JAPANPREMODERN,MODERN

ANDCONTEMPORARY
13September2016

Venue:DimitrieCantemirChristianUniversity
SplaiulUnirii176,Bucharest,Romania

ConferenceProgram

September1,Day1

9:0012:00 Preconferenceworkshopsforstudents

AnthropologyWorkshop
(RoomA)
StereotypesandCulturalModelsin
ContemporaryJapan

CarmenSpunaruTma
(KobeUniversity)
AdrianOvidiuTma
(OsakaElectroCommunicationUniversity)

TranslationWorkshop
(RoomB)
TranslationasLanguagePractice,Literary
Interpretation,and/orCreativeWriting

IrinaHolca
(KyotoUniversity)
RomanPaca
(KandaUniversityofInternationalStudies)

(12:0013:00 lunch)

13:0013:15 Openingremarks(Auditorium)

13:1514:05 SpecialLecture:

UrbanPoliciesinJapan
H.E.KisaburoIshii
AmbassadorofJapantoRomania
(Chair:MagdalenaCiubncan)

(15coffeebreak)

14:2015:20 Keynotelecture:

TheAdvantagesofAnthropologyforStudyinJapan
JoyHendry
ProfessorEmerita,OxfordBrookesUniversity
(Chair:CarmenSpunaruTma)

(10break)

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15:3017:00 Parallelsessions
Session1,RoomA
Genderroles

(20+10)x3

Session2,RoomB
Travelingtexts

(20+10)x3

YuheiYambe
(OtemaeUniversity)

GeishaGirlsStrike:
AnOverlookedAspectoftheWomensLabor
MovementinModernJapan

RomanPaca
(KandaUniversityofInternationalStudies)

PhilosophyBecomesFiction,andViceVersa:
WhenRealJapanMeetstheRealWestin
LiteraryNarratives

IrinaRoibu
(HankukUniversityofForeignStudies,Seoul)
PaulaAlexandraRoibu
(AlexandruIoanCuzaUniversity,Iai)

IsWomenEmpowermentaSolutionfor
JapansEconomicalRevival?(Skype)

ReijiKohashi
(OsakaUniversity)

HowareLiteraryWorksAdaptedintoComic
BooksinJapan?TheCaseofTheJuvenile
Captain(1958),byFujikoF.Fujio

HollyJin
(Independentscholar)

PostwarJapaneseGenderExpectations
intheWorkplaceandtheirEffects
onParenthoodandFamily

ChikakoMasuda
(KansaiUniversity)

(15break)

17:1518:15 Parallelsessions
Session3,RoomA
Organizingspace

(20+10)x2

Session4,RoomB
Travelingcultures

(20+10)x2

ToshiyaEchizen
(DshishaUniversity)

TheTransfigurationoftheCenterof
HiroshimaPeaceMemorialPark
from1949to1964

MariyaAidaNiendorf
(DalarnaUniversity)

Migration,Transformation,andthe
HomecomingofaCulture:TangoinFinland
andJapanasanExample

OanaLoredanaScoru
(KyotoUniversity)

TheNaturalandtheManmadeinthe
KaiyshikiGarden

StephenM.Forrest
(UniversityofMassachusetts)

TheUsesandTravelsofan
OsakaPainters'Manual

19:00 ConferenceDinner
2

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September2,Day2

10:0011:00 Parallelsessions
Session5,RoomA
Anthropology

(20+10)x2

Session6,RoomB
PopCulture

(20+10)x2

CarmenSpunaruTma
(KobeUniversity)
AlexandraMustea
(TyUniversity)

ThePerformedSelf:DragQueensfromthe
OsakaStage

AnnamariaFarkas
(AVAAssociation,BaiaMare)

Anime:AStrongIntrinsicMotivation

AdrianOvidiuTma
(OsakaElectroCommunicationUniversity)

HairandMasculinity:
AHistoricalPerspectiveon
MaleHairAestheticsinJapan

MariaGrjdian
(NagasakiUniversity)

GiacomoPuccini,YkoKannoandthePower
ofSincerity.OrientalismRevisitedinthe
AnimeMovieMagneticRose

(10break)

11:1012:00 Guestlecture:

ContainingChina
ErinBrightwell(UniversityofMichigan)
(Chair:IrinaHolca)

(12:0013:30 lunch)

13:3014:20Guestlecture:

Language,LogicandCommonsense(ortheLackThereof):
withSomeJapaneseExamplesinaContrastivePerspective
EmmaMorita(KindaiUniversity)
(Chair:RomanPaca)

(10break)

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14:3016:00 Parallelsessions

Session7,RoomA
SpiritsandSpirituality

(20+10)x3

Session8,RoomB
ConstructingJapaneseModernity

(20+10)x3

AndreadeAntoni
(RitsumeikanUniversity)

SpiritsintheMaterialWorld:
BodilyPerceptionsandPossessingEntitiesin
ContemporaryTokushimaPrefecture

HerbertJonsson
(DalarnaUniversity,Sweden)

IsSketchinganAlienInfluence
inJapaneseHaiku?

AdrianBercea
(KansaiUniversity)

TheRoleoftheCharactersinthe
NightontheGalacticRailroad:
AnAttemptatInterpretation
fromthePointofViewofShamanism

AndreeaBarbu
(UniversityofBucharest)

TransferandTransformationofSecularity
inModernJapan

EvelynAdriennTth
(KroliGsprUniversityofthe
ReformedChurch,Budapest)

AinuBeliefSystem:TheMainAnimalGods
andtheRitualsRelatedtoThem(Skype)

YuliaBurenina
(DhUniversity)

MakinguseofEvolutionaryTheory
inModernJapan:FocusonBuddhists

(15coffeebreak)

16:1517:45Parallelsessions

Session9,RoomA
AncientandModernHealth&Medicine

(20+10)x3

Session10,RoomB
LanguageandLinguistics

(20+10)x3

AkikoSato
(OsakaUniversity)

QualityControlofPublicHealth
inOccupiedJapan(19451952)

JliaSomodi
(KroliGsprUniversityofthe
ReformedChurch,Budapest)

TranslationofJapaneseFoodrelated
ExpressionsinLiteraryTexts

TomokoTanuma
(Independentscholar)

FormationofAncientMedicineJapanese
AcupunctureandMoxibustion

TomoMorita
(Independentscholar)

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SachikoMaki
(Independentscholar)

AConsiderationonLiteratures:theOld
Testament,CendrillonandHanasakaJijii:
fromaViewofaJapaneseNationalTreasure,
Ishinh

MagdalenaCiubncan
(DimitrieCantemirChristianUniversity)

NosyaboutNoses.
AContrastivePerspectiveonLinguistic
ExpressionsRegardingtheNoseinJapanese,
EnglishandRomanian

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September3,Day3

10:0011:30 Parallelsessions

Session11,RoomA
JapanintheWorld

(20+10)x3

Session12,RoomB
LanguageandLinguistics

(20+10)x3

AyakoSuzuki
(SOAS,London)

TheEnactmentofaJapaneseEthnicIdentity
amongstTemporaryMigrantsinDublin

AndreeaSion
(HyperionUniversity)

AnAnalysisofJapaneseEasyNews

DanielCoriu
(Independentscholar)

IdentitaryandSpiritualChallengesforthe
Mixedfamily(RomanianJapanese)inthe
PostmodernSocietyofJapan

RyoheiNaya
(TsukubaUniversity)

AnInnovativeUseofKudasaiinSocial
NetworkingServices

AngelaDrgan
(DimitrieCantemirChristianUniversity)

Japan'sImageinRomanianNewspapersatthe
Turnofthe20thCentury(Part2)

KeitaIkarashi
(UniversityofAizu)

EnglishPrepositionsandJapanese
WordFormation

11:3012:00 Posterpresentations(Day1workshopprojects)

12:0012:15 Closingremarks(Auditorium)