<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">This week’s In Media Res theme is Globalization and Japanese Popular Culture (April 25-29).<br><br>Here's the line-up:<br><a href="http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/">http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/</a><br><br>Monday April 25, 2011 – Ian Peters (Georgia State University) presents: "Genki Dama Saves the World": Japanese Popular Culture, Globalization, and Relief Efforts<br><br>Tuesday April 26, 2011 – Jake Tarbox (Arashi Productions) presents: The Death of Manga?<br><br>Wednesday April 27, 2011 – Alex Leavitt (University of Southern California) presents: The Global Cult(ure) of Hatsune Miku<br><br>Thursday April 28, 2011 – Kinko Ito (University of Arkansas at Little Rock) presents: Love and Sexual Fantasies of Adult Women in Japanese Ladies’ Comics<br><br>Friday April 29, 2011 – Laura Imaoka (University of California, Irvine) presents: The Ambassadors of Cute: Helping or Hurting Japan’s Global Image?<br><br>Theme week organized by Ian Peters (Georgia State University).<br><br>To receive links for each day’s posts and see our latest calls for curators, please join our Facebook group:<br><a href="http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=46530613457">http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=46530613457</a><br><br>You can also follow us on Twitter at @MC_IMR<br><br>For more information, please contact In Media Res at inmediares.gsu@gmail.com<<a href="mailto:inmediares.gsu@gmail.com">mailto:inmediares.gsu@gmail.com</a>> or email the Coordinating Editor, Alisa Perren, at aperren@gsu.edu<<a href="mailto:aperren@gsu.edu">mailto:aperren@gsu.edu</a>>.<br><br>Best,<br>The In Media Res Team<br><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>
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