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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This CFP for the next MLA convention (7-10 Jan. 2021, Toronto) might be of interest to members of the list:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CFP for a guaranteed panel at the Modern Languages Association 2021 annual convention (Toronto, CA, January 7-10, 2021) sponsored
by the MLA Forum "Japanese since 1900." </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Panel abstract: The passing of Emperor Hirohito in 1989 brought Japan’s long postwar period to an end, at least symbolically. While older Japanese may have
felt a sense of closure with his death, those growing up in the years that followed knew a cultural landscape determined not by imperialism, war, or economic growth (as a panacea for the Emperor himself), but rather geological rupture, domestic terrorism,
and economic collapse. That is, the loss of the symbolic father seemingly ushered in an era of instability, benchmarked by the Great Hanshin Earthquake, the Aum Shinrikyō gas attacks, and the recession that endures today, to name just a few hallmark moments.
The <b>LLC Japanese since 1900 MLA Forum invites abstract proposals for a guaranteed panel interrogating and indexing the ways in which Japanese cultural expressions have changed and developed in the post-Showa era.
</b>The events of the 1990s did much to inform Japanese subjectively. As Japan scholars have demonstrated, the postwar pillars of academic credentialism, corporate loyalty, and familialism came under intense scrutiny during "the lost decade(s),"
<b>In this panel, we are interested in how</b> <b>artists (working in a wide range of media), filmmakers, and musicians</b>
<b>have found creativity during these times. </b> Questions we are interested in include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How do these individuals give representation to the end of an era and/ or the start of a new one?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What are the concerns, anxieties, and/or desires of a new generation at this historical juncture?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Send abstract proposals of
<b>250 words and brief bio</b> to <b>David Holloway (david.holloway@rochester.edu) by March 15, 2020.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joanne<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Joanne Bernardi, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Japanese Studies | Film and Media Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">409 Lattimore Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Dept. of Modern Languages and Cultures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">University of Rochester | PO Box 270082<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Rochester NY 14627<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Tel. (585) 275-4251 (MLC Dept.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Re-Envisioning Japan as Destination in 20th Century </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Visual and Material Culture </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0433FF"><a href="https://rej.lib.rochester.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://rej.lib.rochester.edu/</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> (2017-current)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0433FF"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0433FF"><a href="https://dslab.lib.rochester.edu/rej/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://dslab.lib.rochester.edu/rej/</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> (2013-2016)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0433FF"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">ReEnvisioning Japan</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> University of Rochester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0433FF"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ReenvisioningJapan" title="https://www.facebook.com/ReenvisioningJapan"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.facebook.com/ReenvisioningJapan</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0433FF"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Joanne Bernardi@ReEnvisionJapan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0433FF"><a href="https://twitter.com/ReEnvisionJapan" title="https://twitter.com/ReEnvisionJapan"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://twitter.com/ReEnvisionJapan</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0433FF"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Instagram: </span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0433FF"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reenvisioningjapan/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.instagram.com/reenvisioningjapan/</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0433FF"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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