Centre for Japanese Studies E-Newsletter Autumn 2016 Welcome to the UEA Centre for Japanese Studies autumn e-newsletter. Please forward this on to anyone you think may be interested and let us know about any events or news you think would be of interest to the Japanese studies community in Norwich. The deadline for the next issue is 12 January 2017. How to connect with Japan-related teaching, research and events through the Centre for Japanese Studies? It’s simple: Keep an eye on the website (www.uea.ac.uk/cjs) for full details of Japan-related teaching and research, and details of the members of CJS. CJS Office is located in the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts (the mezzanine floor). Our phone number is 591819. You can also reach us through email (cjs@uea.ac.uk). FROM THE DIRECTOR Autumn 2016 marks an important turning point for Japan-related teaching and research at the University of East Anglia. This summer our first cohort of Japanese language degree students graduated and some of them have already taken up jobs in Japan. We wish them all well wherever they are. We welcome two new University lecturers in Japan-related fields: Dr Ra Mason (International Relations and Japanese Foreign Policy, PPL) and Dr Nadine Willems (Japanese History, HIS). They arrive as we also welcome new students and researchers from Japan and elsewhere to our Japanese studies community in Norwich. Over the summer vacation we hosted our third Japan Orientation Summer School, with 16 students from central and eastern Europe, the annual conference of the British Association of Teachers of Japanese (BATJ), a group of high school students from Osaka prefecture, and a number of health researchers and practitioners. Many colleagues from the various Schools and the International Programmes Office were involved in making these visits a success. There are reports on all this and more in this issue of our e-newsletter, all of which testify to how Japan-related activities are thriving at UEA. We now need to turn our attention to how to build on these successes and redefine the Centre for Japanese Studies for the next stage in the development of Japanese Studies at UEA. So during the coming semester we will be consulting with colleagues across the University and beyond about where we go next, how the Centre for Japanese Studies can further bolster Japanese studies in Norwich, and how we can best contribute to the University’s international profile. The Vice-Chancellor chaired an International Forum at UEA in late September to further promote international activity, especially in the five countries and regions around the
world (including Japan) which the University has identified as best suiting our global aspirations. We welcome views from around the University about how to carry forward our engagement with Japan. I hope you enjoy this issue of our e-newsletter. Simon Kaner
RECENT HAPPENINGS Japanese Studies International Summer School: along with the International Programmes Office, CJS organised the third Summer School in Japanese Studies from 27 June to 22 July www.uea.ac.uk/summerstudyabroad/japan. 16 students from central and eastern Europe took part supported by bursaries from the Toshiba International Foundation and the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. We have now started to plan next year’s summer school. https://issuu.com/ueacipo/docs/uea_japanorientationleaflet_pages__ Discover Japan Days and Japan Foundation’s Sakura Network: On 20 and 21 June 2016, two Discover Japan Days were held in conjunction with CJS. It was one of the activities funded by Japan Foundation Sakura Network and was attended by Japan Foundation London Director General Ms Takatori Mana and Deputy Director Mr Akazawa Tomoki. 81 primary and 169 Year 9 secondary school pupils participated over the two days, taking part in calligraphy, anime song singing, kamishibai (Japanese picture storytelling), taiko drums, origami, Japanese history and Japanese language and culture workshops. First cohort of Japanese language honours students graduated: The first cohort of Japanese language honours students graduated on 15 July 2016. Camilla Bishop won the first Yakult Award which was presented by Mr Matsubara Hiroyasu, Managing Director of Yakult UK Ltd. Two of the graduates flew to Japan soon after the graduation to participate on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme and more graduates are also planning to start their careers in Japan. Sophia University joins our list of partner universities in Japan: Sophia University (上智 大学) became our new partner university in Japan. For more information about Sophia University, please visit the link below. https://www.uea.ac.uk/study/studyabroad/outgoing/study/asia/japan/sophia-university 19th BATJ (British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language) Annual Conference: was held at UEA on 2 and 3 September. Around 60 delegates participated from all over the country as well as from Japan. Professor Mori Junko from the University of Wisconsin-Madison was the keynote speaker and gave a talk titled ‘Conservation Analytic Approach to Second Language Acquisition Research and Japanese Language Education’, and the guest speaker Dr Joanna Drugan (PPL) spoke on ‘Translation as a Teaching Tool: Challenges and Suggestions from Translation Studies and the Translation Industries’. Conference presentations covered a variety of topics rich in practical insights on Japanese language teaching. During the forum there were lively discussions on the topic of ‘Online Learning Support Systems’.
