<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div id="center" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(248, 247, 242);" class=""><div id="main" class=""><div class="notify-lite-wrapper"><div class="notify-lite-body"><div id="1543308" class="digest-row"><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div id="1543437" class="digest-row"><h2 style="font-family: 'PT Serif', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); text-align: left;" class=""><a href="https://networks.h-net.org/user/login?destination=node/1543437" style="color: rgb(50, 153, 187);" class="">Japan Studies Association’s faculty enhancement workshop: Living With Godzilla: Challenge, Tribulation, Resilience, and Transformation in Heisei Japan</a></h2><div class="node-author">by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/maggie-ivanova" typeof="sioc:UserAccount" property="foaf:name" datatype="">Maggie Ivanova</span></div><div class="node-body"><p class="reposted-header" style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);">Your network editor has reposted this from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/1534393/japan-studies-association%E2%80%99s-faculty-enhancement-workshop-living" style="color: rgb(50, 153, 187);" class="">H-Announce</a>. The byline reflects the original authorship.</p><div class="reposted"><div class="field--type-list-text field--label-inline clearfix field field--name-field-announcement-type"><div class="field__label">Type: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Workshop</div></div></div><div class="field--label-inline clearfix field--type-datetime field field--name-field-announcement-date"><div class="field__label">Date: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><span class="date-display-single">March 23, 2018</span></div></div></div><div class="field--name-field-announcement-country field--type-list-text field--label-inline clearfix field"><div class="field__label">Location: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Arkansas, United States</div></div></div><div class="field--label-inline clearfix field--name-field-subject-fields field field--type-taxonomy-term-reference"><div class="field__label">Subject Fields: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Contemporary History, East Asian History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Military History, Cultural History / Studies</div></div></div><div class="field--name-body field--label-hidden field field--type-text-with-summary"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class=""><strong class="">Japan Studies Association’s faculty enhancement workshop</strong>:</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class=""><strong class=""><em class="">Living With Godzilla: Challenge, Tribulation, Resilience, and Transformation in Heisei Japan</em></strong></p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">Hosted by Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, April 12-14, 2018</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">Registration deadline: March 23, 2018</p><hr class=""><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">The film<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">Shin Gojira</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(New Godzilla, Toho Studios 2016) reboots the famous franchise begun in 1954 with a new version of the creature which embodies the constantly evolving array of threats and challenges (both foreign and domestic) that have visited Japan since the beginning of the Heisei period in 1989. The film ends with the monster immobilized in the center of Tokyo, contained but a constant presence to which the Japanese people must accommodate themselves.</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">Join us in exploring Heisei Japan with an eye towards identifying the key events, trends, changes and continuities of the reign of Emperor Akihito. Our speakers will address various topics including:</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin-left: 40px;" class="">Stacia Bensyl, Prof. Missouri State University:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">Art in the Barracks – Creativity in Japanese American Incarceration Camps</em>.</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin-left: 40px;" class="">Paul Dunscomb, Prof. University of Alaska Anchorage:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">The Crisis in Japanese Professional Baseball and the Nature of Change in Heisei Japan.</em></p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin-left: 40px;" class="">Karl Kim, Prof. of Urban Planning, University of Hawaii:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">Disaster Governance, Governance Disaster; Government Response in Shin Gojira.</em></p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin-left: 40px;" class="">Barak Kushner, Prof. Cambridge University:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">Holding Japan to Account: The Internationalization of War Responsibility in the Heisei Era</em>.</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin-left: 40px;" class="">Nathaniel Smith, Prof. University of Arizona:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">Recalibrating the Right in Heisei Japan.</em></p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin-left: 40px;" class="">Michael Strausz, Prof. Texas Christian University:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">Changing LDP, Changing Japan: the Evolution of Politics in Heisei Japan</em>.</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin-left: 40px;" class="">William M. Tsutsui, President, Hendrix College:<em class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Meaning of Godzilla.</em></p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">The workshop is made possible with support from Hendrix College.</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">The Japan Studies Association invites applications from faculty members based at community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and universities. Those who are not East Asian or Japan specialists are especially encouraged to apply. </p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">For out-of-the-area participants: Registration includes two nights lodging at the Hilton Garden Inn, Conway, Arkansas, with breakfast: Registration also includes two light lunches, Reception Thursday night, dinner Friday night, and JSA Membership.</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class=""> $500 pp (single room) or $475 if JSA member.</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class=""> $385 pp (for those planning to share a twin room) or $360 if JSA member. </p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">Airport pickup will take place at schedule times Wednesday. Free transportation between hotel and meeting rooms at Hendrix College. </p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">For local participants with no hotel stay: $200 pp ($175 for JSA members). includes two lunches, Reception. Dinner Friday optional for an additional $40.</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">Participants can register through the Japan Studies Association website:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.japanstudies.org/2018-workshop-at-hendrix-college.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(50, 153, 187);" class="">www.japanstudies.org/2018-workshop-at-hendrix-college.html</a></p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class=""><strong class="">Registration Deadline is Friday, March 23.</strong></p><div style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-announcement-contact field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Contact Info: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">Prof. Stacia Bensyl, Missouri State University (<a href="mailto:bensyl@missouriwestern.edu" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(50, 153, 187);" class="">bensyl@missouriwestern.edu</a>)</p><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48);" class="">Prof. Paul Dunscomb, University of Alaska Anchorage (<a href="mailto:pedunscomb@alaska.edu" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(50, 153, 187);" class="">pedunscomb@alaska.edu</a>)</p></div></div></div><div class="field--name-field-announcement-email field--label-inline clearfix field field--type-email"><div class="field__label">Contact Email: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="mailto:pedunscomb@alaska.edu" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(50, 153, 187);" class="">pedunscomb@alaska.edu</a></div></div></div><div class="field--type-link-field field--label-inline clearfix field field--name-field-announcement-url"><div class="field__label">URL: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="http://www.japanstudies.org/2018-workshop-at-hendrix-college.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(50, 153, 187);" class="">http://www.japanstudies.org/2018-workshop-at-hendrix-college.html</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="more-link"><ul style="padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><li style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 2em 6px 0px; list-style: none; display: inline-block;" class=""><a href="https://networks.h-net.org/user/login?destination=node/1543437" style="color: rgb(50, 153, 187);" class="">Read more or reply</a></li></ul></div><div class=""><a href="x-msg://23/#topdigest" style="color: rgb(50, 153, 187);" class="">Back to top</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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