CJS e-Newsletter Autumn 2020-21
October 22, 2020 What’s in this issue Welcome Message Online Summer Programme MA in Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies Beyond Japan Upcoming Events
Editor: Oliver Moxham CJS Director: Professor Simon Kaner Header photo by editor
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Welcome Message
CJS ニュースレターへようこそ！
Welcome to the Autumn 2020 Centre for Japanese Studies e-Newsletter. We have had some changes at the Centre for Japanese Studies over the summer, in particular with Oliver Moxham moving from the Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities to the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. In addition, news about the Centre for Japanese Studies will now appear on our new website JapanInNorwich.org. It makes a good opportunity to thank Ollie for all that he has done for CJS over the last year, and also to re-iterate how important is maintaining a strong relationship between the University and the Sainsbury Institute through these difficult times. We have reverted to our previous once-a-semester format but look out for updates on the website and on social media. In this issue we will be reviewing what we have accomplished from our forays into the digital under COVID conditions, including our Online Summer Programme, our ongoing Beyond Japan podcast series and our allnew website. We also have a raft of upcoming events to fill your virtual diary including the online revival of our CJS Research Webinar series, as well as book launches and online lectures from our CJS colleagues. Finally we present to you opportunities to take your passion for all things Japanese to the next level through scholarships and digital learning resources. We always welcome feedback and are very happy to pass on Japan-related news of relevance to our readership – so do get in touch and let us know what you think. Stay safe and well, Simon and Ollie Editor’s note: Japanese names are given in the Japanese form of family name first i.e. MATSUMOTO Mariko 1
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Online Summer Programme in Japanese Cultural Heritage This summer the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia and the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures invited applications for a special Online Summer Programme in Japanese Cultural Studies. This programme is offered in place of the Japan Orientation Summer School (sponsored by the Toshiba International Foundation) and the Ishibashi Foundation Summer Fellowship in Japanese Arts and Heritage (sponsored by the Ishibashi Foundation), postponed from summer 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is our current hope that these two programmes will be rescheduled to summer 2021. The Online Summer Programme in Japanese Cultural Studies will include a guided and interactive exploration of digital resources available for the field, including the Ishibashi Foundation Lecture Series held in Japan from 2014-2018, and an opportunity to engage with the production of a review of the future of Japanese cultural studies outside Japan, building on an international conference on this theme held in Norwich in 2017. The Academic Director of the Online Summer Programme is Professor Simon Kaner, Executive Director of the Sainsbury Institute and Director of the Centre for Japanese Studies at UEA, and the programme will offer the chance for digital encounters with academics from both organisations. There will also be opportunities to engage online with participants from around the world and to join the network of young specialists who have taken part in the Japan Orientation Summer School and the Ishibashi Foundation Summer Fellowship in previous years. Participants who engage with all aspects of the programme will receive a Certificate of Attendance. You can find out more about the summer programme at the Sainsbury Institute website here.
MA in Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies
学際日本学
The University of East Anglia together with The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures are delighted to announce the launch of our new MA programme in Interdisciplinary Japanese 2
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Studies. It’s been an unsettling time for prospective students, but we’ve worked hard to adapt and bring you an exciting course for September 2020. Administered through UEA’s Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities, home to the Centre for Japanese Studies, this MA course is a collaboration of Japan specialists from both the University and the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. Lecturers with academic focus on Japan from several schools of study at UEA, as well as academic staff of the Sainsbury Institute together have developed an innovative interdisciplinary curriculum for students who want to know about Japan, its place in the world, and its transforming cultural identity. For a taste of diversity amongst our lecturers, watch our new video on YouTube or subscribe to our Beyond Japan podcast series for in-depth discussion with the teaching team. For our inaugral year, we were delighted to welcome 8 students to the programme. We welcome them to Norwich with open arms and wish them the best of luck with their studies! Beyond Japan Autumn 2020 Episodes
ビヨンド・ジャパン
Our groundbreaking podcast series Beyond Japan, now coming to you from the Sainsbury Institute, is back for a new academic year exploring the interdisciplinary nature of Japanese Studies and what insights the field provides in other areas of study. We also touch on how world-leading experts developed their interest into academic research with a brief retrospective at the start of each episode. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest episodes. This semester we are bringing you weekly episodes tackling a range of topics. Available new episodes include: Ep. #8: Sino-Japan Relations with Dr Giulio Pugliese
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Ep. #9: Japan-Korea Pop Culture Exchange with Dr Chris Perkins
Ep. #10: Kurosawa Versus Western Cinema with Dr Lola Martinez
Upcoming episodes include: • Ep. #11: Haruki Murakami in the Hong Kong Protests with Dr Michael Tsang • Ep. #12: Black Lives Matter and Afro-Japanese Exchange with Warren A. Stanislaus • Ep. #13: Hauntings and Discriminated Histories with Andrea De Antoni CJS Research Webinar Series: ‘Disaster Memory’ with Richard Lloyd-Parry and Dr Mark Pendleton
‘Disaster Memory’ with Richard Lloyd-Parry and Dr Mark Pendleton Thursday 6 November 13:00-14:00 BST Book via our website here 4
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For our second CJS Research Webinar of the academic year, we are joined by Richard Lloyd-Parry and Dr Mark Pendleton to discuss disaster memory in Japan. Discussion will be moderated by Nadine Willems, Lecturer of History at UEA, and Oliver Moxham, Project Support Officer at the Sainsbury Institute. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the 3/11 nuclear disaster at Fukushima, we discuss the social memory of the disaster with acclaimed foreign correspondent Richard Lloyd-Parry whose award-winning 2017 book Ghosts of the Tsunami explores its reverberating impact on a regional, communal and social level. Dr Mark Pendleton, whose research on disaster memory includes extensive studies of the 1995 Aum sarin attack in Tokyo, shares his insights on how memory forms in the wake of disasters. The session will be rounded off by discussion between the participants formed by the Q&A. About the speakers Richard Lloyd-Parry is a writer and foreign correspondent for The Times (London) as the Asia Editor based in Tokyo. He has written several works documenting years of coverage of momentous events in recent Japanese history including the trial of Joji Obara in People Who Eat Darkness and the aftermath of the 3/11 disaster in Ghosts of the Tsunami. The latter has been hailed as one of the best books of 2017 by The Guardian, NPR, GQ, The Economist, Bookforum, Amazon and Lit Hub for its powerful account of the circumstances around the disaster which claimed 18,000 lives. Dr Mark Pendleton is a social and cultural historian who joined the School for East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield in January 2012 after completing a PhD in history at the University of Melbourne. His research is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from history, cultural studies, memory studies, literature, geography and critical theory. Mark’s doctoral thesis explored how the 1995 Tokyo subway gassing is remembered politically and culturally in the context of postwar Japan through various forms of life writing and memorial practices. While developing his doctoral research into a book manuscript Mark’s latest research projects focus on modern ruins and industrial heritage in Japan and on queer/LGBT literary figures in postwar Japan. Upcoming Webinar Our next webinar will be on Thursday 3 December around Afro-Japanese Exchange and Race in Japan. More details will be made available on our website nearer to the time, so stay tuned for further updates! Upcoming Events & Opportunites
催し物
Online Book Launch: Ishikawa Sanshirō’s Geographical Imagination by Dr Nadine Willems Monday 26 October 2020 12:00-13:00 BST Book here on the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation website. Ishikawa Sanshirō was a journalist and anarchist in the early twentieth century, active at a time of tremendous intellectual and social ferment.
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Geographical Imagination investigates his engagement with causes such as farmers’ autonomy, gender equality, and anti-war and antipollution. Through Ishikawa’s personal journey – which includes several years of European exile – the book invites us to reconsider the scope and ambitions of anarchism in Japan at the time and reassesses geographical thought as a basis for dialogue between Eastern and Western radical thinkers. In this book launch, the author, CJS colleague Dr Nadine Willems, will be joined in discussion of the book’s themes by Dr Constance Bantman and Dr Ian Rapley. It will be hosted as an online webinar. Spirits of Action: Japanese Manga and Sports Wednesday 28 October 2020 12:00pm BST Online Event hosted on Zoom. Book your place at the Japan Foundation website. Join our CJS colleague Rayna Denison, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at UEA, for an online discussion of sports in manga. Being an avid manga reader and a sport fanatic may seem to be mutually exclusive characteristics. In Japanese manga history, however, they have always been a good match and played well together in attracting manga fans as well as enthusiastic sports players. From tennis to judo, a huge variety of sports have been a source of inspiration for the ‘sports manga’ form of the graphic novel read by girls, boys, and young adults alike, and the genre has kept driving the market and readership forward. Certain works have gained huge momentum and have become a trend in Japanese society. The genre’s continuing popularity and influence is proven in the fact that many ‘sports manga’ titles have been adapted into other media such as film and animation. In the lead up to TOKYO2020 (postponed to next year), the Japan Foundation has invited Yoshimura Kazuma of Kyoto Seika University to talk about the inseparable relationship between manga and sports. Succinctly tracing its history from post-war to today, YOSHIMURA will discuss the position of ‘sports manga’ in Japanese culture and how its contents have evolved to reflect the time, society and people’s spirits, and indeed how the genre has managed to keep attracting Japanese readers, as well as manga artists, even while changing its shape. After Yoshimura’s presentation, there will be a brief conversation with Rayna Denison. Yoshimura Kazuma completed coursework for a Ph.D. program at Ritsumeikan University. He currently serves as the head of the Faculty of Manga, as well as at the International Manga Research Center. His field of research is in the history of philosophy and manga studies. Yoshimura’s published work includes Manga’s Handling of Prejudice (2007), Manga Textbook (2008), Multiple Hiroshima (2012), ‘Chiran’ as a convenient manga experience – Media dynamics of ‘Authentic record on KAMIKAZE’ (printed in The Birth of Chiran, edited by Yoshiaki Fukuma, Makoto Yamazaki, 2015), and Osamu Tezuka – ‘the God of Manga’ fostered by unfavorable wind (printed in Intellectual History of Japanese People Vol.4 (2015, Iwanami Shoten).
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Dig Dogs – The Archaeology of Dogs in Japan: Talk by Professor Simon Kaner Japan House Thursday 29 October 2020 17:00-18:00 UTC Free to attend, booking essential Dogs are indeed humankind’s oldest best friends and have received preferential treatment since ancient times. Track the long relationship that dogs have enjoyed with the people of Japan while examining archaeological finds in this talk by Professor Simon Kaner, Executive Director of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, and Head of the Centre for Archaeology and Heritage and Director of the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia. Encultured, named and anthropomorphised, dogs embody loyalty, friendship and skill – especially in the hunt. Starting with the newly re-investigated earliest known burials of dogs from a prehistoric rock shelter in rural Shikoku, itself a remarkable early example of ‘architecture for dogs’, we will follow the trail of ancient DNA to track down doggy ancestors through the ages, sniffing our way down anthropological and archaeological paths, stopping to check out a range of canine connections, and chasing after some world-famous dog archaeologists themselves, as we explore how dogs have helped make us human. The live online talk will be followed by a Q&A during which there will be an opportunity for guests to submit their own questions to the speaker. This event is part of Japan House London’s Architecture for Dogs season which explores the relationship between dogs and humans. See the exhibition Architecture for Dogs in the Japan House Gallery until 10 January 2021. SISJAC Third Thursday Lectures Our colleagues at the Sainsbury Institute hold monthly lectures around Japanese arts and cultures every third Thursday. You can find out more about their upcoming events here. Vice Chancellor David Richardson at Japan Society Vice Chancellor of UEA David Richardson has been invited to speak at an upcoming Japan Society event. Please see their website here for further details as they come.