Brecks-Nagawa link and world’s first archaeological site twinning: Since 2013 CJS has been helping foster a relationship between the Brecks around Thetford, a short distance south of Norwich, and a small town in central Honshu, on the Nakasendo, the ancient mountain route that linked Kyoto and Edo (which featured in Joanna Lumley’s recent ITV mini-series on Japan). The focus of the exchanges is flint (Thetford is the location of the Grimes Graves Neolithic flint mines) and obsidian (Nagawa where some of the most important obsidian mines from Japanese prehistory are located). This all culminated during the summer, with the formal twinning of the Grimes Graves Neolithic Flint mines with the Hoshikuso Prehistoric Obsidian Mines, marked by two sets of visits: representatives from English Heritage, the Ancient House Museum in Thetford and Norfolk County Council spent a few days in Nagawa in May; and in July Nagawa sent a group of high school students, the ‘Nagawa Young Obsidian Ambassadors’, to East Anglia. A series of events were held to celebrate this world’s first twinning of archaeological sites, including a conference on the Archaeology of Flint and Obsidian held as part of the Festival of British Archaeology, and a family fun day, including flint and obsidian workshops and a chance to try some Jomon cooking. More details will be appearing soon on the Sainsbury Institute website, but for the time being see: http://www.archaeologyfestival.org.uk/events/2354 UEA Career Central: ‘Global Opportunities week 2016’ was shortlisted for the Internationalisation Award by AGCAS (the Association for Graduate Careers Advisory Services). Although UEA didn’t win, the team were very happy to be the runners up in this national event. Japan day was the first day of Global Opportunities week 2016 including many unique elements, like a performance by the Japan Society in the square, talks from the JET Programme (attended by an attache from the Japanese Embassy), INTERAC, Daiwa and links ups via Skype to alumni in Japan. Look out for more exciting events planned for Global Opportunities week 2017 (Japan Day on 13 February). Sainsbury Institute – University of Tokyo Short-term Programmes in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage: 9-23 September. For the third year running students from UEA and across Europe took part in this Summer Programme, organised by Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo in conjunction with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. The students spent a week in Tokyo with lectures from University of Tokyo faculty, and a further week in Hokkaido, taking part in the archaeological field school at Tokoro in Hokkaido. The programme also included an extensive programme of visits to interesting sites and museums. Applications for the next Winter Programme, in February in the UK, will open shortly. To register your interest in this, or the next Summer programme (in 2017), please contact Dr Sam Nixon (s.nixon@uea.ac.uk). Details and reports of previous programmes can be found online at: http://sainsbury-institute.org/news-events/britishheritage-and-archaeology-programme/ School of Health Sciences’ Programme: recently hosted a visit by a lecturer, 3 student nurses and 5 students undertaking the medical science technology programme from the School of Health Sciences, International University of Health and Welfare. The visit was organised by School of Health Sciences, and CJS’s Natsue Hayward helped during the programme. The students were given a first-hand exposure to healthcare in the U.K. having a number of talks on the different professions that make up the healthcare team in the U.K., and could draw parallels with the healthcare teams in Japan. They also visited a number of healthcare organisations in Norfolk to see how care is organised and delivered. The HSC staff would like these visits to continue and to widen this to students from other universities in Japan.
