Invitation to Symposium “Akira Kurosawa’s Dual Legacy

Invitation to Symposium “Akira Kurosawa’s Dual Legacy: The film director as perceived at home and abroad”, International House of Japan, Saturday March 1, 2008 (fee)

This year, on the 10th anniversary of the death of Akira Kurosawa, a giant of world cinema, International House of Japan will hold a discussion aimed at understanding some of the reasons for the gap between Kurosawa’s dual legacy at home and abroad.

Date: Saturday, March 1, 2008
Venue: Lecture Hall, International House of Japan
Language: Japanese/English (with simultaneous translation)Program Fee: 1,500 yen (800 yen for IHJ members and students)
Organizer: International House of Japan

1:30 pm Film Showing: “Rashomon” (1950, monochrome with English subtitles,
90 mins.)

3:30 pm Keynote Speech by Andrew Horvat(Visiting Professor, Tokyo Keizai
University)

Panel Discussion
Panelists: Chris Fujiwara (Film Critic), Kenji Ishizaka (Director of the
“Winds of Asia” section of the Tokyo International Film Festival), Teruyo
Nogami (Author of “Waiting on the Weather: Making Movies with Akira
Kurosawa”/Former manager of Kurosawa Productions) Donald Richie (Film
Historian/Author of “The Films of Akira Kurosawa”)

Program Dept.,International House of Japan
5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032,
Phone: +81-(0)3-3470-3211
Fax: +81-(0)3-3470-3170

Email: program@i-house.or.jp
Website: http://www.i-house.or.jp/en/ProgramActivities/publicprogram/kurosawa.htm

Waseda University Doctoral Student Network Website

The WUDSN seeks to provide opportunities for PhD candidates from Waseda University to present their work alongside other scholars within Waseda University as well as outside Waseda University.

The WUDSN also strives to create a stimulating environment in which participants can engage in horizontal and vertical exchanges with professors, experienced researchers, young scholars, activists, government officials, and business leaders.

From December 2007 the Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (GIARI), located at the Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies at Waseda University, has agreed to support and work with the WUDSN. Specifically, as part of this collaboration, the WUDSN will focus its lecture series on themes related to Asian integration including but not limited to politics, security, economics, society, and culture.

Email: s.nagy@aoni.waseda.jp
Website: http://www.waseda.jp/gsaps/WUDSN/2index.htm

SSRC/JSPS Fellowships for Recent Ph.D.s and ABDs

SSRC/JSPS Fellowships for Recent PhDs and ABDs

The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for ABDs and recent PhDs provides promising and highly qualified researchers in the humanities and social sciences with the opportunity to conduct extended research at leading universities and research institutions in Japan. Fellowship terms are for single continuous stays from 1 to 12 months (short-term) or 12 to 24 months (long-term). Short-term fellowships must commence between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009 and long-term fellowships must commence between April 1, 2008 and November 30, 2008. Applicants for short-term fellowships must submit proof of a doctoral degree received no more than six years prior to April 2, 2008 or a letter from an advisor attesting to the fact that the applicant is within 2 years of completion of degree. Long-term fellowship applicants must submit a copy of a PhD diploma dated no more than six years prior to April 1, 2008.

The application deadline for both short-term and long-term fellowships is December 1, 2007. For eligibility requirements and application instructions, please
consult our website at http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/japan.

Social Science Research Council
Japan Program
810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212-377-2700
japan@ssrc.org

CFP: Asian Studies Conference Japan

Call for Papers: Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ)
(deadline Nov. 25)

The Twelfth Asian Studies Conference Japan welcomes proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual papers. The deadline for submission of proposals is November 25, 2007. The conference will be held on the campus of Rikkyo University in Tokyo on June 21-22, 2008. Details on the conference and proposal submission forms can be found on the ASCJ website: http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~ascj/

Everyone world-wide interested in Asian Studies is invited to participate.

Patricia Sippel
Toyo Eiwa University
Yokohama
E-mail: psippel@toyoeiwa.ac.jp