CJS Spring 2019 Newsletter

Contents Click the links to go straight to the section HUM goes to Japan Developments CJS Summer Programmes 2019 CJS Research Seminar Series Dates CJS Film Screening Other Forthcoming Events Updates from CJS Staff Welcome to the UEA Centre for Japanese Studies spring e-newsletter. Please forward this on to anyone you think might be interested, and let us know about any events or news you think would be of interest to the Japanese studies community in Norwich.

Following this issue, the next will not be until September, following the university summer vacation. In that issue, CJS Director Simon Kaner will provide a round of developments.

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Recent Happenings Imperial accession and beginning of the Reiwa era On 30th April, Emperor Akihito stepped down from the throne, marking the end of the Heisei period. On 1st May, his successor Emperor Naruhito acceeded the throne, and this day marked the beginning of the Reiwa period. The Centre for Japanese Studies has written a post about these events on our website, which you can read here: https://www.uea.ac.uk/japanese-studies/news/emperornaruhito-accession

Nikkei Telecom Japanese Speech Contest 2019 The Nikkei Telecom Japanese Speech Contest is an annual competition for fourth year Japanese language students at UEA. This year, five students participated in the competition and were required to present a speech in Japanese about an area of interest within Japanese society and culture. The contest is hosted jointly by the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies (PPL) and Nikkei Telecom, a newswire service that collates business articles from leading Japanese newspapers, magazines and journals.

Participants are encouraged to use Nikkei Telecom’s database to gather information for their speeches. On the judges panel this year were Junzo Uchiyama from SISJAC, Ra Mason from PPL, professional translator Krista Yabe, and Head of Japanese Mika Brown (PPL). All five contestants presented inspiring and exceptionally highquality speeches, each of which was followed by a lively Q&A session.

In second place was Josh Millhouse, who gave a speech titled "Prejudice against homosexuals: A social problem not limited to one single nation".

In first place was Tabitha Carr, who gave a speech titled "The most dangerous thing in Nara Park" Congratulations Josh and Tabitha, and well done to all participants!

The Hidden History of Studio Ghibli: Short Films, Advertising and the Industrial Reality of Japanese Animation, Royal Asiatic Society Lecture, 11th April Rayna Denison (AMA) was invited to give a lecture as part of the Royal Asiatic Society’s Lecture Series on Thursday 11th April.

Opening Conference, Competing Imperialisms Research Network (CERN) UK-Japan 共同プロジェクト, 19th & 20th April Sherzod Muminov (HIS) participated in the opening conference of the Competing Imperialisms Research Network, hosted by Waseda University, Tokyo. The research network is based at Queen’s University Belfast 2

and co-led by Waseda University and St Petersburg University, bringing together UK-based and Japanbased scholars to develop interdisciplinary appraoches to Northeast Asia’s turbulent modern history of imperialism, interconnection and resistance. You can find out more about the network here: https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/competingimperialisms/ JET Programme Success Final Year LCS students, Emma Boon (Japanese) and Lucy Atkinson (Japanese & Spanish) were both offered a place on the JET programme and they are off to Japan in early August! This is a marvellous achievement and encouraging news for current and prospective students.

Forthcoming Activities Japanese Story Time & Crafts Students from the Translation (Japanese) module will read Japanese children’s books translated by them into English. Event to be held at the Children’s Library, The Forum, Norwich, followed by Japanese craft activities. 2:30-3:45pm, Sunday 19th May 2019. Contact Akiko Tomatsuri for more information.

International Exchanges The Royal Society’s International Exchanges Standard Programme is open for applications. Aimed at scientists looking to engage in collaborative research with other scientists around the world, the scheme offers funding for 3 month, 1 year or 2 year periods. Our science staff at the UEA have a long history of collaborating with Japanese institutions, and programme offers an opportunity to develop these exchanges. The deadline for applications is 30th May. Please note, this is only open to scientists, and not all academic researchers. For more info, see: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemesawards/grants/international-exchanges/ Discover Japan event Together with the Outreach Office, Language and Communication Studies is holding another Discover Japan event on 17th and 18th June 2019 for local primary and secondary schools. Pupils will have the opportunity to experience Japanese language and culture at the UEA. New Area Studies Colloquium 2019 This year’s New Area Studies Colloquium, titled ‘Theory and Method: Blurring Genres’ will be held on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th July in ZICER 0.01, UEA Campus. This two day-long event features a number of panels on doing area studies across the world, theory, methods, and finding funding. CJS Director Simon Kaner will be speaking on the panel ‘On Doing Area Studies (Finding Funds and Partnerships)’, addressing this from a Japan perspective. You can find the full programme online here. To register your place, contact artsandhumanitiesevents@uea.ac.uk CJS at ICAS 2019 Since the inaugural CJS Research Workshop last year, we have been working to produce regular research activity that brings together all affiliated with CJS. A team of SISJAC and UEA academics presented a panel at the Association for Asian Studies annual conference this March, and another group have now been accepted as a double panel at the forthcoming ICAS (International Conference of Asian Studies) conference being organised by the IIAS (International Institute for Asian Studies) in Leiden in July 2019 https://eu.eventscloud.com/ehome/icas11 .

