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Anime is (Not) Cult: Gainax and the Limits of Cult Cinema
Anime is (Not) Cult: Gainax and the Limits of Cult Cinema
Japanese anime, a global phenomenon and a locally powerful industry, has a tendency to be viewed outside Japan in relati... Read more
22 Nov 2017
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1hr 6mins
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Aesop’s Fables in Early Modern Japan
Aesop’s Fables in Early Modern Japan
Aesop’s fables bookend early modern Japan’s image of a “closed country”. Their appearance in the late sixteenth and earl... Read more
8 Nov 2017
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1hr 20mins
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“Unhappy” and Isolated Youth: Representations and Experiences of Hikikomori in Contemporary Japan
“Unhappy” and Isolated Youth: Representations and Experiences of Hikikomori in Contemporary Japan
Hikikimori is a category coined in the late 1990s to refer to 'youth social withdrawal,' and has been considered a socia... Read more
1 Nov 2017
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1hr 5mins
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Empathy, Social Realism, or just Love Troubles? On Japanese “Little Songs”
Empathy, Social Realism, or just Love Troubles? On Japanese “Little Songs”
The Edo-period Japan (1603–1868) saw the emergence of an art music genre called Jiuta-sōkyoku. Some of the song texts we... Read more
25 Oct 2017
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2hr 3mins
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The Men Who Came In from the Cold Japanese Captives in Siberia and the Making of Postwar Japan
The Men Who Came In from the Cold Japanese Captives in Siberia and the Making of Postwar Japan
On 15 August 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s defeat in the Second World War to millions of his subjects. “Endur... Read more
11 Oct 2017
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1hr 30mins
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The Mouth of the Cave and the Giant Voice
The Mouth of the Cave and the Giant Voice
It is a strange and bitter irony that the US naval bombardment which launched the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 was called t... Read more
5 Apr 2017
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46mins
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Successful and Sorry: How high income Japanese women construct themselves in marriage agency ads
Successful and Sorry: How high income Japanese women construct themselves in marriage agency ads
Japan is increasingly characterised by late age at marriage and rising rates of singlehood. Women’s growing educational ... Read more
8 Mar 2017
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38mins
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How do the past, present and future interact in post-3.11 Japan: Examining the ‘future past’ in the SF manga Coppelion
How do the past, present and future interact in post-3.11 Japan: Examining the ‘future past’ in the SF manga Coppelion
This paper seeks to examine several manifestations of futurity in contemporary Japan through readings of a science ficti... Read more
1 Mar 2017
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1hr 20mins
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I never said it would last forever: On Contemporary Japanese Cinema
I never said it would last forever: On Contemporary Japanese Cinema
Between 1989 and 2004, over 40 Japanese directors were introduced to major festivals and distribution networks. In the l... Read more
22 Nov 2016
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56mins
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Dowa Project Policies as unfinished human rights business – from Dotaishin to Ikengushin
Dowa Project Policies as unfinished human rights business – from Dotaishin to Ikengushin
My presentation will approach the issue of Dowa Project Policies (DPP) by trying to suggest answers to the following que... Read more
16 Nov 2016
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53mins
