Seminars

Modern East Asia: Japan

  • Founded
    1960
  • Seminar Number
    445

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.

Seminar Website

Chair
Sarah Kovner
sck25@columbia.edu

Rapporteur
Zhanying Wang
zw2855@columbia.edu

Meeting Schedule

10/05/2023 918 International Affairs Building, Columbia University
6:30 PM
Female Spirit Mediums Act Out: Performance, Mediality, and Spiritual Power in Early-Twentieth Century Okinawa
H. Yumi Kim, Johns Hopkins University

Discussant: Kirsten Ziomek , Adelphi University



11/09/2023 918 International Affairs Building, Columbia University
6:30 PM
Biological Subject-Making in the Quest for a Longer Life: Kidney Transplantation in Japan
Amy Borovoy , Princeton University

Respondent: Lesley Sharp, Barnard College



12/06/2023 918 International Affairs Building, Columbia University
6:30 PM
Why is it still there?: A case of Kabukicho, Tokyo
Toru Takeoka, Ritsumeikan University

Respondent: Sarah Kovner, Columbia University