Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego: "Women in Modern and Current Japan" with Alisa Freedman, moderated by Ulrike Schaede
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021, 8:30am-9:30am JST / Tuesday, June 29th, 2021, 4:30pm-5:30pm Pacific / Register:https://bit.ly/3z1JfdI <https://bit.ly/3z1JfdI>
1920s"bus girls," 1950s exchange students, pioneering professors, television celebrities--Alisa Freedman researches these and other Japanese women who have quietly broken norms, boldly spoken out against oppression, and
whose personal decisions have transformed international relations and universities. Due to laws, social conventions, business practices, and other factors, women have faced different choices in work and family and
different access to education, jobs, and politics than people of other genders. Our Zoominar will discuss the importance of studying and recording stories by women. How can Cultural Studies dispel stereotypes,
teach diversity, reveal hidden histories, and initiate activist movements?

Alisa Freedman is Professor of Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender at the University of Oregon. She works on literature and popular culture about gender in Asia, and her books
include "Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Form Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost", and "Tokyo in Transit: Japanese Culture on the Rails and Road". She has co-edited volumes on "Modern Girls on the Go:
Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan and Introducing Japanese Popular Culture", and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the "U.S.-Japan Women's Journal".

Ulrike Schaede is Professor of Japanese Business at GPS, UC San Diego, and the Director of JFIT. Her research focuses on Japan's changing corporate strategies, including business culture,
change management, and business organization. Her 2020 book "The Business Reinvention of Japan" won the 2020 Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize.

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Coming up the following Wednesday (JST):
6/30 (6/29 Pacific) Believe It or Not: A New Era for Japan with Ken Shibusawa | Register:https://bit.ly/3d2W1Px <https://bit.ly/3d2W1Px>

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