Seminars

Modern East Asia: Japan

Year Founded 1960

Seminar # 445

StatusActive

The Modern Japan Seminar is concerned with the history, politics, society, and culture of Japan from the late nineteenth century to the present. It emphasizes interdisciplinary dialogue among historians, anthropologists, sociologists, literary critics and other scholars from the New York area institutions. The seminar meets regularly to discuss a paper from a work in progress by a member or invited speaker. Pre-circulation of papers and discussant comments encourage in-depth discussion and debate.

Chair/s

Sarah Kovner

sck25@columbia.edu

Rapporteur/s

Samantha Laurel Ward

slw2189@columbia.edu

External Website

Modern East Asia: Japan

Meeting Schedule

Scheduled

11
Dec

December 11, 20246:30 pm - 8:30 pm

International Affairs Building

Room 918

Columbia University

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Speaker/s

Paul Kreitman, Columbia University

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12
Feb

February 12, 20256:30 pm - 8:30 pm

International Affairs Building

Room 918

Columbia University

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Darryl Flaherty, University of Delaware

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05
Mar

March 5, 20256:30 pm - 8:30 pm

International Affairs Building

Room 918

Columbia University

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Lori Watt, Washington University, St. Louis

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Past Meetings

Scheduled

09
Oct

October 9, 20246:30 pm - 8:30 pm

International Affairs Building

Room 918

Columbia University

In the Wake of the Junk: How Maritime Commerce and Taxation Shaped Japanese Expansion in Treaty-Port South China, 1895–1912

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James Gerien-Chen, University of Florida

Chuck Wooldridge, Lehman College, CUNY

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24
Apr

April 24, 20246:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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Codification and the Spread of the Industrial Revolution

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Speaker/s

David Weinstein, Columbia University

Respondent/s

Takatoshi Ito, Columbia University

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03
Apr

April 3, 20246:30 pm - 8:30 pm

International Affairs Building

Room 918

Columbia University

Training for Democracy: Railways and the Cultivation of a New Postwar Japan

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Speaker/s

Jessamyn Abel, Pennsylvania State University

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07
Mar

March 7, 20246:30 pm - 8:30 pm

International Affairs Building

Room 918

Columbia University

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Speaker/s

David Weinstein, Columbia University

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21
Feb

February 21, 20246:30 pm - 8:30 pm

International Affairs Building

Room 918

Columbia University

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Speaker/s

David Ambaras, North Carolina State University

Respondent/s

Seiji Shirane, The City College of New York

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24
Jan

January 24, 20246:30 pm - 8:30 pm

International Affairs Building

Room 918

Columbia University

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06
Dec

December 6, 20236:30 pm - 8:30 pm

International Affairs Building

Room 918

Columbia University

Why Is It Still There?: A Case of Kabukicho, Tokyo

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Speaker/s

Toru Takeoka, Ritsumeikan University

Respondent/s

Sarah Kovner, Columbia University

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09
Nov

November 9, 20236:30 pm - 8:30 pm

International Affairs Building

Room 918

Columbia University

Biological Subject-Making in the Quest for a Longer Life: Kidney Transplantation in Japan

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Speaker/s

Amy Borovoy, Princeton University

Respondent/s

Lesley Sharp, Barnard College

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05
Oct

October 5, 20236:30 pm - 8:30 pm

International Affairs Building

Room 918

Columbia University

Female Spirit Mediums Act Out: Performance, Mediality, and Spiritual Power in Early-Twentieth Century Okinawa

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Speaker/s

H. Yumi Kim, Johns Hopkins University

Discussant/s

Kirsten Ziomek, Adelphi University

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