Fwd: U.C. Berkeley Japanese Studies Conference

[Ono Seiko and Aaron Gerow]

Cross-post from H-JAPAN

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                THE CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES
           AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
                       SPRING CONFERENCE

             "MATERIAL CULTURE: THINGS ARE CULTURE"
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                Friday, May 1, 1998. 9:00-5:00

                          Heyns Room
                       The Faculty Club
              University of California, Berkeley

The Conference is open to the public and free of charge.

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                           SCHEDULE
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9:00 Registration and Coffee

9:30-12:30  Session One, Mary Elizabeth Berry presiding

"WHO'S HEAD IS THIS ANYWAY?"
        Gregory Levine (History of Art, UCB)

"IDOL, FETISH, EFFIGY: DOLLS AS UNCANNY OBJECTS IN JAPANESE LITERATURE"
        Maryellen Mori (Japanese Literature, University of Santa Clara)

"THE DYSFUNCTIONAL CERAMIC OBJECT: FETISH OF A NATION"
        Bert Winther-Tamaki (History of Art, U.C. Irvine)

"TSUJI KATSUMI'S ADVERTISING MUSEUM: THE FUSION OF ART AND COMMERCE IN
 MODERN JAPAN"
        Jeffrey Hanes (History, University of Oregon)

12:30-2:00 Lunch

2:00-5:00 Session Two, Thomas Havens presiding

"THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE HOUSE: HOME VS. STATUS SYMBOL"
        Susan B. Hanley (History, University of Washington)

"FROM TATAMI TO TILE: HOUSES AS SOCIAL THINGS"
        Nancy Rosenberger (Anthropology, Oregon State University)

"MANGA IN SAN FRANCISCO, 1931"
        Frederick Schodt

"FILMING THE UNFILMABLE: REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BOMB IN JAPANESE ANIMATION"
        Susan Napier (Japanese Literature, University of Texas, Austin)

5:00 - 6:00  Refreshments and Reception

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For more information contact:
Aiko Fujisaka
Center for Japanese Studies
Tel (510)6423156; or
Simon Avenell: saa at uclink4.berkeley.edu
               (510)528-7748
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