JRC Seminar Programme
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Forthcoming Events
Waste knot: Materials, waste and productivity in postwar Japan
Dr Sarah Teasley (Royal College of Art)
What materials can tell us about industrial and social change in postwar Japan.
20 November 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, RG01, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMKumo (work in progress): sci-fi, folklore and disaster in future Japan
Kirsten Irving (Editor at Sidekick Books) and Renee O'Drobinak (Co-founder at Ladies of the Press)
Post-apocalyptic poet and artist discuss their WIP poetry/illustration sci-fi collaboration, Kumo.
27 November 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMOvercome by the Present: The Tyranny of the Immediate in the Literature of Takahashi Gen’ichirō
Dr Filippo Cervelli (SOAS)
This talk argues that immediacy and the longing to forge new communal ties are a fundamental theme in the literature by postmodern writer Takahashi Gen’ichirō, especially in light of recurring critical debates theorising the “end of literature” in the contemporary age.
27 November 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMArt and Engagement in Early Postwar Japan
Assoc. Prof. Justin Jesty (University of Washington)
Justin Jesty presents the talk "Art and Engagement in Early Postwar Japan" based on his recent book by the same title.
4 December 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM