Information for on-site and online participation: The 9th Young Scholars Workshop on Transnational Japan "Japan’s Multiple Publics: A Transnational and Comparative Perspective"　日本の多様なパブリックス―トランスナショナルと比較の視点から

■Language:
English (a mix of English and Japanese for Q&A)
使用言語：英語（質疑応答で英語と日本語が混在）
■ Event format:
Hyflex (Presentations will be mainly given on site. Participants can participate on site or online.)
開催形態：ハイフレックス型式（発表は主に会場で行われます。参加者は会場またはオンラインで参加できます。）

◆ Registration for participation:
If you wish to participate, please fill in the Google form below.
We will send a Zoom link via email to those who wish to participate online.
事前に申込をいただく必要がございます。下記のフォームにご記入ください。
※対面・オンライン参加申込者全員に、11月19日（木）午前11時ごろに ZoomURLをお送りします。

https://forms.gle/bBTeF58xi3mEo8AG9

■ Registration Deadline:  November 19th(Thursday)AM9:00(JST)  /  November 19th(Thursday)AM1:00(CET)
申込締切：11月19日（木）午前9時（日本時間）

■Fee:Free
参加費：無料

■ For inquiries, please contact the HIJAS office
本件に関するお問い合わせ先
E-mail: hijas-ws@ml.hosei.ac.jp

Timetable
➢ Presentations: 40 minutes (approx. 20 minutes presentation + 20 minutes discussion)
➢ Time Zones:  JST (Japan)/ CET

Day 1 (Friday, November 20th)
-- Boundary & Crossing --

9:30 – 10:00 (JST) / 1:30 – 2:00 (CET)
Reception

10:00 – 10:50 (JST) / 2:00 – 2:50 (CET)
Welcome and Opening

10 Minutes Break

11:00 – 11:40 (JST) / 3:00 – 3:40 (CET)
Vien Thi-Thuc Dinh (Kyoto University, Japan)
“Public Openness to Ethnic Cuisine in Japan”

11:40 – 12:20 (JST) / 3:40 – 4:20 (CET)
Annisa Dina Amalia (University of Melbourne, Australia)
“From Diasporic to Transnational Publics: Indonesian Migrants in Japan and Australia Compared”

60-minute Lunch Break

13:20 – 14:00 (JST) / 5:20 – 6:00 (CET)
Abena Somiah (McGill University, Canada)
“Can Gyarus be Black?”: Gyaru as Transnational Afroasian Feminist Counterpublic”

14:00 – 14:40 (JST) / 6:00 – 6:40 (CET)
Yichen Zhou (National University of Singapore, Singapore) 
“From Digital Imagination to Purposeful Solidarity: Older Adults and the Making of Transnational Digital Publics in Japan”

10-minute Break

14:50 – 15:30 (JST) / 6:50 – 7:30 (CET)
Wrap-Up Discussions

Day 2 (Saturday, November 21st)
-- Culture & Space --

10:00 – 10:10 (JST) / 2:00 – 2:10 (CET)
Opening for Day 2

10:10 – 11:10 (JST) / 2:10 – 3:10 (CET)
Keynote: Stevie Suan (Hosei University, Japan)
“Patterned Publics: On Anime’s Transnational Performances and Cultural Production”

10-minute Break

11:20 – 12:00 (JST) / 3:20 – 4:00 (CET)
David Vaculik (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)
“The Architecture of World Expositions and the Making of Publics in Japan: Osaka 1970 and 2025”

12:00 – 12:40 (JST) / 4:00 – 4:40 (CET)
Oskar Dylewski (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
“Here is Heaven: Poetry, Presence, and the Public in Kamagasaki”

60-minute Lunch Break

13:40 – 14:20 (JST) / 5:40 – 6:20 (CET)
Ekido Shu (Hosei University, Japan)
“From Japanese Popular Culture to Hybrid Intimate Publics: Cosplay Commission among Female Fans in China”

10-minute Break

14:30 – 15:10 (JST) / 6:30 – 7:10 (CET)
Yukako Takahashi (Waseda University, Japan)
“Modern Dance Publics in Taiwan: Tsai Rui-yue and Japan”

15:10 – 15:50 (JST) / 7:10 – 7:50 (CET)
Wrap-Up Discussion

Day 3 (Sunday, November 22nd)
-- Discourse & Memory --

10:00 – 10:10 (JST) / 2:00 – 2:10 (CET)
Opening for Day 3

10:10 – 10:50 (JST) / 2:10 – 2:50 (CET)
Teppei Yoshinari (Osaka University, Japan)
“Buried Lives of Hibakusha under Nagasaki’s Reconstruction as ‘International Cultural City’: Photographer Shomei Tomatsu’s Reflection on the Distance to the Atomic Bomb Experiences”

10:50 – 11:30 (JST) / 2:50 – 3:30 (CET)
Nao Kato (University of the Sacred Heart, Japan)
“Producing Contested War Memories: A Sociological Study of NHK Documentaries”

10 Minute Break

11:40 – 12:20 (JST) / 3:40 – 4:20 (CET)
Steven Schwarz (University of Heidelberg, Germany / University of Tokyo, Japan)
“The Public Spheres of Japan's Economic Security Policy”

60 Minute Lunch Break

13:20 – 14:00 (JST) / 5:20 – 6:00 (CET)
Nathaly Gonzalez (Kyoto University, Japan)
“Defining a Public: The Meaning of “Otaku” in Colombia 2000-2010”

14:00 – 14:50 (JST) / 6:00 – 6:50 (CET)
Round-Table Discussions

14:50 – 15:00 (JST) / 6:50 – 7:00 (CET)
Concluding Remarks
 

Keynote Speaker
◆Stevie Suan (Hosei University, Japan)
“Patterned Publics: On Anime’s Transnational Performances and Cultural Production”

Commentators
◆ Christophe Thouny (Ritsumeikan University)
◆ Hideto Tsuboi (Waseda University)
◆ Kei Takata (Hosei University)
◆ Le Roux Kiyono Brendan (Hosei University) 
◆ Regine Mathias (CEEJA)
◆ Stevie Suan (Hosei University)
◆ Yasuko Yokoyama (Hosei University)
◆ Yusuke Suzumura (Meijo University)

We also received support from the following scholars:
Shin Abiko (Hosei) / Tsutomu Hoshino (Hosei) / Josef Kyburz (CNRS) / Masaya Nemoto (Hitotsubashi) /Masashi Oguchi (Hosei) / Erich Pauer (CEEJA) / Nozomi Takahashi (Strasbourg)

◆Reports of our past workshops on Japanese transnationalism.
過去のワークショップ
2025: ‘Revisiting’ Transnational Relations between Japan and the West
2024: Transnational Japanese Spaces
2023: Transnational Change in Contemporary Japan
2022: Japanese Transnationalism and Empire
2021: Japanese Studies and Transnationalism