Programs & Projects
Harvard Japan Events Calendar
SPring 2012
February 7 (Tuesday), 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Common Room, First level, 2 Divinity Ave.
"Were There New Women and Moga in the Japanese Community of Colonial Korea? Exploring Gender Politics and Colonialism"
KWEON SUG-IN, Professor of Anthropology, Seoul National University, and Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar 2011-12
Moderator: Carter Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, Harvard University
Harvard-Yenching Institute presentation co-sponsored by the Korea Institute and Reischauer Institute
February 7 (Tuesday), 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St.
"Do Nuclear Power Plants Benefit Japan's Local Communities?"
JUN SAITO, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University
Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Special Series on Post-Disaster Japan presentation co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute
February 10 (Friday), 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Kang Room (S050), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St.
"The Anime Screen: Towards a Media Ecology of Animation"
THOMAS LAMARRE, James McGill Professor, East Asian Studies, Art History & Communication Studies, McGill University
Moderator: Tomiko Yoda, Takashima Professor of Japanese Humanities, Harvard University
Reischauer Institute Japan Forum presentation
February 14 (Tuesday), 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St.
"World Regions in Turmoil: Globalization, Asia, and Europe"
KUMIKO HABA, Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University; and Jean Monnet Chair and Professor of European International Politics, Aoyama Gakuin University
KARL KAISER, Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA), and Adjuct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations presentation
February 16 (Thursday), 4:15-5:30 p.m.
Ash Center Lobby, 124 Mount Auburn St.
"The Future of Northeast Asia: Mobilization System Life Cycles"
WILLIAM H. OVERHOLT, Senior Research Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center presentation
February 22 (Wednesday), 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Common Room, First level, 2 Divinity Ave.
"A Camouflaged Military: The Japanese Self-Defense Forces and Globalized Gender Mainstreaming"
FUMIKA SATO, Associate Professor of Sociology, Hitotsubashi University, and Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar 2011-12
Moderator: Mary C. Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, and Chair, Dept. of Sociology, Harvard University
Harvard-Yenching Institute presentation co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute
February 24 (Friday), 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Porte Room (S250), CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St.
"Obscured by the Nation: 'Japanese' Literature in Brazil"
EDWARD MACK, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, University of Washington
Moderator: Shigehisa Kuriyama, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History, and Chair, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Reischauer Institute Japan Forum presentation
February 28 (Tuesday), 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St. "Kizuna: New Forms of Social Capital in Disaster Japan"
DAVID SLATER, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Japanese Studies, Sophia University
Moderator: Theodore C. Bestor, Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology and Japanese Studies, and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Special Series on Post-Disaster Japan presentation co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute
March 2 (Friday), 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Porte Room (S250), CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St.
"Executive Compensation’s Parallel Universe: Evidence from Japan"
CURTIS J. MILHAUPT, Parker Professor of Comparative Law and Fuyo Professor of Japanese Law, Columbia Law School
Moderator: J. Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies, Harvard Law School
Reischauer Institute Japan Forum presentation
March 2 (Friday), 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Room 1, Music Building, Harvard University
"Primacy of Corporeality in the Transmission of Japanese Traditional Music: Repetition and Indifference"
TAKANORI FUJITA, Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music,
Kyoto City University of Arts
Moderator: Richard Wolf, Professor of Music Ethnomusicology, Harvard University
Presentation sponsored by the Harvard University Department of Music, The Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar on Music, Sensory Ecologies and the Body, and the Reischauer Institute
March 3 (Saturday), Time TBA
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St.
Harvard/Ritsumeikan Digital Humanities Conference
Presented by the Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures (DH-JAC), Ritsumeikan University; JSPS International Training Program; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis; and Reischauer Institute
March 6 (Tuesday), 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St.
"Enterprise Resilience: Turning Large Scale Disruptions into Competitive Advantage"
YOSSI SHEFFI, Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems, and Director, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Moderator: Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Lee Folger Fund Professor of History, and Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University
Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Special Series on Post-Disaster Japan presentation co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute
March 9 (Friday), 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St.
"Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 Disasters"
ANDREW GORDON, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, and Director, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University
Moderator: Theodore C. Bestor, Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology and Japanese Studies, and Chair, Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University
Reischauer Institute Japan Forum Special Series on Post-Disaster Japan presentation co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
March 20 (Tuesday), 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St. "Origins of Japan’s Electric Power and the Fukushima Disaster: A Historical Perspective"
TAKEO KIKKAWA, Professor of Japanese Business History, Hitotsubashi University
Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Special Series on Post-Disaster Japan presentation co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute
March 23 (Friday), 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Porte Room (S250), CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St.
"Law and Techne: The Stenographic Typewriter and Postwar Legal Reform in Japan"
MIYAKO INOUE, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University
Moderator: Theodore C. Bestor, Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology and Japanese Studies, and Chair, Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University
Reischauer Institute Japan Forum presentation
March 30 (Friday), 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Porte Room (S250), CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St.
"The Transition to School: Social Class and Academic Socialization in Japan"
YOKO YAMAMOTO, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education, Brown University
Moderator: Mary C. Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, and Chair, Dept. of Sociology, Harvard University
Reischauer Institute Japan Forum presentation
April 6 (Friday), 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Kang Room (S050), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St.
"Emperor, Empire, and Race in Kobayashi Yoshinori’s Manga World"
TAKASHI FUJITANI, Dr. David Chu Professor and Director in Asia Pacific Studies and Professor of History, University of Toronto
Moderator: Ian Jared Miller, Associate Professor of History, Harvard University
Reischauer Institute Japan Forum presentation
April 9 (Monday), 7:00 p.m.
Boston Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave.
Kitanodai Gagaku Ensemble performance
Kitanodai Gagaku Ensemble performance with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute
April 20 (Friday), 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Porte Room (S250), CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St.
"The Economics of Prayer in Tokugawa Japan"
JANINE SAWADA, Professor of East Asian Studies and Religious Studies, Brown University
Moderator: Helen Hardacre, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religion and Society, Harvard University
Reischauer Institute Japan Forum presentation
April 24 (Tuesday), 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Porte Room (S250), CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St.
"Taisho University and Buddhist Studies"
EIKI HOSHINO, Professor of Buddhism, Taisho University
Moderator: Helen Hardacre, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religion and Society, Harvard University
Reischauer Institute presentation
April 25 (Wednesday), 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Porte Room (S250), CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St.
Title TBA
JOSHUA FOGEL, Professor of History, York University
Moderator: Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, and Director, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Reischauer Institute Japan Forum presentation
May 1 (Tuesday), 7:30 p.m.
Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St.
Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo chamber orchestra concert
Nippon Steel Arts Foundation performance co-sponsored by the Japan Society of Boston and the Reischauer Institute
current: 2.5.12