A publication series introducing new authors from Japan is to be launched in February 2017 as part of an ongoing collaboration between Writers’ Centre Norwich, the British Centre for Literary Translation and the Nippon Foundation. Each volume will be attractively designed and the series will feature short works in particular by authors who have taken part in the Worlds Literary Festival or the BCLT Summer School, and will celebrate the part they are playing in confirming Norwich’s profile as a UNESCO City of Literature. More on this in the New Year. HOT OPPORTUNITIES: Sasakawa Postgraduate Studentships in Japanese Studies: The University has once again been invited to put forward good candidates for these studentships. Each studentship is worth £10,000 towards tuition fees and living costs. Any field is eligible, as long as the research/studies to be undertaken relate to Japan. Contact CJS for an informal discussion. cjs@uea.ac.uk. Applications must be submitted through CJS – and the deadline is 28 February 2017. These studentships, funded by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, are designed to encourage new generations of MA students working on Japan. Currently Akashi Motoko is funded for her research on translation strategies of Murakami Haruki’s works. JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme FY2017 call for applications: Closing date: Monday 7 November, 2016. Time frame for holding an event: between June 2017 to the end of February 2018. http://www.jsps.org/funding/2016/09/fy2017-call-for-the-jsps-londonsymposium-and-seminar-scheme.html JSPS Short Term Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers (Short Term): Application Deadline is Thursday, 1st December 2016. Fellowships must start between 1st May 2017 to 31st March 2018. http://www.jsps.org/funding/2016/10/jsps-london-call-forthe-short-term-prepost-doctoral-fellowship-for-foreign-researchers-first-of-two-calls-infy2017.html
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: NEW EXHIBITION: Masters of Japanese Photography : 11 November 2016 – 19 March 2017 at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich The Sainsbury Centre is presenting a new exhibition, Masters of Japanese Photography exploring the work of three of the most prominent Japanese photographers of the second half of the 20th century: Nobuyoshi Araki, Eikoh Hosoe and Kikuji Kawada. This will be the first exhibition on contemporary Japanese photography in the east of England offering visitors a unique opportunity to engage with a remarkable generation of photographers who transformed the genre. Masters of Japanese Photography features 65 prints drawn from the artists’ studios as well as from private collections. Dating between the 1960s and the early 2000s, the images represent a survey of themes that have recurred in Japanese art throughout the 20th century.
EXHIBITION: Flame pots: heritage from the Jomon period at the Embassy of Japan in the UK until 12 October http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/exhibition_oct2016.html . The Centre for Archaeology and Heritage at the Sainsbury Institute played a major role in this collaborative exhibition of four stunning 5000- year old Flame pots from Nagaoka on the Shinano River in Niigata prefecture. Once the exhibition at the Embassy is over, the pots will move to the British Museum where they will be long-term loan. The exhibition opened on 3 October with a special lecture by Professor Kobayashi Tatsuo, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at Kokugakuin University, Emeritus Director of the Niigata Prefectural Museum of History, and Senior Advisor on Archaeology to the Sainsbury Institute. More details about all this, and the Shinano River project, can be found on the Sainsbury Institute website www.sainsbury-institute.org . We are very fortunate to have our very own Flame pot on display in the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. EXHIBITION UNTIL 26 NOVEMBER: Flint and obsidian: special exhibition on flint at the Ancient House Museum in Thetford, which includes obsidian artefacts from Nagawamachi in Nagano, part of the initiative linking the Neolithic flint mines of Grimes Graves in Thetford with the Hoshikuso obsidian mines in Nagawa. http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Ancient_House/Ancient_House_Collections/i ndex.htm. THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER: ‘Painting in red: the Kakiemon porcelain legacy in Japan’s past, present and future of Japan’, by Prof Nicole Rousmaniere. Third Thursday Lecture. 