Dear colleagues,

Our apologies for cross-posting. On behalf of the Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS), we are happy to announce that the 31st JAWS Conference will be held at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Autonomous　University of Barcelona) from 6 to 9 July 2022.

This in-person conference will be based around the global theme of ‛Research on Japan in the (Post-)COVID-19 Era'. We hope the deliberately broad nature of the topic will allow us to discuss and renew our shared endeavors regarding the anthropology of Japan in our current context. Views will be exchanged on a wide range of subjects, including the difficulties faced in carrying out fieldwork, how the pandemic is currently affecting our ethnographic projects and research interests, and not forgetting the digital possibilities that seem to be emerging for remote research.

As is customary for the JAWS conferences, the submission of any individual paper and panel proposal not directly related to the conference theme, but which is centred on the field of the anthropology of Japan, is also welcome.