Harvard Graduate Student Conference for Japanese Studies

Harvard Graduate Student Conference
For Japanese Studies

Saturday, 17 March 2001
Coolidge Hall, Harvard University

Registration and Breakfast: Saturday, 9:00-9:30 AM
Coolidge Hall

Welcoming Remarks: 9:30-10:00 AM
Professor Tosh Minohara, Kobe University

Morning Session: 10:00-12:00

Panel 1: War and Aftermath Seminar Room 3

Alex Bates, University of Michigan: "Writing War, Understanding War: Intelligibility in Ooka Shohei's Nobi"
Leon Smith, University of San Francisco: "'Coming Out' of the Japanese-American Internment Camps of WWII"
Yasue Kamada, University of Hawaii: "Japan's Postwar Reparations: Their Impact on Japanese Recovery and Development"

Panel 2: Buddhas, Gods, and Ghosts Seminar Room 4

Marjan Boogert, Harvard University: "Taira no Kiyomori and the Temples in 1180"
Steve Hanna, Harvard University: "Exorcism and Factionalism in the Ichijo Court"
Viet Ngo, University of Hawaii: "Questioning Linked Paradigms: Maitreya, Millenarianism, and Omotokyo"

Lunch: 12:00-1:00
RSVP for Lunch to rgates@fas.harvard.edu

Afternoon Session I: 1:00-3:00

Panel 3: Arts and Artisans Seminar Room 2

Jeremy Savian, SUNY Buffalo: "'Traditional Arts' and the Embodiment of Carving"
Kim Carlson, University of San Francisco: "A Look at the Development of Calligraphy from China to Japan"
Hans Thomsen, Princeton University: "Images Through Words: The Sutra-Character Paintings of Kato Nobukiyo"

Panel 4: Japan in the World Seminar Room 3

Chizuru Saeki, Bowling Green State University: "The US 'Good Neighbor Policy' in Okinawa"
Noriyuki Katagiri, Columbia University: "Assessing Japan's Russia Policy: Problems and Prospects"
Toshiko Arai, University of Hawaii: "Dynamics of Assimilation and Discrimination in the Japanese Occupation in Micronesia"

Panel 5: Science and Society Seminar Room 4

Kenji Ito, Harvard University: "Rebuilding House and Rebuilding Physics: Native and Foreign Values Examined in Nishina Yoshio's School"
Joanne Cuillaine, University of Chicago: "HIV/AIDS Networks on the Japanese Web"
Missa Haas, University of Pittsburgh: "The Performance of Healing in Japan and the West"
Chikako Ozawa, Oxford University: "From Religion to Therapy: An Anthropological Investigation of Naikan Practice in Japan"

Afternoon Tea: 3:00-3:30

Afternoon Session II: 3:30-5:30

Panel 6: Defining Women and Children Seminar Room 3

Izumi Nakayama, Harvard University: "Reading Labor Science: The Scientific Construction of Women in 20th Century Japan"
Halliday Piel, University of Massachusetts at Amherst: "Akai Tori, a Japanese Children's Magazine and its Role in Children's Education"
Megumi Inoue, University of Washington: "Angel, Beast, and Lotus Sutra: The Decline of Yaoya Oshichi as the First Plebian Femme Fatale (1686-1809)"
George Sipos, University of Pittsburgh: "Unbounded Admiration for the Big Brother: Miyamoto Yuriko's Account of My Travel to the Soviets (Soviet Kikko)"

Panel 7: The Changing Face of Urban Japan Seminar Room 4

Alisa Sakai, Harvard University: "The Ganguro Fashion: An Idiom of Protest and Alliance"
Masanori Kobayashi, Harvard University: "Alternative Strategic Planning Models for the Metropolitan Region: The Challenge for the Tokyo Metropolitan Region"
William Brecher, University of Southern California: "Rebels Without a Cause: The Production and Consumption of Popular Culture in Japan"

Dinner: 5:30-7:00

Sponsored by the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Please direct any questions to Rusty Gates rgates@fas.harvard.edu or Amy Stanley astanley@fas.harvard.edu.

Panel 1: War and Aftermath	Seminar Room 3
Alex Bates, University of Michigan: "Writing War, Understanding War: Intelligibility in Ooka Shohei's Nobi" Leon Smith, University of San Francisco: "'Coming Out' of the Japanese-American Internment Camps of WWII" Yasue Kamada, University of Hawaii: "Japan's Postwar Reparations: Their Impact on Japanese Recovery and Development"
Panel 2: Buddhas, Gods, and Ghosts	Seminar Room 4
Marjan Boogert, Harvard University: "Taira no Kiyomori and the Temples in 1180" Steve Hanna, Harvard University: "Exorcism and Factionalism in the Ichijo Court" Viet Ngo, University of Hawaii: "Questioning Linked Paradigms: Maitreya, Millenarianism, and Omotokyo"

Panel 3: Arts and Artisans	Seminar Room 2
Jeremy Savian, SUNY Buffalo: "'Traditional Arts' and the Embodiment of Carving" Kim Carlson, University of San Francisco: "A Look at the Development of Calligraphy from China to Japan" Hans Thomsen, Princeton University: "Images Through Words: The Sutra-Character Paintings of Kato Nobukiyo"
Panel 4: Japan in the World	Seminar Room 3
Chizuru Saeki, Bowling Green State University: "The US 'Good Neighbor Policy' in Okinawa" Noriyuki Katagiri, Columbia University: "Assessing Japan's Russia Policy: Problems and Prospects" Toshiko Arai, University of Hawaii: "Dynamics of Assimilation and Discrimination in the Japanese Occupation in Micronesia"
Panel 5: Science and Society	Seminar Room 4
Kenji Ito, Harvard University: "Rebuilding House and Rebuilding Physics: Native and Foreign Values Examined in Nishina Yoshio's School" Joanne Cuillaine, University of Chicago: "HIV/AIDS Networks on the Japanese Web" Missa Haas, University of Pittsburgh: "The Performance of Healing in Japan and the West" Chikako Ozawa, Oxford University: "From Religion to Therapy: An Anthropological Investigation of Naikan Practice in Japan"

Panel 6: Defining Women and Children	Seminar Room 3
Izumi Nakayama, Harvard University: "Reading Labor Science: The Scientific Construction of Women in 20th Century Japan" Halliday Piel, University of Massachusetts at Amherst: "Akai Tori, a Japanese Children's Magazine and its Role in Children's Education" Megumi Inoue, University of Washington: "Angel, Beast, and Lotus Sutra: The Decline of Yaoya Oshichi as the First Plebian Femme Fatale (1686-1809)" George Sipos, University of Pittsburgh: "Unbounded Admiration for the Big Brother: Miyamoto Yuriko's Account of My Travel to the Soviets (Soviet Kikko)"
Panel 7: The Changing Face of Urban Japan	Seminar Room 4
Alisa Sakai, Harvard University: "The Ganguro Fashion: An Idiom of Protest and Alliance" Masanori Kobayashi, Harvard University: "Alternative Strategic Planning Models for the Metropolitan Region: The Challenge for the Tokyo Metropolitan Region" William Brecher, University of Southern California: "Rebels Without a Cause: The Production and Consumption of Popular Culture in Japan"