Scholarships and Funding
奨学金の機械
Daiwa Scholarships: Language Study, Homestay & Work Placement in Japan Application deadline: 3 December 2020
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The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is a UK charity supporting UK-Japan links through awarding Daiwa Scholarships and Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies; offering grants to support UK-Japan collaboration and organising events including seminars, and exhibitions at its London headquarters. The flagship Daiwa Scholarships programme was established in 1991. It is a unique 19-month programme of language study, work placement, and homestay in Japan, following a month of Japanese language study at the EJEF Centre near High Wycombe. If offers young and talented UK citizens with strong leadership potential the opportunity to acquire Japanese language skills, and to access expertise and knowledge relevant to their career goals. No previous experience of Japan or Japanese is necessary, but an interest in and angle on Japan is essential. With expertise in an average year ranging from swords to spin chemistry to history to railway engineering, these Scholars set to achieve great things. Some of them will no doubt remain actively engaged with Japan throughout their careers, but we are confident that all of them will be imbued with an enduring love of Japan. Language study in Japan is undertaken at the Japanese language study at the Center for Japanese Language at Waseda University in Tokyo. A one-month Homestay is spent with a family outside Tokyo at the end of the first year. The Work Placement is organised in consultation with each Scholar, and with the help of the Foundation’s Tokyo Office. Candidates must be: UK nationals aged between 21 and 35 years of age. Those with a degree in Japanese are ineligible for this programme, but may consider the Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies. More information is available here. Application Timetable / Programme date details 3 December 2020: Application deadline February and March 2021: Interviews (There are three interview stages) From End of July/August 2021: 1- month Japanese language course in the UK September 2021: Departure for Japan Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies Application deadline: 28 January 2021 This is a postgraduate Scholarship programme to support the study of Japanese Studies in either Japan or the UK. Only UK citizens who hold or are completing a degree in Japanese Studies, defined as a course focussing primarily on the study of Japan, and containing a substantial Japanese language component are eligible to apply. Applicants who hold (or are completing) combined honours courses where Japanese Studies accounts for at least 50% of the course may also apply. The Scholarship will cover university fees for the course in question, plus living expenses. Living expenses will be payable at a rate of £1,000 per month for periods spent in the UK, and ¥260,000 per month for periods spent in Japan. Candidates for the Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies must be British citizens who are holders of an Honours degree in Japanese Studies, defined as a course focussing primarily on the study of Japan, 8
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and containing a substantial Japanese language component, and enrolled or enrolling in a Japanese Studies-related course in either Japan or the UK. Applications from candidates wishing to undertake courses at Japanese universities are particularly welcomed. More information for this scholarship is available here. Queries can be directed to scholarships@dajf.org.uk Find out more about Daiwa scholarships here. Sasakawa Postgraduate Studentships Application deadline: 28 February 2021 The Centre for Japanese Studies has once again been invited to submit applications for a number of Sasakawa Postgraduate Studentships. This is the 8th year of this programme and we have been very successful in securing several of these studentships for MA and PhD students at UEA. This year we have three Sasakawa Postgraduate Studentship holders in HIS and AMA. Each studentship is worth £10,000 towards tuition fees and living expenses. In the first instance, please send a brief CV and a statement of interest (up to 500 words), specifiying the course you are interested in and your future plans in Japan-related research and activity, to Professor Simon Kaner (s.kaner@uea.ac.uk) by 28 February 2021.
日本にて新型コロナウィルスの情報
COVID News from Japan
For a running number of reported COVID19 infections, victims and recoveries in Japan, see the Asahi Shimbun homepage [JP]. For non-Japanese speakers, the numbers indicate: Nationwide infections: Yesterday (total) Deaths: Yesterday (total) Recoveries: Yesterday (total) 国内の感染者：＋前日（総数）
死者：＋前日（総数） 退院者：＋前日（総数）
Visit the Pandaid website for comprehensive material for educating on coronavirus. Nosigner has contributed many such manner posters including advising others to stay one tuna apart. For a Japanese government public service video on coronavirus (Japanese only): 3 つの密を避けよう！ For Japanese speakers, here are two articles in English from the Japan Times laying out vocabulary coming out of the crisis: • •
The Japanese words used to encourage self-restraint Cancellations, postponements, suspensions — words that define the times
Click here for a comprehensive online document on Japanese universities adopting distance learning.
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For more information on Japanese universities see this twitter thread by Rochelle Kopp, professor at Kitakyushu University, for resources.
お役立ちリンク
General Links Orientations Magazine Embassy of Japan Japan Foundation JSPS British Association for Japanese Studies Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Japan Society EU-Japan Centre Canon Foundation Applications for JET Programme Japanese Language Proficiency Exam UEA Japan Society: ueajapansociety@gmail.com Taiko Centre East Career Forums
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