Dear SSJ-Forum member,

the Department of East Asian Studies - Japanese Studies at University of Vienna would like to draw your attention to the upcoming hybrid u:japan
lecture:

Carmen Sapunaru Tămaș:
"It's a (Gentle)Men's World: Gendered Communities within Tenjin Matsuri"

Date and time: Thursday, March 23, 2023, 18:30~20:00 (CET, UTC/GMT +1h)
The Zoom Meeting will be open from 18:15 (CET).
Max. 50 participants (on site) + max. 300 participants (online)

This lecture by Carmen Sapunaru Tămaș (University of Hyogo) is a brief overview of one of Japan's three greatest festivals, Tenjin Matsuri, from the perspective of the first scholar/ non-Japanese national/ female who was allowed to attend all the annual events (from organizational meetings and formal shrine visits to budget reviews and drinking parties) of Otori Mikoshi Group. Tenjin Matsuri is supported by 24 active groups (kō), but the most significant ones are exclusively male: Gohoren Kō, Otori Mikoshi Kō, Taiko Naka Kō. Tenjin Kō is one of the six groups who make the major decisions related to the festival, they do have numerous female members, but those members, however, do not become kōmoto (group leaders). This presentation will focus on the role each traditional gender plays in the management and performance of the festival, in an attempt to provide a better understanding of the social and sacred mechanisms at play, as well as the changes (if any) that have occurred in contemporary society..

This will be a hybrid event, both live at the Campus of the University of Vienna and online via Zoom. Live participation is available for 50 people.
For more information on the speaker, abstract of the lecture and future events of u:japan lectures, please follow the link below:
https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/ujapanlectures/

Please read the "Instructions and Netiquette" before joining the lecture at the bottom of the homepage.

Place:
LIVE @ Campus of the University of Vienna
Department of East Asian Studies, Japanese Studies Seminarraum JAP 1, 2K-EG-21, Ground floor to the left Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.4 (Campus), 1090 Vienna, Austria
https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=23548#c646040

Join the lecture via Zoom (no registration necessary):
Link:
https://univienna.zoom.us/j/69073112211?pwd=UllkQjJ1dWNicGhDQkV0cExXdzhudz09
Meeting-ID: 690 7311 2211 | PW: 044810

We look forward to your participation!
With kind regards,
Florian Purkarthofer, Bernhard Leitner and Ralf Windhab

PS: If you missed a lecture or want to review, head to our recorded lectures section:
https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/ujapanlectures/records/

u:japan lectures
Department of East Asian Studies / Japanese Studies
University of Vienna
E-mail: ujapanlectures.ostasien@univie.ac.at