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Paris, 4-7 July 2016

12th EAJS Workshop for Doctoral Students
at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France
4-7 July 2016

ParticipantsAdvisors- Senior advisors
Reiko Abe Auestad (University of Oslo)

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney (University of Wisconsin /Guilbourg Delamotte (INALCO)

Institut d’Études Avancées de Paris)

Eddy Dufourmont

Thomas Pellard (INALCO)(Bordeaux-Montaigne University)

Mary Picone (EHESS)

Masayo Fujimoto (Doshisha University)

Cécile Sakai (Paris Diderot University)

Hélène Le Bail (Science Po)

Daniel Struve (Paris Diderot University)

Sébastien Lechevalier (EHESS)

Bernard Thomann (INALCO)

Estelle Leggeri-Bauer (INALCO)- Junior advisors
Sophie Buhnik (Paris 1 University)

Naoko Hosokawa (CNRS)

Yannick Bardy (INALCO)

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Doctoral Students

Maria L. Bugno (University of Cambridge)

Thorsten Kerp (University of Bonn)

Heuishilja Chang (University of Oxford)

Ami Kobayashi (Humboldt-University Berlin)

Szymon Czerkawski (University of Bonn)

Kanako Kuramitsu(University of Birmingham)

Aura Di Febo (The University of Manchester)

Federico Manglavite (University of Oxford)

Julia Gerster( FU Berlin)

Nathalie Phillips (University of Edinburgh)

Elsa Gonay (University of Geneva)

Veronica De Pieri

Michael Grieser(Ca Foscari University of Venice / INALCO)(Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich)

Mina Qiao (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich)

Bruce Grover (University of Heidelberg)

Joey Soehardjojo (Warwick Business School)

Fynn Holm (University of Zurich)

Sarah Tanke (Science Po Paris)

Matthias Huber (Vienna University)

Shira Taube-Dayan (The University of Haifa)

Programme
DAY 1 Monday, 4 July 2016
17:00 – 21:00 Welcome Reception
17:00: Welcoming the students at the EHESS
18:00-19:00 Keynote speech: Why and How Did I Write Flowers that Kill?: Some Future
Directions of Japanese Studies in Academia and beyond by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
19:30-21:00: Cocktail

DAY 2 Tuesday, 5 July 2016
7:30 – 9:00

Breakfast (available at the hotel and the EHESS)

9:00 – 9:10

Welcome by Sébastien Lechevalier, President of the Fondation France Japon

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Note: Each session will start out with the presentations of the projects together.
Each presentation should not take more than 15 minutes. After the presentation,
the advisors will comment for about 10 minutes, followed by an open discussion.

9:10 –12:10

Session 1: Japan in its international context - 1Advisor

9:10 – 9:50

Fynn Holm (University of Zurich)

E. Ohnuki,“Nation building and Whaling in Northeast Japan”

N. Hosokawa

Ami Kobayashi (Humboldt University, Berlin)

E. Ohnuki,“Performing “Nation”-Political Rituals and Marching in German and

N. Hosokawa

9:50–10:30

Japanese Schools (1870-1945)- ”

10:30–11:10

Kanako Kuramitsu (University of Birmingham)

H. Le Bail,“Forgotten Voices of Children Born of War during the Sino-Japanese

S. Buhnik

War (1937-1945) and in the Immediate Post-war”
11:10–11:30

Coffee Break

11:30–12:50

Session 2: Japan in its international context - 2

11:30–12:10

Sarah Tanke (Sciences Po Paris)

G. Delamotte,“Decision-making processes in foreign policy: the case of Japan and

S. Lechevalier

Human Security”

12:10–12:50

Bruce Grover (University of Heidelberg Institute of Japanese

E. Dufourmont,Studies)

B. Thomann“Reconcceptions of the Social Order in Interwar Japan: Religiosity,
Pan-Asianism and EconomicEthics”
12:50–14:00

