Fwd: U.C. Berkeley Japanese Studies Conference
Ono Seiko and Aaron Gerow
onogerow
Tue Apr 28 09:44:55 EDT 1998
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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