Schedule
Friday, February 24
9:00 AM Opening Remarks
Prof. Dana Buntrock, CJS Chair
Dr. Toru Tamiya, JSPS Director
9:15 AM-10:45 AM Session 1
Cross-Cultural Exchanges: Study Abroad and Its Impact
Dr. Shingo Ashizawa, Toyo University
Dr. Peter McCagg, Akita International University
Moderated by: Dr. Keiko Yamanaka
10:45 AM-11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM-12:30 PM Session 2
Language Education and Where It Leads
Dr. Mayumi Usami, National Inst. For Japanese Language & Linguistics
Dr. Dustin Wright, UC Santa Cruz
Discussant: Dr. Alan Tansman
Moderated by: Dr. Yoko Hasegawa
12:30 PM-1:45 PM Break
1:45 PM–3:15 PM Session 3
Are Science, Technology, Engineering and Math a Part of Area Studies or Above it?
Dr. Masayo Fujimoto, Doshisha University
Dr. Robert Cole, UC Berkeley
Moderated by: Prof. Dana Buntrock
3:15 PM-3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM Session 4
Media Gateways, Transnational Frames
Dr. Shunya Yoshimi, Tokyo University
Dr. Christine Yano, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Moderated by: Dr. Miryam Sas
5:00 PM-6:00PM Reception
Prof. Dana Buntrock, CJS Chair
Dr. Toru Tamiya, JSPS Director
9:15 AM-10:45 AM Session 1
Cross-Cultural Exchanges: Study Abroad and Its Impact
Dr. Shingo Ashizawa, Toyo University
Dr. Peter McCagg, Akita International University
Moderated by: Dr. Keiko Yamanaka
10:45 AM-11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM-12:30 PM Session 2
Language Education and Where It Leads
Dr. Mayumi Usami, National Inst. For Japanese Language & Linguistics
Dr. Dustin Wright, UC Santa Cruz
Discussant: Dr. Alan Tansman
Moderated by: Dr. Yoko Hasegawa
12:30 PM-1:45 PM Break
1:45 PM–3:15 PM Session 3
Are Science, Technology, Engineering and Math a Part of Area Studies or Above it?
Dr. Masayo Fujimoto, Doshisha University
Dr. Robert Cole, UC Berkeley
Moderated by: Prof. Dana Buntrock
3:15 PM-3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM Session 4
Media Gateways, Transnational Frames
Dr. Shunya Yoshimi, Tokyo University
Dr. Christine Yano, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Moderated by: Dr. Miryam Sas
5:00 PM-6:00PM Reception
Saturday, February 25
10:00 AM-12:00 PM Session 4
Area Studies Under Threat: How Will Japan be Taught in the Years Ahead?
Dr. Miriam Kingsberg, University of Colorado
Dr. David Spafford, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Yuma Totani, University of Hawaii
Ms. Andrea Horbinski (UCB)
Mr. James Stone Lunde (UCB)
Mr. Shoufu Yin (UCB)
Moderated by: Dr. Mary Elizabeth Berry
12:00 PM-1:30 PM Break
1:30 PM-2:30 PM Keynote
Japanese Studies in the Age of Globalization
Dr. Pat Steinhoff, University of Hawaii
How will Japanese Studies fare in the 21st century? This conference has addressed a number of critical questions about how Berkeley’s Japanese Studies faculty and their Japanese counterparts can deal with the changes they observe. The keynote address at the end of the conference will take a broader look at Japanese Studies in global context. Japanese Studies has been the most studied and
well-documented area studies field in the United States, thanks to the generosity of the Japan Foundation and the cooperation of scholars and staff in Japanese Studies programs. Having traced the domestic growth and change in Japanese Studies, what can the trends revealed in these studies now tell us about its future? Our studies have documented that Japanese Studies as a field of study and an academic community is already thoroughly globalized. The presentation will explore some implications of this globalization for our research, our teaching, and our networks of interaction.
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Discussion
Moderator: Prof. Dana Buntrock
3:00 PM Closing remarks
Prof. Dana Buntrock
Area Studies Under Threat: How Will Japan be Taught in the Years Ahead?
Dr. Miriam Kingsberg, University of Colorado
Dr. David Spafford, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Yuma Totani, University of Hawaii
Ms. Andrea Horbinski (UCB)
Mr. James Stone Lunde (UCB)
Mr. Shoufu Yin (UCB)
Moderated by: Dr. Mary Elizabeth Berry
12:00 PM-1:30 PM Break
1:30 PM-2:30 PM Keynote
Japanese Studies in the Age of Globalization
Dr. Pat Steinhoff, University of Hawaii
How will Japanese Studies fare in the 21st century? This conference has addressed a number of critical questions about how Berkeley’s Japanese Studies faculty and their Japanese counterparts can deal with the changes they observe. The keynote address at the end of the conference will take a broader look at Japanese Studies in global context. Japanese Studies has been the most studied and
well-documented area studies field in the United States, thanks to the generosity of the Japan Foundation and the cooperation of scholars and staff in Japanese Studies programs. Having traced the domestic growth and change in Japanese Studies, what can the trends revealed in these studies now tell us about its future? Our studies have documented that Japanese Studies as a field of study and an academic community is already thoroughly globalized. The presentation will explore some implications of this globalization for our research, our teaching, and our networks of interaction.
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Discussion
Moderator: Prof. Dana Buntrock
3:00 PM Closing remarks
Prof. Dana Buntrock