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This is a major conference in the field of Asian Studies, drawing leading scholars from around the world.

The membership of our double panel is as follows: Ra Mason Sherzod Muminov Adrian Favell Simon Kaner Jennifer Coates Ryoko Matsuba Junzo Uchiyama UK/Japan Season of Culture We are looking to find more ways to engage with the UK/Japan Season of Culture and welcome ideas for events, in any faculty/school of the UEA. The Embassy of Japan is running an affiliation scheme to have their logo on events that promote Japan in the UK, and they will help to promote the event: https://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/SeasonCulture/index.html HUM Goes to Japan The School of Art, Media and American Studies’ Eylem Atakav is currently organising the initiative ‘HUM Goes to Japan’, an ongoing project to strengthen the Faculty of Arts and Humanities’ engagement with Japanese partner institutions and to attract potential students to our programmes. This initial phase, the visit of a UEA delegation to Japan in the first week of June, developed out of Eylem Atakav and Faculty PVC Sarah Barrow’s visit to Japan in December 2018, during the Vice Chancellor’s visit to the country. The trip will take place from the 1st to the 8th of June.

The trip will:  offer the HUM PGR community the opportunity to present their research internationally through short videos, which will be screened at visited institutions  seek out opportunities for fellowships, collaboration on funding bids as well as working on joint articles with colleagues from Japan  showcase HUM teaching and research while highlighting the significance of engagement and impact elements of these  promote our new and existing MA courses (with particular focus on the new courses for 2020, MA Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies, and MA Comics Studies If you have any questions about HUM Goes to Japan, contact Eylem Atakav: E.Atakav@uea.ac.uk CJS Research Seminar Series This academic year has seen the CJS Research Seminar Series grow, with the Centre hosting a diverse range of speakers across a number of different disciplines. This semester, we have two seminars left, so be sure not to miss them! As always, these are held in the Lawrence Stenhouse Building on the UEA campus.

Wednesday 8th May, 5:30pm-7pm, 01.21 LSB Words, Violence and the Politics of Belonging in the Wake of ‘68 Dr Chris Perkins, University of Edinburgh Wednesday 22nd May, 5:30pm-7pm, 01.21 LSB Mediating Animals in Post-3/11 Documentaries Prof Hideaki Fujiki, Nagoya University 4

CJS Film Screening 17 Short Lived [Japanese with English subtitles] Film screening and Q&A with the director Thursday 2nd May, 6:30pm-9pm The Centre for Japanese Studies is pleased to invite you to a screening of the Japanese film 17 Short Lived on Thursday 2nd May at 6:30pm in 0.01 (Lecture Theatre) Julian Study Centre. We are delighted to have the director and producer of the film, Takao Saiki visiting the UEA for the screening and for a Q&A after the film. The film will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles, and all are very welcome to attend.

You can find out more by checking out the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/395850584546826/ Dates for your Diary Ongoing, until 31st August 2019: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 11am-5pm, Exhibition World Rugby Museum, Twickenham Stadium Brave Blossoms: the History of Rugby in Japan Exhibition produced in partnership with England Rugby Travel and Kanto District Transport Bureau Entry is £12.50. Concessions available. Opening times can be affected by matches. For more information, see: http://www.worldrugbymuseum.com/whats-on/38-brave-blossoms

