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CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH
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Centre for Japanese Research:
The Visualization of The Tale of Genji in Manga
Dr. Akihiko Niimi
Professor, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2020
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Asian Centre Room 604
*Please note this talk will be delivered in Japanese.
In this lecture, Dr. Niimi will talk about the visualization of The Tale of Genji in manga. The readers of Japanese manga are divided into different categories by gender. Generally speaking, we could divide Japanese manga into four categories:
Shōjo manga (a manga type aimed at female adolescents),
Shōnen manga (a mange type aimed at male adolescents), Lady's Comic (a mange type aimed at female adults), and Seinen manga (a mange type aimed at male adults). Although most manga versions of
The Tale of Genji are targeting female readers, there are various types being produced in the visualization of
The Tale of Genji in manga. Dr. Niimi will talk about how the visualization of
The Tale of Genji in manga change from the 1970s to the present.
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International Workshop organized by the Center for Japanese Research (UBC, SPPGA, IAR):
Japan's Leadership in the Liberal International Order
January 24-25 at UBC, (Choi Building)
Opening Dinner: Jan 23 evening
Since 2016, Japan has shown remarkable leadership on several dimensions of global and regional economic governance, including trade governance (CPTPP, EU-Japan FTA, RCEP, Japan-US trade agreement, WTO reforms), economic and data governance (Osaka G20 in 2019, including Osaka track on data with trust, quality infrastructure, global finance), regional rules-based order (Free and Open Indo Pacific, stabilized relations with China, strategic engagement with India and ASEAN), and environmental governance (oceans, climate). This workshop focuses on the following questions:
- How significant is this new phase of Japanese international leadership in historical perspective?
- What factors are driving this new global leadership?
- Where has Japan's leadership been limited, and what are the constraints?
- What implications and potential for Japan-Canada relations?
Focal Themes:
1. Strategic repositioning of Japan in the international system at a time of disruption.
2. CPTPP
3. Other Trade diplomacy: EU-Japan, RCEP, etc.
4. G20 themes: global financial governance (FSB, IMF, WB), data with trust and AI, quality infrastructure, etc..
5. Global environmental governance: climate, oceans, biodiversity, IWC
6. Free and Open Indo Pacific (FOIP)
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Rethinking the Cultural Cartographies of Tokyo in Japanese Media
January 31, 2019
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Asian Centre, Room 604
No other city has lent itself to the spatial imaginary of Japanese cultural production than Tokyo. Capital of Japan, undisputed center of politics and business, home of the publishing industry, most populous metropolis in the world: Tokyo maps itself onto the rest of the nation in ways both profound and pervasive. This workshop will explore some of these mappings in media - literally and literarily - through presentations by four leading scholars of Japan. Presentations will be primarily in Japanese, with Q&A in Japanese and English.
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*This workshop is sponsored by the UBC Asian Studies Department and the Centre for Japanese Research
Memorandum of Understanding
Signing Ceremony
On November 13, past CJR co-director Christina Laffin represented the Centre at a signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute of International Studies at Gakushuin Women's College. Professor Laffin offered a lecture in Japanese on the institutional history of Japanese literary studies outside Japan and plans were made for a series of future events and opportunities involving faculty and students. We look forward to collaborating with Gakushuin Joshidaigaku and are grateful for their willingness to work together in enhancing and supporting research.
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Left to right, Institute of International Studies Director Jun Konno, President Norishiro Kondo, past CJR co-director Christina Laffin, Professor Emeritus Kazuo Tokuda.
That's all for now
Have a great week (Merry Christmas)!
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