Transnational Japanese Diaspora: Preserving the Brazilian Nikkei Literary and Cultural Heritage

Transnational Japanese Diaspora: Preserving the Brazilian Nikkei Literary and Cultural Heritage

Organizer
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Venue
Online
Funded by
National Endowment for the Humanities grant no. HC-279973-21.
ZIP
94305
Location
Stanford
Country
United States
From - Until
05.11.2021 - 05.11.2021
By
Connections Redaktion, Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics, Universität Leipzig

This virtual international symposium is designed to introduce the latest research on Japanese Brazilian literature in both Japanese and Portuguese languages, in conjunction with the recently digitized Burajiru Jiho newspaper.

Transnational Japanese Diaspora: Preserving the Brazilian Nikkei Literary and Cultural Heritage

This virtual international symposium is designed to introduce the latest research on Japanese Brazilian literature in both Japanese and Portuguese languages, in conjunction with the recently digitized Burajiru Jiho newspaper, held at The Historical Museum of Japanese Immigration in Brazil in São Paulo and now available on the Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection.

November 5, 2021
9:00am-12:45pm (PST) 2:00pm-5:45pm (BRT)

This virtual symposium is free and open to the public. Register here: https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3fF9-8YmQUGavtoaSE5emg

For any inquiries, please email: ojishinbun_support@stanford.edu.

The presentations are primarily in English, although we accept questions in English, Portuguese, and Japanese.

This symposium is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities grant no. HC-279973-21.

Programm

Introduction: 9:00 am – 9:10 am PST (2:00 pm – 2:10 pm BRT)
Seth Jacobowitz, Interim Resident Director, Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies

Digitization of Nikkei Newspaper Updates: 9:10 am – 9:15 am PST (2:10 pm – 2:15 pm BRT)
Lidia Reiko Yamashita, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Historical Museum of Japanese Immigration in Brazil
Kay Ueda, Curator of the Japanese Diaspora Collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Panel 1

Presenter 1: 9:15 am – 9:35 am PST (2:15 pm – 2:35 pm BRT)
Koroniago: A less prestigious Japanese language or a language of Japanese-Brazilian identity or a dialect of memory preservation?
Leiko Matsubara Morales, Professor of Japanese, University of São Paulo

Presenter 2: 9:35 am – 9:55 am PST (2:35 pm – 2:55 pm BRT)
The Postwar Afterlife of Livraria Yendo
Ted Mack, Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Literature, University of Washington

Q & A: 9:55 am – 10:05 am PST (2:55 pm – 3:05 pm BRT)

Panel 2

Presenter 3: 10: 05 am- 10: 25 am PST (3:05 pm – 3:25 pm BRT)
Fujin Ran (Column for Ladies) in the Burajiru Jihô Newspaper: Bilateral Social Influence (1917-1924)
Monika Okamoto, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, Federal University of Paraná

Presenter 4: 10:25 am – 10:45 am PST (3:25 pm – 3:45 pm BRT)
From Nihonjinron to Mimicry in Ryoki Inoue’s Saga
Ignacio López-Calvo, Presidential Endowed Chair and Professor of Latin American Literature, UC Merced

Presenter 5: 10:45 am – 11:05 am PST (3:45 pm – 4:05 pm BRT)
The Nikkeijin Literary Identity Transformation in Brazil: An Analysis of Portuguese Language Publications in Japanese-Brazilian Newspapers and Literary Magazines
Clara Fachini Zanirato, Assistant Professor of Portuguese, USMA West Point

Q & A: 11:05 am – 11: 20 am PST (4:05 pm – 4:20 pm BRT)

Break: 11: 20 am – 11:25 am PST (4:20 pm – 4:25 pm BRT)

Panel 3

Presenter 6: 11:25 am – 11: 45 am PST (4:25 pm – 4:45 pm BRT)
Transnationality in Nikkei Women's Arts in Brazil
Michiko Okano, Professor in the History of Asian Art at the Federal
University of São Paulo (UNIFESP)

Presenter 7: 11:45 am – 12: 05 pm PST (4:45 pm – 5:05 pm BRT)
Japanese Dances in Brazil: From Traditional Imagination to Pop Experiences
Christine Greiner, Director of the Center of Oriental Studies, Pontifical Catholic U. of São Paulo

Q & A: 12: 05 pm – 12: 15pm PST (5:05 pm – 5:15 pm BRT)

Discussion: 12: 15 pm – 12:30 pm PST (5:15 pm – 5:30 pm BRT)

Concluding Remarks: 12:30 pm – 12:45 pm PST (5:30 pm – 5:45 pm BRT)
Eiichiro Azuma, Professor of History and Asian American Studies, University of Pennsylvania and Hoover Visiting Fellow

Contact (announcement)

Kay Ueda
Curator of the Japanese Diaspora Collection
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Stanford University
hojishinbun_support@stanford.edu

https://sites.google.com/stanford.edu/japanesediaspora/symposium
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Published on
29.10.2021
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English, Japanese, Portuguese
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