Connections Redaktion, Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics, Universität Leipzig
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