Japan Studies Association announces Faculty Development Workshop
The JSA Wichita Workshop is supported by the Japan Foundation's Center for Global Partnership, with additional support by the University of Kansas Center for East Asia Studies and WSU.
As part of a Japan Foundation call to expand "U.S. - Japan Educational Outreach," JSA is planning enhanced annual conferences and workshops in Nashville and Philadelphia, and workshops and study tours in Japan (Kyoto in 2014, Hiroshima in 2015).
The Wichita Workshop recognizes Japan's role as the world's third largest economy and success as a vibrant, stable and democratic society, despite the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.
The friendship between the United States and Japan after the horrors of World War II has little historical parallel; however, tension with China and Korea remains high. To enhance teaching about Japan, we invite applications from those who teach business, economics, history, political science, sociology/ anthropology, literature, philosophy/religion, etc.; faculty from universities, liberal arts and community colleges are equally welcome.
Featured speakers:
William Tsutsui, dean, Southern Methodist University, will provide an overview of economics and U.S. - East Asian Relationships, and give a public lecture on the reflection of these issues in popular culture.
Megan Greene, director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, will give historical perspectives on current Japanese-Chinese relations and provide information of CEAS outreach opportunities.
Akiko Takeyama, anthropology and women's studies, University of Kansas, will discuss "Gender roles, Commercialization, and Japanese 21st Century Identity."
Van C. Gessel, prominent translator of modern Japanese literature and past dean at Brigham Young University, will talk about the themes of the workshop reflected in contemporary Japanese literature.
Nancy Stalker, associate professor, East Asian Studies, University of Texas-Austin, will discuss "Religion, Culture and Post War Japanese identity," and how arts such as ikebana changed American perception of Japan.
For applications and registration information, please see the JSA website at http://www.japanstudies.org and look under "Events."
For questions about the conference, contact Bob Feleppa of the Philosophy Department, 978-3125 or robert.feleppa@wichita.edu.