This lecture (in English) will be held Thursday, March 14 at 7:00 at Lakeland University in Ryogoku, Tokyo. It will also be streamed via Zoom.

"Ghost Girls, Spooky Cell Phones, and Haunted YouTube: The Evolution of Japanese Horror" presented by Prof. Lindsay Nelson

 

What is/was J-horror? In this lecture, Professor Lindsay Nelson looks at the impact of films like The Ring and The Grudge and how Japanese horror films have changed since the late 1990s. In particular, she examines the way that media objects and technologies like VHS cassettes, cell phones, and YouTube--as well as the "moral panics" surrounding those technologies--have been central to J-horror's success.

 

Lindsay Nelson is an associate professor in the department of political science and economics at Meiji University. She has been researching and writing about Japanese cinema (with a focus on Japanese horror films) for more than twenty years. Her work has appeared in East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema, and Japanese Studies. Her book, Circulating Fear: Japanese Horror, Fractured Realities, and New Media, is available from Lexington Books. 

 

-To attend the event in person, there is no need to register. For a map and directions to Lakeland's Ryogoku campus, see our website: https://luj.lakeland.edu/contact

--To join on Zoom, please register here (before 5PM on the day of the event). You will be emailed a link that afternoon

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--
Roger Grabowski, Jr.
Assistant Professor of General Studies
Lakeland University Japan