18.00 Norwich Cathedral Hostry. Entry free. All welcome. http://sainsburyinstitute.org/news-events/third-thursday-lectures/ THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER: Centre for Japanese Studies Reception. 18.00 UEA Council Chamber and Foyer. Welcome to all with an interest in Japan across the campus. Free entry but registration required. cjs@uea.ac.uk. FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER: International Workshop ‘Young Generations in Japan and Europe: Crisis, Mobility and Creativity’. 09.00-17.00 The Writers’ Centre Norwich. Free to attend but open to students, artists, academics and researchers only. http://sainsburyinstitute.org/news-events/workshop-mobility/ THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER (9th and 11th lectures in London): ‘Flora Japonica’, by Yamanaka Masumi, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Toshiba Lecture in Japanese Art and Science. 18.00 Norwich Cathedral Hostry. Entry free. All welcome. http://sainsburyinstitute.org/news-events/toshiba-lectures-2016/ THURSDAY 15 DECEMBER: ‘Twinning the ancients: observations on current AngloJapanese archaeological exchanges’, by Simon Kaner. Third Thursday Lecture. 18.00 Norwich Cathedral Hostry. Entry free. All welcome. MONDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2017: Global Culture Australasia evening at LCR17.30 – 19.00. Free to attend. Check the Student Union events pages for more information. MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2017: UEA Career Central Global Opportunities Week, Japan Day.
PEOPLE (listed with surnames in an alphabetical order): Dr Martin Doherty (PSY): Martin attended the International Congress of Psychology in Yokohama in July and was involved in two symposia (referenced below). I plan further cross-cultural research with Mika Naito (Joetsu Education University) and Chie Hotta (Kansai University of Welfare Science) beginning in November. Congratulations to Luke Edgington-Brown (AMA) who has submitted his PhD thesis on the British metallurgist and archaeologist William Gowland and his important collection of Kofun period (AD 250-710) archaeology at the British Museum. Luke undertook his PhD funded by an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award, working at UEA, SISJAC and the British Museum. He has secured a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship and will be based in Kyoto for a year from spring 2017. Dr Steven Hayward (CMP): Steven gave a seminar at University of Tokyo early September and now back at UEA supervising a UG biology student Yoshikawa Sachiyo from Ochanomizu University for her research for one month. Dr Simon Kaner (CJS/SISJAC): Over the summer Simon spent three weeks in Japan, attending the 8th World Archaeology Congress held at Doshisha University in Kyoto – along with over 1800 specialists from all around the world. SISJAC sponsored a special session on the Global Significance of Large Scale Archaeology Projects, and we also took part in a session on the sacred island of Okinoshima, tipped to become Japan’s next UNESCO World Heritage site. It was a good opportunity to promote the Online Resource in Japanese Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (www.orjach.org), sponsored by Hitachi Europe plc and Hitachi Solutions plc. For the first time SISJAC had a stand at a major international conference, and we were delighted at the interest shown in SISJAC’s activities and what UEA is doing with Japan. Many thanks to our friends at the Toshiba International Foundation who lent us a big screen on which to display various films about our different projects. Simon spent the last week of September in the company of 21 distinguished Japanese archaeologists and colleagues visiting heritage sites in southwest England, and establishing new contacts with English Heritage and Historic England, culminating in the opening of a special exhibition of prehistoric Japanese ‘Flame pots’ at the Embassy of Japan in the UK. These pots will be on display at the Embassy until 10 October when they will be transferred to the British Museum where they will