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14:00–15:20

Session 3: Japan in its international context - 3

14:00–14:40

Joey Soehardjojo (Warwick Business School)

S. Lechevalier,“The Impact of Country of Origin and Domicile Effects on HR Policies

S. Buhnik

and practices of MNCs in an Emerging Market Economy Setting: The
Case of Japanese MNCs in Indonesia”

14:40–15:20

Matthias Huber (University ofVienna)“Job satisfaction in context: On the construction of job construction inM. Fujimoto,a Japanese MNC”

S. Lechevalier,

15:20–15:40

Coffee break15:40–17:00

Session 4: Literature – Ancient and Modern

15:40–16:20

Maria L. Bugno(University of Cambridge)“Shunpon: sex and humour in the rewritings of the early Edo period

D. Struve,
E. Leggeri-Bauer

literature”

16:20–17:00

MinaQiao(Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich)“Women in the Meze-- Gender, Crime, and Space in Kirino Natsuos

C. Sakai,writings”

S. Buhnik

17:00–17:20

Coffee Break

17:20–18:00

Session 5: History of media
Elsa Gonay (University of Geneva)

E. Ohnuki,"The Konoe affair: a media bashing in postwar Japan : Former Prime

N. Hosokawa

Minister Konoe Fumimaro under the fire from national press"
18:00–19:00

R. Abe Auestad,

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DAY 3

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Wednesday, 6 July 2016

9:30 – 11:30

Session 6: Ancient History & Religions

9:30– 10:10

Szymon Andrzej Czerkawski (University of Bonn)

E. Leggeri-Bauer,“Between Kyoto And Yoshino : the study of the Kikuchi, Kusunoki,

Y. Bardy

Shimazu and Yamana clans during the Era of the Northern andSouthern Courts (1333- 1392)”

10:10 – 10:50

Nathalie Phillips (University of Edinburgh)

E. Leggeri-Bauer,“The epistemological significance of meta-physical beliefs within theY. Bardy

socio-political context of Heian Japan”

10:50 – 11:30

Thorsten Kerp (University of Bonn)

D. Struve,“Between Coquetry and Gallantry: Masculinity Discourses in the Early

E. Ohnuki

Nineteenth Century”
11:30 – 11:50

Coffee Break

11:50 – 12:30

Session 7: Language
Federico Manglavite (University of Oxford)

D. Struve“Tense in Middle Japanese”

T. Pellard

12:30 –13:45

Lunch

13:45 – 15:45

Session 8: Cities & Society

13:45 – 14:25

Michael Grieser (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich)

S. Lechevalier“Tokyo: Towards a Slow City? Strategies and initiatives aimed at

S. Buhnik

slowing urban contexts of life”

14:25 – 15:05

Heuishilja Chang (University of Oxford)“The Future of Shrinking Rural Towns in Japan: Can Cittaslow
enhance their community resilience?”

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15:05 – 15:45

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Aura Di Febo

(University of Manchester)“The social care activities of Japanese New Religions: Rissho

S. Lechevalier,
M. Picone

Koseikai as a case study”
15:45 –16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 –18:00

Session 9:

16:00 – 16:40

Veronica De Pieri (Ca Foscari University of Venice, INALCO)

R. Abe Auestad,“Fukushima mémoires”

C. Sakai

Julia Gerster (Free University Berlin)

C. Sakai,“Strategies of tsunagari : Maintaining social ties in post disaster

M. Picone

16:40 – 17:20

Fukushima disaster and its aftermath

Japan”

17:20 – 18:00

Shira Taube Dayan (The University of Haifa)

C. Sakai,“Childhood Narratives of Mass Disasters’ Survivors in Japan A

M. Picone

Psycho-Cultural Study of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011”
18:00–19:00

DAY 4
7:30 –General discussion of the Day 3

Thursday, 7 July 2016
Breakfast

9:30 – 12:00

Cultural activity

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We gratefully acknowledge financial support for this event from:7