ICC Book Launch

Disasters and Social Crisis in Contemporary Japan:
Political, Religious, and Sociocultural Responses,
Edited by Mark R. Mullins, Koichi Nakano (Palgrave
Macmillan 2015).

http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/disasters-and-socia
l-crisis-in-contemporary-japan-mark-r-mullins/?isb=9781
137521316
or
http://goo.gl/Mu1q7J

November 30th, 2015
18:30-20:00
Room 301, 3F, Bldg. 10
Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus

Please join us for an evening of informal discussion
with the editors and authors
• Mark Mullins, University of Auckland
• Nakano Koichi, Sophia University
Book Description
Japan is still coming to terms with the 'triple
disaster' of 2011 – earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear
meltdown. Only two decades ago, the country was
similarly shaken by the 'double disaster' of earthquake
and sarin gas attack in 1995. What can we learn about
Japan through the diverse responses to these two
critical moments in postwar history when a 'normal'
sense of stability and existing social order was
severely undermined? This edited collection brings
together a multidisciplinary team of scholars to engage
this question and explore the wide-ranging and diverse
responses by national and local governments, political
leaders, citizen activists, concerned mothers,
religious organizations, literary figures, and public
intellectuals.

Editors' Bios
Mark R. Mullins is Professor of Japanese Studies and
Director of the Japan Studies Centre in the New Zealand
Asia Institute, The University of Auckland, New
Zealand. He is the author and co-editor of a number of
works, including Religion and Society in Modern Japan
(with S. Shimazono, P.L. Swanson, 1993), Christianity
Made in Japan (1998), and Religion and Social Crisis in
Japan (with R.J. Kisala, 2001).

Koichi Nakano is Professor of Political Science in the
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Graduate Program in Global
Studies, Sophia University, Japan. His publications in
English include Party Politics and Decentralization in
Japan and France: When the Opposition Governs (2010)
and several articles in The Journal of Japanese
Studies, Asian Survey, and The Pacific Review.

Authors present
Phoebe Holdgrün, German Institute for Japanese Studies
Jeff Kingston, Temple University Japan Campus
David H. Slater, Sophia University

Lecture in English / No prior registration necessary
Free and open to all

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