be on long-term loan for at least the next three years. Dr Kishita Naoko (Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate in MED, from November Lecturer in Dementia and Complexity in Later Life, HSC): Naoko has just given a talk on 13 September at The UEA Dementia Research Collaborative’s first bi-monthly open forum. http://www.dementiafriendlynorfolk.com/event/53 Welcome Dr Lauri Kitsnik (Robert & Lisa Sainsbury Fellow at Sainsbury Institute): Lauri Kitsnik (MA Tokyo, PhD Cantab 2016) is a film historian with a research focus on the intersection of literary and visual cultures. His interests include film theory, silent cinema, adaptation, publishing and screenwriting. His work has appeared in the Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema, Journal of Screenwriting and Woman Screenwriters: An International Guide. He is currently revising his dissertation for publication as a monograph. http://sainsbury-institute.org/fellowships/lauri-kitsnik/
Welcome Dr Ra Mason (Sasakawa Lecturer in International Relations and Japanese Foreign Policy, PPL): Ra has taught a variety of subjects, including: International Relations, Global Politics and Japanese Studies. His research centres on the role of risk in international relations, and specifically its recalibration and mediation as part of discourses of security. Ra specializes in Japanese Foreign Policy and Okinawa’s security. In his own time, Ra enjoys Football, cricket and painting. Noro Akihiro: A PhD student from Tohoku University is visiting UEA for his research with Professor Ganesan (PHA, School of Pharmacy) for 3 months until late October with a support of JSPS. Professor Saigo Yasuyuki (Social Science, Taisho University): Currently we have a visiting scholar in the School of Social Work from Taisho University in Tokyo. During his return visit for 3 months after 12 years, hosted by Emeritus Prof. June Thoburn, Professor Saigo is conducting a research for 3 months in the field of social work with children and families. http://acoffice.jp/tsuhp/KgApp?kyoinId=ymkegboeggy (Japanese only) Congratulations to Stephanie Santschi (AMA) who completed her MA in Museum Studies supported by a Sasakawa Postgraduate Studentship, and has now secured a post at the British Museum working on the forthcoming Hokusai exhibition. Dr Eriko Tomizawa-Kay (PPL): Eriko gave a presentation at the Joint East Asia Studies Conference 7-9 September at SOAS. Panel Title: Deconstructing Boundaries of Modern East Asian Art History: The Perception of Nihonga by Modern East Asian Artist. Individual Title: The Perception of Nihonga by East Asian Female Student, He Xiangning (1878 -1972). This presentation focused on the foreign student from China who studied nihonga at the Women's School of Arts during the early twentieth century and the later development of her works in China. Welcome Dr Simon Turner, Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow at the Sainsbury Institute. Simon will be based at the Institute for a year, where he is working on yaoi fandom and manga. Welcome Dr Nadine Willems (Lecture in Japanese History, HIS): Nadine is an intellectual and cultural historian of modern Japan. She joins UEA with a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford, which she received in 2015. Her thesis examined the agrarian foundations of early twentieth century Japanese anarchism, with a focus on the cross-border and non-institutional links that informed its development. Her research interests extend to the history of ethnography, proletarian literature and human geography in a transnational perspective. Prior to returning to academia in 2008, she worked in media and business in Tokyo for fifteen years, a professional experience that gives her useful insights into the workings of contemporary Japanese society. Farewell to Professor Yoshida Yasuyuki who returns to Kanazawa University after a year as the Handa Japanese Archaeology Fellow at the Sainsbury Institute. Prof Yoshida leads the Cultural Resource Studies programme at Kanazawa University and has spent a busy year in Norwich and attending various international conferences, most recently helping with the exhibition of Flame pots at the Embassy of Japan in the UK. We wish him every success back in Japan and look forward to further developing our collaboration with Kanazawa University.
