{"id":1406,"date":"2024-01-17T08:50:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T16:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/?page_id=1406"},"modified":"2024-01-18T08:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T16:52:21","slug":"spring-2012-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/spring-2012-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2012 Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n Beyond “Closed to Open”: Reconceptualizing Japan’s Foreign Relations from the Seventeenth Century to Today<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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January 12, 2012<\/b>
\n5:00 PM to 7:00 PM<\/p>\n

Lecture by Robert Hellyer, Associate Professor of History, Wake Forest University (Ph.D. Stanford). Professor Hellyer grew up outside of Seattle, Washington. He served on the faculty of the University of Tokyo, taught at Allegheny College, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Reischauer Institute of…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Gender, Sex, and Pollution in Buddhist Discourse<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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February 4, 2012<\/b>
\n10:00 AM to 5:00 PM<\/p>\n

MORNING WORKSHOP “Sorrowful Coverings of Tainted Karma: Towards a History of Female Impurity in Early and Middle Period Indian Buddhism” By\u00a0Amy Langenberg\u00a0(Religious Studies, Auburn University) “The Debtors’ Prison – The Daoist Construction of the Blood Lake Hell …<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Japan’s Declining Population: Clearly a Problem, But What’s the Solution?<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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February 23, 2012<\/b>
\n12:30 PM to 2:00 PM<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY Leonard Schoppa is Professor and Associate Chair of the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. Schoppa’s research examines the politics and foreign relations of Japan. He is currently working on two projects, an edited volume titled The Evolution of Jap…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Future of Global\/Hybrid\/Japan: A Reading and Conversation with Pico Iyer<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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February 23, 2012<\/b>
\n7:00 PM to 8:30 PM<\/p>\n

Duncan Williams\u00a0is co-director of the Center for Japanese Religions and Culture and director and associate professor in the School of Religion. Pico Iyer\u00a0was born in Oxford, England, to parents from India, grew up between England and California, and currently lives in Japan. He won a Ki…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Voices of Mono-ha Artists: Contemporary Art in Japan, Circa 1970<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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February 24, 2012<\/b>
\n1:30 PM to 3:30 PM<\/p>\n

This event is presented by the USC Center for Japanese Religions and Culture in association with PoNJA-GenKon (a scholarly listserv for postwar Japanese art), and organized in conjunction with the show \u201cRequiem for the Sun: The Art of Mono-ha,\u201d taking place February 24 to April 15 at Blu…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n The Great Tohoku Earthquake, One Year Later: A Discussion About Japan’s Path To Recovery Based On Volunteer Experience<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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March 1, 2012<\/b>
\n12:30 PM to 2:00 PM<\/p>\n

Presentation by Scott Wilbur, Ph.D. Student (Politics and International Relations), USC School of International Relations \u00a0 BIOGRAPHY Scott Wilbur is a first-year student and Provost Fellow in USC’s Political Science and International Relations Ph.D. program. Prior to USC, Scott co…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in Japan<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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March 1, 2012<\/b>
\n5:00 PM to 7:00 PM<\/p>\n

Lecture by Brett Walker, Regent\u2019s Professor, Montana State University (Ph.D. Univ. of Oregon) \u00a0 BIOGRAPHY Brett L. Walker is Regents Professor at Montana State University, Bozeman, and Research Specialist and Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.\u00a0 H…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Cosmopolitanism and Social Discourse in Premodern Japan<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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March 8, 2012<\/b>
\n5:00 PM to 7:00 PM<\/p>\n

Public Lecture Perceptions of\u00a0Kegare\u00a0in Premodern Japan By\u00a0Masao Kawashima\u00a0Professor Emeritus, Ritsumeikan University \u00a0 Contact Phone:\u00a0(213) 821-4365 Contact Email:\u00a0kanay@dornsife.usc.edu \u00a0 …<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Cosmopolitanism and Social Discourse in Premodern Japan<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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March 9, 2012<\/b>
\n10:00 AM to 1:00 PM<\/p>\n

International Awareness and Exoticized Worlds in Maps from the Late Edo Period Workshop & Luncheon “International Awareness and Exoticized Worlds in Maps from the Late Edo Period” By\u00a0Ikuyo Matsumoto\u00a0(Associate Professor, Yokohama City University) \u00a0 Contact…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Which “Zen” Rallied Around the Emperor?<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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March 29, 2012<\/b>
\n4:30 PM to 6:30 PM<\/p>\n

A Window on Issues in the Study of Japanese Religions and Culture A lecture by Christopher Ives of Stonehill College, author of\u00a0Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen\u2019s Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics. \u00a0 Ives is chair of the Department of Religious Studies a…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Abraxas<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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April 27, 2012<\/b>
\n8:00 PM to 10:00 PM<\/p>\n

This 2010 film by director Naoki Kato centers on Jonen, who was a punk-rock musician in his youth, but is now a Buddhist monk with a wife and five-year-old son. \u00a0 During his career-day speech at a local high school, Jonen has a public breakdown that leads to a deep depression. He realizes…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Religion in the Public Sphere: Japan and the World<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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April 28, 2012<\/b>
\n10:30 AM to 5:00 PM<\/p>\n

Center for Japanese Religions and Culture Inauguration Symposium. Leading Japanese and American academic theorists consider the role of religion. \u00a0 Many theorists of religion in the early half of the 20th century imagined that the process of secularization would result in the eventual …<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Takagi Kenmyo and Buddhist Socialism: A Meiji Misfit and Martyr<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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May 1, 2012<\/b>
\n3:00 PM to 5:00 PM<\/p>\n

Lecture by Paul Swanson, permanent fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture at Nanzan University and editor of the\u00a0Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. \u00a0 Takagi Kenmyo (1864\u20131914) was a Shinshu Otani branch Pure Land Buddhist priest who was arrested by the Japa…<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Reassessing the Shoen System: Society and Economy in Medieval Japan<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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June 6, 2012<\/b>
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