Co-organiser:
Sydney
Major Sponsor:
Office of the Vice Chancellor
The Centre for Asian Studies
Professional and Continuing Education
Other Sponsors:
Adelaide City Council

Japanese Studies Association of Australia

Conference
3-6 July 2005

Hosted by the Centre for Asian Studies

University of Adelaide

Japan - Negotiating the 21st Century

The Japanese Studies Association of Australia Conference 2005 will be held at The University of Adelaide from 3-6 July.

The conference will bring together scholars from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and around the world to share the latest research in the fields of Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education.

The theme for the conference, Japan - Negotiating the 21st Century, invites us to consider the challenges facing Japan, how it has faced them and will face them into the future.

Please follow the links at the left of the page to find information about the conference program, streams, facilities, postgraduate award, registration details and other important information.

The latest news about JSAA 2005 and additions to the web site will be made available on the Latest Updates page.

Click here for the Conference teaser brochure (requires Acrobat Reader).

Conference Highlights

Keynote and Plenary Speakers:

• Dr Mamoru Mohri (JAXA Astronaut, Executive Director of the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Japan)
• Professor Helen Hardacre (Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Harvard University)
• Professor Kumiko Torikai (Professor of Interpreting/Translation Studies & TESOL, Rikkyo University)
• Professor Leslie Hannah (Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)

Roundtables:

• Japan's Vision of an East Asian Community: Responses from Asia
• The State of Japanese Studies in Asia

Special Film Presentations:

• Tatsuya Mori, Japanese documentary film-maker
• "Pachinko" - Ariel Heryanto

Workshops:

• JSAA 2005 Postgraduate Workshop
• Applying for Australian Research Council (ARC) grants and Other Grant Opportunities

Panels and Papers:

A wide variety of interesting and provocative panels and papers covering the breadth and depth of contemporary Japanese Studies.

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Organising Committee

Prof Purnendra Jain (Convenor) - purnendra.jain@adelaide.edu.au
Dr Shoko Yoneyama - shoko.yoneyama@adelaide.edu.au
Assoc Prof Kimi Coaldrake - kimi.coaldrake@adelaide.edu.au
Dr David Palmer - david.palmer@flinders.edu.au

Advisory Committee

Mr Mike Dunphy, President, Japan-Australia Friendship Association
Mr Adam Wynn, Honorary Consul General of Japan, South Australia

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Important Dates

Enquiries

Any enquiries about JSAA 2005 should be directed to the conference secretariat:

JSAA 2005 Secretariat
Centre for Asian Studies
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA

Telephone: +61 8 8303 5791
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 4388
Email: jsaa2005@adelaide.edu.au

JSAA 2005 web site created and maintained by Glen Stafford

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