PUBLICATIONS: Dr Simon Kaner: ‘An Illustrated Companion to Japanese Archaeology’, Archaeopress http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/defaultAll.asp?intro=Home&Publish edDateGT=22+Sep+2015 The Illustrated Companion to Japanese Archaeology provides for the first time a comprehensive visual introduction to a wide range of sites and finds from the earliest occupation of the Japanese archipelago prior to 35,000 years ago to the early historical periods and the establishment of the Chinese-style capital at Heijō, modern-day Nara, in the 8th century AD. The volume originated in the largest ever exhibition of Japanese archaeological discoveries held in Germany in 2004, which brought together over 1500 exhibits from 55 lenders around Japan, and research by over 100 specialists. The Illustrated Companion brings the fruits of this project to an English-reading audience and offers an up-to-date survey of the achievements of Japanese archaeology. Dr Matsuda Akira and Dr Louisa Mengoni (eds) 2016. Cultural Heritage in East Asia http://www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/detail/27/reconsidering-cultural-heritage-in-eastasia/ The concept of ‘cultural heritage’ has acquired increasing currency in culture, politics and societies in East Asia. However, in spite of a number of research projects in this field, our understanding of how the past and its material expressions have been perceived, conceptualised and experienced in this part of the world, and how these views affect contemporary local practices and notions of identity, particularly in a period of rapid economic development and increasing globalisation, is still very unclear. Preoccupation with cultural heritage - expressed in the rapid growth of national and private museums, the expansion of the antiquities’ market, revitalisation of local traditions, focus on ‘intangible cultural heritage’ and the development of cultural tourism - is something that directly or indirectly affects national policies and international relations. An investigation of how the concept of ‘cultural heritage’ has been and continues to be constructed in East Asia, drawing on several case studies taken from China, Japan and Korea, is thus timely and worthwhile.
Dr Eriko Tomizawa-Kay: "Changes in the Japanese art market with the emergence of the middle-class collector: A study of Hishida Shunsō (1874–1911)," Journal of the History of Collections, vol. 28 no. 2 (2016) pp. 261-277. Dr Eriko Tomizawa-Kay 富澤ケイ愛 ケイ愛理子 (PPL): "Kawanabe Kyōsi, 'Willow and Crow,' 'Crouching Monkey,' and 'Cat Pouncing on a Frog' from an Ex-Brinkley Collection Nihonga Album" 河鍋暁斎筆 : 柳に鴉図・うずくまる猿図・蛙を 捉える猫図, Kokka 國華, vol. 1448 (June 2016) no. 121 (11) p.26-31. Dr Eriko Tomizawa-Kay 富澤ケイ愛 ケイ愛理子(PPL): “The Charles Stewart Smith Album: Rediscovering Forgotten Modern Japanese Painters of the late 19th Century: The Charles Stewart Smith Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art” メトロポリタン美術館所蔵 チャー ルズ・スチュワート・スミス・コレクション「近代日本画帖」 The Bijutsu Kenkyū 美術研究 (The
Journal of Art Studies), no.419 (June 2016) p. 27-71. See Eriko’s full publication list: https://www.uea.ac.uk/lcs/people/profile/e-tomizawa-kay. Dr Umezawa Kaoru (PPL) wrote an article about Iceland where she taught in the past for 『アイスランド・グリーンランド・北極を知るための６５章』Area Studies: Sixty five chapters to get to know about Iceland Greenland and the North Pole. 明石書店 Akashi Shoten. http://www.akashi.co.jp/book/b221899.html
USEFUL LINKS AND OPPORTUNITIES: Embassy of Japan and webmagazine: http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/ Japan Foundation: http://www.jpf.org.uk/ JSPS: http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/ Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation: http://www.dajf.org.uk/ Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation: http://www.gbsf.org.uk/ Japan Society: http://www.japansociety.org.uk/ Ishibashi Foundation: http://www.ishibashi-foundation.or.jp/english/ EU-Japan Centre: http://www.eu-japan.eu/ SIN Japan Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bOR4y9 Canon Foundation: www.canonfoundation.org Applications for JET Programme: http://www.jetprogramme.org/ Japanese Language Proficiency Exam: http://www.jlpt.jp/e/index.html UEA Japan Society (Meetings on Monday evenings): ueajapansociety@gmail.com Taiko Centre East: http://www.taikocentre.org.uk/ Career Forums: http://www.careerforum.net/event/?lang=E
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