Mediatised Images of Japan in Europe: Through the Media Kaleidoscope
Mutual Images 6th International Workshop1st & 2nd May 2018, Cardiff University
| Day One
Lecture Theatre 0.05, Cardiff School of Optometry, Maindy Road |
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| 09.30-10.00 | Registration & Coffee |
| 10.00-10.15 | Welcome & Opening Address from Mutual Images and faculty of Cardiff University |
| 10.15-11.15 | Panel 1: English-Language Journalism on Japan
Chair: Matteo Fabbretti
Bullshit journalism and Japan: English-language news media, Japanese higher education policy, and Frankfurt’s theory of ‘bullshit’ Kenn Nakata Steffensen, University College Dublin, Ireland
Mediating Conflicting Discourses of Japan in the Press: An Enviable Vision of the Future or an Eccentric, Technofetishist Nation? Christopher J. Hayes, Cardiff University, UK |
| 11.15-11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30-12.30 | Keynote: Marco Pellitteri, Kobe University, Japan
When a Minor Imaginary gets Nazionale-Popolare: The Case of Japanese Animation in Italy, a 40-year Long Mainstream Presence that Reframed Japan in the Italian Media and Public Opinion |
| 12.30-13.30 | Panel 2: European Images of Japan, Japanese Images of Europe
Chair: Ken Nakata Steffensen
Japan in the Gonzaga Communication Network: The First Japanese Embassy in Italy in 1585 Alessandro Tripepi, University of Milan, Italy
Avebury, Arsenic, and Thistle: Matsumoto Seichō’s Celtic Travel Diary Michael Tangeman, Denison University, USA |
| 13.30-14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.14-15.15 | Skills Workshop
Sociological qualitative/quantitative research in the field of media studies and in Japan/Europe |
| 15.15-15.30 | Coffee Break |
| 15.30-16.30 | Panel 3: Japan as Seen Through Popular Culture
Chair: Aurore Yamagata-Montoya
The Rurouni Kenshin Phenomenon and the Cross-Medial Renegotiation of Japanese Modernity Maria Grajdian, Hiroshima University, Japan
The Interplay of Structure and Agency in the Translation of Manga Matteo Fabbretti, Cardiff University, UK |
| 16.30-17.00 | End of day remarks |
| 17.00-19.00 | Free time |
| 19.00-21.00 | Dinner at Tenkaichi Japanese restaurant (pre-booking essential)
Address: 236 City Road, Cardiff, CF24 3JJ |
| Day Two
Lecture Theatre 0.31, John Percival Building, Colum Road |
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| 09.30-10.00 | Registration & Coffee |
| 10.00-11.00 | Panel 4: Images of Meiji Japan
Chair: Christopher J. Hayes
The Treaty Port Press: Japan’s Image in the Eyes of the Foreign Language Press in East Asia in the 1870s Andreas Eichleter, Heidelberg University, Germany
The Image of Japanese in the Estonian Soldiers’ Letters from the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) Ene Selart, Tartu University, Estonia |
| 11.00-11.15 | Coffee Break |
| 11.15-12.15 | Keynote: Rayna Denison, University of East Anglia, UK
Adapting Europe into Anime: The Exoticisation and Elision of Europe in Hayao Miyazaki’s Animated Films |
| 12.15-13.15 | Panel 5: Displaying Japan Through Objects
Chair: Maria Grajdian
Postmodern Paradise, or Glorified “Trade Show”? The Reception of 1980’s Japan Style Exhibition Sarah Walsh, University of California, USA [via video conference]
Innocence and Well-Being: Exporting Japanese Childhood Abroad Aurore Yamagata-Montoya, MADE’IN Sainte Marie-Lyon, France |
| 13.15-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-15.00 | Skills Workshop
Presentation by Christopher P. Hood of Cardiff University on doing research in Japan, followed by group discussions |
| 15.00-15.15 | Coffee Break |
| 15.15-16.45 | Roundtable Discussion: Dealing with the Media Kaleidoscope |
| 16.45-17.00 | Closing Remarks |
This workshop is supported by:
Call for Submission- Book Reviews
We currently welcome book reviews for the 5th issue of the Mutual Images Journal (peer reviewed) considering books on the interactions between Japan and Europe both past and present. Email us at mutualimages@gmail.com for more information.
