JRC Seminar Programme
The seminars are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.
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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.
22 January 2020, Russell Square: College Buildings, Djam Lecture Theatre, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMWhat should I wear with my tape-recorder? Aurality, mobility and sound technology in postwar Japan
Dr Martyn Smith (University of Sheffield)
This paper explores the wider social and cultural contexts within which sound and sound recording technology resonated in postwar Japan and offers an important case study for the role of technology and consumerism in sound studies.
29 January 2020, Russell Square: College Buildings, Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMBetween Men: Homosocial Desire in Abe Kazushige’s Early Fiction
Maria Roemer (Newcastle University)
A queer reading of erotic triangles in Japanese contemporary author Abe Kazushige’s fiction.
5 February 2020, Russell Square: College Buildings, Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMStamping out Death in Japanese Buddhist Palimpsests
Dr Halle O'Neal (University of Edinburgh)
This talk explores the highly visual and poignant relationship between the materiality of paper, embodied writing, and stamped Buddha figures in medieval Japanese mourning practices.
19 February 2020, Russell Square: College Buildings, Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMDiversification as stratification - Work-style reform and its consequences on inequality in Japan
Prof Jun Imai (Sophia University, Tokyo)
This seminar will explore the work-style reform that is currently underway in Japan.
26 February 2020, Russell Square: College Buildings, Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM