remarks
6:15 Symposium Finish
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JAPANESE STUDIES CENTRE
CELEBRATES THE AUSTRALIA-JAPAN YEAR OF EXCHANGE
with a conference in Broome, Western Australia
9TH-13TH DECEMBER 2006
Conference venue: CABLE BEACH CLUB RESORT
JAPAN RELATES: AUSTRALIA, ASIA, THE WORLD
Australia-Japan Relations and the Future of Japanese Studies
The conference will engage in a high level of discussion about the
future of Japanese studies in the context of Australia-Japan relations
and the expanding role of those two nations in Asia.
Website:
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/lcl/conferences/japan-relates/index.html
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Tessa Morris-Suzuki
- Sadami Suzuki
- Tasaku Tsunoda
- Keiji Sawada
- Mark Lincicombe
- Robin Gerster
- Leith Morton
- Vera Mackie
- Toshiko Ellis
- Takeshi Terada
The conference will address the following themes:
Australia-Japan relations in the context of a globalizing Asia
Japanese Studies in the post-area studies era
Changing goals of Japanese language education
Japanese critical cultural studies
Japanese communities in Australia
Japanese cultural flows in Australia and Asia
Translating Japan and Japanese for Asia and Australia
Australia-Japan: From maritime connectivity to digital connectivity
The call for papers closed on September 1st.
Early bird registration is still open till September 30th.
For further information, contact Joanne.Witheridge@arts.monash.edu.au
Registration fee schedule:
Up to September 30th: $150 (full) $50 (unwaged)
From October 1st: $250 (full) $80 (unwaged)
Individual participants will arrange their own travel and accommodation.
Some helpful information is available on our website
Sponsored by The Japan Foundation
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