Schedule
*All talks, discussions, and meals (with the exception of dinners) will take place in the McCune Conference Room, HSSB 6020
Thursday, May 30th
Arrivals
Friday, May 31st
9:00
9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:45 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 6:00 6:30 |
Breakfast
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Berry (University of California, Berkeley) Raising the Material Girl Dr. Marcia Yonemoto (University of Colorado, Boulder) Didactic Texts for Women in the Tokugawa Period: Questions of Authorship, Publication, and Readership Coffee break Steffen Remvik (University of Oslo) Setsuyōshū and the Structure of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan Dr. Luke Roberts (University of California Santa Barbara) A Samurai's Reading in the Late Eighteenth Century Discussion Lunch Dr. Ellis Tinios (Honorary Lecturer in History, University of Leeds) Adapting Chinese Illustrated Books for the Japanese Market Dr. Michael Emmerich (University of California Santa Barbara) Bibliographic Translations of Inaka Genji Dr. Brian Dowdle (University of Montana) Why Saikaku was Memorable While Bakin was Unforgettable Coffee break Dr. Robert Tuck (University of Montana) Climbing the Ladder of Poetry: Kanshi Pedagogy and Publishing in 19th Century Japan Travis Seifman (University of California Santa Barbara) Pictures of an Island Kingdom: Ryūkyū in Edo Period Popular Publications Discussion End Dinner: Beachside Bar-Café |
Saturday, June 1st
9:00
9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:15 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 6:00 8:30 |
Breakfast
Kazuko Hioki (University of Kentucky) History and Physical Characteristics of Printed Books in Early Modern Japan Momoko Welch (Arizona State University) The Meaning of “Hand-Copying” in Edo Book Culture Coffee break Dr. Katherine Saltzman-Li (University of California Santa Barbara) In Hand: Printed Materials in the Experience of Early Modern Kabuki Performance Dr. Umetada Misa (Waseda University) 歌舞伎の小説〈正本写〉について~河竹黙阿弥作『小袖曽我薊色縫』を例に~ Dr. Jonathan Zwicker (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Benten Kozō on Trial: Piracy, Copyright, and Authorship in Nineteenth-Century Japan Discussion Lunch Dr. Hoyt Long (University of Chicago) (Il)legibility in Meiji Letters: A Media History of Handwriting Dr. Molly Des Jardin (Harvard University Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies) The Corporate Anonymous: Media-Based Authorship, Social Networks, and Reader Reception in the Meiji Period Coffee break Dr. Wada Atsuhiko (Waseda University) Encouraging Immigration: Immigration Journals in Japan Before WWII Dr. Edward Mack (University of Washington) Periodicals, Codices, and Digital Media: The Materiality of Japanese-Language Literature in Brazil Discussion End Dinner: Zaytoon |
Sunday, June 2nd
9:00
9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:15 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:30 6:30 |
Breakfast
Dr. Ann Sherif (Oberlin College) Publishing in Twentieth-Century Coterie and Culture Circles Dr. Nathan Shockey (Bard College) Popular Philosophy, Enlightened Consumers, and a New Universal Library: Iwanami Shoten's Mass-Market Mission Coffee break Judit Erika Magyar (Waseda University) Shashin Shūhō (1938-1945), the Domestic Mouthpiece of WWII Japan Nakano Ayako (Waseda University) 学徒兵の読書—堀辰雄人気の秘密 Dr. Chad Diehl (Emmanuel College) Paper and Bombs: Nagasaki no kane, Publishing, and Power during the Allied Occupation Discussion Lunch Dr. Hoyt Long (University of Chicago) Global Literary Networks and the Problem of Scale in Digital Humanities Dr. Molly Des Jardin (Harvard University Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies) Digitized Texts and the Problems of Textual Analysis for Historical Japanese Books Discussion End Dinner: Olio Pizzeria |
Monday, June 3rd
Departure