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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Teaching Japanese Popular
Culture Conference</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">National University
of Singapore</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">Department of
Japanese Studies</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">11-12 November 2012</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in">The Department of Japanese Studies
at the National University of Singapore invites proposals for a conference
titled Teaching Japanese Popular Culture to be held on 11 and 12 November,
2012. The conference coincides with Anime Festival Asia, the largest Japanese
pop culture convention in the Southeast Asia, which will be held in Singapore
9-11 November, 2012.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in">Interest in popular culture is one
of the main factors driving enrollment in Japanese studies at universities
worldwide. However, few models exist for teaching popular culture, and students
are sometimes more knowledgeable than faculty about current trends. For these
reasons, it is to our advantage as instructors to reflect on the ways in which
we can most effectively teach popular culture and include popular culture
topics in the curriculum. The purpose of this conference is to share
pedagogical approaches to teaching Japanese popular culture and strategies for
incorporating topics related to Japanese popular culture into courses of all
kinds and across all disciplines.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in">We invite proposals from faculty
and graduate students in Japanese studies across the humanities and social
sciences who have experience with teaching, creating course materials, or
developing curricula. Scholars whose research area covers some aspect of
popular culture are welcome, as well as those whose research is in other areas
but who include popular culture in their teaching. We also encourage proposals
from faculty who incorporate popular culture in Japanese language courses.
Topics may include but are not limited to:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>using popular culture materials in content-based
language instruction</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>using popular culture as a topic in experiential
or on-site learning (for example, study abroad, short trips, or internships)</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>new pedagogical approaches to designing and
teaching courses on manga, anime, television, or video games at the
undergraduate level</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>strategies for making visual materials or other
media available to students for classroom purposes, including negotiating
copyright restrictions</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>creation of on-line material or databases for
instructional purposes</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>innovative strategies for including units
related to Japanese film, television, music, sports, video games, or fashion in
courses not specific to popular culture, or courses not specific to Japanese
studies</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Please send proposals of 250 words
for a 20 minute presentation to <a href="mailto:jps2012@nus.edu.sg">jps2012@nus.edu.sg</a>.
Please also include the following:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">1. Paper title</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">2. Presenter's name</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">3. Affiliation and title</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">4. Email, telephone, and mailing
address</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">The deadline for proposals is <b style>25 May, 2012.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Registration fee will be S$150,
which covers two lunches and one dinner.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Following the conference, some
papers may be selected for inclusion in an edited volume.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">This conference is partially
funded by the Japan Foundation and the National University of Singapore.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">For more information and updates,
see <a href="http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/jps/research/jps2012.htm">http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/jps/research/jps2012.htm</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Steering Committee:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Deborah Shamoon, Assistant
Professor</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Chris McMorran, Lecturer</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Kam Thiam Huat, Teaching Assistant</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Department of Japanese Studies</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">National University of Singapore</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"> </p>