Dear Colleagues,

(apologies for cross-posting)


Please let us draw your attention to the international symposium "Queerying Japan" at Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany. Attendance is free. Please feel free to circulate.

You will find abstracts and updates under http://www.queerying-japan.hhu.de/


With kind regards,


Andrea Germer and the organising team,

Jasmin Ruckert, Katharina Hulsmann, Kawasaka Kazuyoshi, Elisabeth Scherer, Ami Kobayashi, Anna-Lena v. Garnier



*Queerying Japan*

*Transnational Perspectives on Politics, Society and Culture*

*International Symposium, Schadowplatz 14, Haus der Universitat, 6-7 July 2018*

Organized by the Dept. of Modern Japanese Studies, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf


Each individual belongs to multiple social groups at the same time. How do gender and sexuality shape these social relations, and how do they determine people's opportunities in life? We discuss these broad questions in the case of contemporary Japan through the lens of gender and queerness, and along the intersections of socio-economics, politics and culture. Our aim is to shed new light on sexual politics as shaping the conditions that sustain or hinder human creativity, well-being and survival. This international symposium brings together scholars from Japan, Germany, Australia and the U.S. to discuss queer life chances in contemporary Japan, while also providing transnational and comparative German, European, and Asia-Pacific perspectives.



*_Friday, 6 July 2018_*

13:00-13:30 Greetings and Introduction

13:30-15:00 Chair: *Andrea GERMER (Dusseldorf)

*(TRANS)NATIONAL LAW AND POLITICS *

*Vera MACKIE**(Wollongong):* /Thinking sexual citizenship through the family

*TANIGUCHI Hiroyuki (Kanazawa):*/Jurisprudence on LGBT/sexuality issues in Japan

*Konstanze PLETT (Bremen):*/Legal views on sex and gender in Germany




15:00-15:30 Coffee Break


15:30-17:00 Chair: *Annette SCHAD-SEIFERT (Dusseldorf)*

*INSTITUTIONS: MATRIMONY - "EHE FUR ALLE"?*

*SHIMIZU Akiko (Tokyo): */Marriage equality as strategy: family registration, moral conservatives, and the "LGBT" fad in Japan/**

*KAWASAKA Kazuyoshi (Dusseldorf*/): LGBT rights are human rights, but in what sense?

*Dorothee de N**E**VE (Giesen): */Merkel's gut feeling - debate about marriage for all in Germany




17:00-17:30 Coffee Break


17:30-19:00 Chair: *Michiko MAE (Dusseldorf) *

*MARKETS AND CONSUMERS*

*KAWAGUCHI Kazuya (Hiroshima Shudo): */Consuming identity and lifestyle: transforming queer subjects in Japan/

*Elisabeth SCHERER (Dusseldorf):*/Queer wedding ceremonies in Japan/

*Ilse LENZ (Bochum):*/Queering gender and capitalism in comparative perspective/

*_Saturday, 7 July 2018_*


9:00-10:30 Chair: *Michael HEINZE (Dusseldorf) *

*HEALTH, DISABILITY AND EDUCATION *

*John TREAT (Yale):*/Put to the test: abjection and sexual citizenship in Japan///

*IINO Yuriko**(Tokyo): */'Queering' disability may be possible, but .../

*MANO Yutaka**(Hiroshima Shudo): */LGBT education in Japan: grassroots activities in curriculum development/



10:30-11:00 Coffee break


11:00-13:00 Chair: *Stephan KOHN* *(Koln)*

*POPULAR REPRESENTATIONS *

*Andrea GERMER**(Dusseldorf): */Queer carnival and fascist moments: Your Name (2016)

*Jasmin RUCKERT**(Dusseldorf):* /Queer space in television drama

*Katharina HULSMANN**(Dusseldorf):* /Queer readings and potentials of the Boys' Love genre and communities

*KANNO Yuka (Doshisha)://*/Framing: lesbian representability and the genealogy of girls' culture