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December 15, 2014

[SSJ: 8789] Reminder: Symposium on "Women and Networks in Nineteenth Century Japan" 2 (Dec 20)

From: Sophia Univ., Institute of Comparative Culture
Date: 2014/12/15

Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM Organized by ICC Network Studies Research Unit (Bettina Gramlich-Oka, Sophia University)

Women and Networks in Nineteenth Century Japan 2
(http://icc.fla.sophia.ac.jp/html/events/2014-2015/141220_Women_and_Networks2_eng.pdf)


Sophia University, Tokyo
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Building 12, 1F, Rm. 102
(BILINGUAL event)
RSVP not necessary

WELCOME ADDRESS
10:00 -
David H. SLATER (Director of ICC) & ŌGUCHI Yūjirō (Ochanomizu University, Prof. Emeritus)

CROSSING BORDERS -- NISHIZAWA Naoko (Keio University)
10:20 – 11:10
SHIBA Keiko (Independent Scholar): Leaving Edo: Women and the End of Alternate Attendance
Sally HASTINGS (Purdue University): Women Studying Abroad: Before and After FAMILIES, DIARIES AND NETWORKS -- SAKURAI Yuki (Independent Scholar)
11:30 – 12:40
Gaye ROWLEY (Waseda University): Aristocratic Concubine and Tokugawa Statesman: Court-Bakufu Links
TANG Li (Beijing Institute of Technology) and YABUTA Yutaka (Kansai University): From Father to Daughter: Carrying on a Literary Network
ITASAKA Noriko (Senshū University): Upholding the Household: Bakin’s Daughter-in-law and her Diary

Lunch Break
NETWORKS OF PRODUCTION AND REPRODUCTION -- M. William STEELE (ICU)
14:00 – 14:50
YOKOTA Fuyuhiko (Kyoto University): Giving Birth in the Mid-Edo Period
SUGANO Noriko (Teikyō University, ret.): Adjusting to Factory Life: Records of the Tomioka Silk Mill CIRCLES OF FAITH AND PATRONAGE -- YOKOYAMA Yuriko (National Museum of Japanese History)
15:10 – 16:20
Alexander M. VESEY (Meiji Gakuin): The Shogun’s Mother as Cultural Patron: The Case of Keishōin
MIYAZAKI Fumiko (Keisen University, Prof. Emerita): Women as Activists in a Popular Religious Network
Marnie ANDERSON (Smith College): From Concubine to Activist and Bible Woman: The Role of Networks in Sumiya Koume's Life NETWORKS IN PROCESS -- Kate WILDMAN NAKAI (Sophia University, Prof. Emerita)
16:30 – 17:30
ŌGUCHI Yūjirō (Ochanomizu University, Prof. Emeritus), Hitomi TONOMURA (University of Michigan), SAKURAI Yuki (Independent Scholar), M. William STEELE (ICU)

CLOSING REMARKS AND DISCUSSION -- Anne WALTHALL (UC Irvine, Prof. Emerita)
17:30 – 18:00
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