Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA) 2021 Conference
Proudly hosted by The University of Queensland and supported by the Japan Foundation
Hosted ONLINE 29th September to 1st October, 2021
Postgraduate Workshop is held online 28th September see website for details
Simple Conference Programme
Note all times are given in AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time)= Session includes simultaneous interpreting

Day One - Wednesday 29th September
9:30-10:00

Opening Ceremony and Remarks● Associate Professor David Chapman, Conference Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country● Professor Heather Zwicker, Executive Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences● Professor Greg Hainge, Head of School of Languages and Cultures● Mr Keiji Shono, Director of the Japan Foundation, Sydney Office

10:00-10:30
10:30-11:30

Morning BreakKeynote:Professor Keijiro Suga
“Standing at the Edge of Water”

11:30-12:30
12:30-14:00

Lunch
Session 1: Concurrent Panels
Stream 1.1
ものがたりの国境を越えるモビリティと持続可能性――ヨーロッパから日本へ

Stream 2.1
Authentic Places andSpaces: Japanese L2
sociolinguistic learning

14:00-14:30
14:30-16:00

Stream 4.1
Women in Japan's
Man-made World ofWork

Stream 5.1
Disaster Artists: Softpower and Japanese
responses to tragedy

Break
Session 2: Concurrent Panels
Stream 1.2
Border-Crossing
Literature: Reading
multifaceted Japan andAustralia

16:00-17:00
17:00-18:30

Stream 3.1
The Shadow of Japanese
Law: How sports elites
and the marginalisedpoor skirt the law

Stream 2.2
オーストラリアの日本と繋がる子どもたちのことば、「繋生語（ケイショウゴ）」Stream 3.2
Japan, Anti-Communism,and the Aftermath ofEmpire

Stream 4.2
Trajectory of an
Ultranationalist Woman,
Yamada Waka

BreakSpecial Event: ANU Hosted Roundtable
Advocating language - Global Citizenship and the Importance of Multilingual Skills

Stream 5.2
災害をめぐる日本SFの想像力

Day Two - Thursday 30th September9:00-10:00

Keynote:Professor Julia Thomas“Climate Change v. the Anthropocene: Framing the difference for Japan”

10:00-10:30
10:30-12:00

BreakSession 3: Concurrent Panels
Stream 1.3
持続可能性に向けた震災後文学の想像力：生命の危機／教育の危機

12:00-13:00
13:00-14:30

Stream 3.3
Accessibility in Japan:
Current and future
directions in educationand news media

Stream 4.3
Singles and Intimate
Practices in COVID times:
Perspectives from an
original survey

Stream 5.3
Parasites, Zombies andDemon Slaying:
Representations ofmonsters in Japanese
Popular Culture (in these
COVID times)

Lunch/JSAA AGM
Session 4: Concurrent Panels
Stream 1.4
Sustainable Artistic
Endeavour and Practice inJapanese Visual Cultures

14:30-15:00
15:00-16:00

Stream 2.3
マルチモダリティを取り入れた日本語教育実践の再考

Stream 2.4
コロナ禍の日本での日本語教育の現状と課題、今後の展望

Stream 3.4
New Insights into the
Allied Occupation ofJapan

Stream 4.4
Discourse of Life Stories
from a Life Course
Perspective: A
longitudinal panel studyof Kobe women
1989–2019

Stream 5.4
Subverting Hegemonies
Through Costume

BreakSpecial Event: Public Lecture
Introduction: Head of School Professor Greg Hainge
Honorary Professor Roger Pulvers“Australia and Japan: Where Do We Go from Here? Climate, geopolitics, and culture up to and after 2050”

Day Three - Friday 1st October
9:00-10:30

Session 5: Concurrent Panels
Stream 1.5
New Readings andWritings of Aged-Care
Literature (kaigo bungaku)

Stream 2.5

10:30-11:00
11:00-12:00

Stream 3.5
Resistance and Change inJapanese Identity

Stream 4.5
Everyday Multiculturalism
in Japan and Australia:
Intersections ofnationality, ethnicity andidentity

Stream 5.5

Break
Keynote:Professor Yo Usami“Systemising Attitude Constructs and Examining their Trainability in Language Education”

12:00-13:00
13:00-14:30

Lunch
Session 6: Concurrent Panels
Stream 1.6
Digital Dilemmas:
Sustaining education andresearch on Japan during
the COVID-19 pandemic

Stream 2.6
Towards Sustainable
Practices: Diversity andinclusion of SOGIESC inJapanese Language
Education/JapaneseStudies

14:30-15:00
15:00-16:30

Stream 4.6
Roundtable: Possibilities
and Issues of Japan
Studies in English

Stream 5.6
Fresh Perspectives from
New Voices in JapaneseStudies: Kawaii fashion,
literature and Japan in atransregional context

BreakSession 7: Concurrent Panels
Stream 1.7
オーストラリアにおける日本語をめぐる言語政策と実践

16:30-17:00

Stream 3.6
Japanese Law andMethodological Diversity

Stream 2.7
Imagining the Future ofJapanese Language
Teaching in a Rapidly
Changing World

Stream 3.7
Transformative Mobilities:
10 years since 3.11

BreakStream 4.7

Stream 5.7
Roundtable: Maidens Sans
Frontiers: Japanese girlculture in Australia

17:00-18:30

Closing Ceremony
Associate Professor David Chapman

Special Event: Workshop
Honorary Professor Roger Pulvers: “The Subculture of the Japanese Language”