Thursday 2nd May, 6:30pm-9pm, CJS Film Screening 0.01 Julian Study Centre, UEA Campus CJS Film Screening and Director Q&A: 17 Short Lived Film screening followed by Q&A with director Takao Saiki Free to attend, check the Facebook event page to stay up to date: https://www.facebook.com/events/395850584546826/ Tuesday 7th May, 5pm-6:30pm, JRC Seminar Series, SOAS College Buildings, School of Oriental and African Studies, London Exploration of New Territory: Itō Hiromi’s Works after American Era Prof Hideto Tsuboi, Nichibunken For more information, see: https://www.soas.ac.uk/jrc/events/seminar-and-events/07may2019exploration-of-new-territory-it-hiromis-works-after-american-era.html Wednesday 8th May, 5:30pm-7pm, CJS Research Seminar 01.21 Lawrence Stenhouse Building, UEA Campus Words, Violence and the Politics of Belonging in the Wake of ‘68 Dr Chris Perkins, University of Edinburgh For more information, see: http://www.uea.ac.uk/events/-/words-violence-and-the-politics-of-belongingin-the-wake-of-68 Wednesday 8th May, Symposium Depot Cinema, Lewes Eyes Unclouded: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki Keynote speaker: Rayna Denison, organized by the University of Sussex and Depot Cinema 5

Entry is £20.00 with a concession rate of £15.00 for unwaged attendees. For more information, see: https://onlineshop.sussex.ac.uk/product-catalogue/conference-seminars/school-of-media-film-andmusic/eyes-unclouded-the-films-of-hayao-miyazaki-and-studio-ghibli Thursday 9th May, 6pm-7:30pm, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Talk 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle, London, NW1 4QP Japanese Crafts and the Challenge of Translation Joe Earle, Bonhams, Prof Toshio Watanabe, SISJAC & University of the Arts, London, and Prof Yoshie Itani, Tokyo University of the Arts For more information, see: http://dajf.org.uk/event/japanese-crafts-and-the-challenge-of-translation Friday 10th May, 6pm-7pm, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Artist Talk 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle, London, NW1 4QP Haruo Mitsuta in conversation with Giuseppe Piva and Manuela Moscatiello For more information, see: http://dajf.org.uk/exhibitions/jizai-by-haruo-mitsuta/artist-talk-haruo-mitsutain-conversation-with-giuseppe-piva-and-manuela-moscatiello Sunday 19th May, 2:30pm-3:45pm, Public Event Children’s Library, The Forum Japanese Story Time & Crafts Students from the Translation (Japanese) module will read their translations of Japanese children books Contact Akiko Tomatsuri for more information.

Wednesday 22nd May, 5:30pm-7pm, Joint CJS-FTM Seminar 01.21 Lawrence Stenhouse Building, UEA Campus Mediating Animals in Post-3/11 Documentaries Professor Hideaki Fujiki, Nagoya University For more information, see: http://www.uea.ac.uk/events/-/mediating-animals-in-post-3-11-documentaries Wednesday 22nd May, 5pm-7pm, JRC Seminar Series, SOAS Alumni Lecture Theatre, Senate House, School of Oriental and African Studies, London Japan’s Long Stagnation, Deflation, and Abenomics – Mechanisms and Lessons Prof Kenji Aramaki, Tokyo Woman’s Christian University & University of Tokyo For more information, see: https://www.soas.ac.uk/jrc/events/seminar-and-events/22may2019-japanslong-stagnation-deflation-and-abenomics---mechanisms-and-lessons.html Tuesday 28th May, 6:30pm, Japan Society Lecture Lodge Room No. 11, The Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen St, London, WC2B 5AZ A Glimpse into East-West Relations in the Antiquarian Book Trade Christopher Sokol, Sokol Books For more info, see: https://www.japansociety.org.uk/event/japan-room-lecture-2019/ Booking essential, free for Japan Society members, £12 for non-members

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People Eriko Tomizawa-Kay (PPL) has co-edited a book with SISJAC’s Toshio Watanabe, which has now been published by Routledge. The book, entitled East Asian Art History in a Transnational Context is the first comprehensive English-language study of East Asian art history in a transnational context, and is now available to buy from Routledge’s website: https://www.routledge.com/East-Asian-ArtHistory-in-a-Transnational-Context-1st-Edition/Tomizawa-KayWatanabe/p/book/9781138480810

Rayna Denison will be giving the keynote speech at the symposium Eyes Unclouded: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki organized by the University of Sussex Film Studies Programme and Depot Cinema, Lews, on Wednesday 8th May. Finally, we are pleased to welcome Hidehiko Motohama from Bunkyo University in Japan. Professor Motohama is currently on sabbatical from his Japanese institution, and will be basing himself at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures as an Academic Associate for the year. He is a literature specialist, with an interest in Okinawan literature. We hope he enjoys his time in Norwich.

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