Imaginary Japan Conference in Finland

[Eija Niskanen]

In case any of you happen to be passing Finland around mid-September,
here is info on a academic meeting we are having then. At the same
time Helsinki International Film Festival (which is one of the
co-organizers of the conference) is starting, providing a good
opportunity to check some recent films. Website is www.hiff.fi

Imaginary Japan:
Japanese Fantasy in Contemporary Popular Culture
Thursday 18, September ? Saturday 20, September 2008
Helsinki, Finland

The Finnish Society for Cinema Studies (SETS) organizes an
international conference on Japanese popular culture from 18th to 20th
September 2008. The conference explores the popular images of Japan in
intercultural and multidisciplinary context and concentrates on the
theme of intercultural encounters. The conference will bring together
Japanese and Western views on contemporary Japanese audiovisual and
popular culture including for example film, television, animation,
media, music, games and fashion.

Confirmed keynote speakers are:
Machiko Kusahara, Waseda University / UCLA
Susan Napier, Tufts University, USA
Alezander Zahlten, Universit?t Mainz / Nippon Connection Film Festival
Shinji Imaoka, filmmaker, Japan

The conference program and further information on the program and
registration can be found at the the Finnish Society for Cinema
Studies' web pages (http://sets.wordpress.com/).


-- 
Eija Niskanen
conference co-ordinator, Imaginary Japan
tel. +358-50-355 3189/+81-80-3479-8475
sets.wordpress.com