Call for Papers / Travel Grant
The 7th EU-Japan Young Scholars Workshop in Alsace

Transnational Japanese Spaces
トランスナショナルな日本の空間

Date: November 8th ~ 10th, 2024
Place: CEEJA (France)
Organizing CommitteeØ Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies (HIJAS)Ø European Center for Japanese Studies in Alsace (CEEJA)
Ø Consortium for Global Japanese Studies (CGJS)
Accepted participants will receive a full travel grant to visit CEEJA in Colmar.
OutlineThis year's Alsace workshop invites papers to discuss "transnational Japanese spaces" widely from social
science and humanities. We aim to understand the historical and contemporary development of transnational
Japanese spaces and how such spaces are imagined and depicted in Japanese culture. While the nation-stateremains a vital container in our world today, there is a significant development of transnational spaces
evolving in Japan in various forms and settings, either public or private, urban or rural, virtual or physicalspaces, as a result of drastic increasing migrants, international students, and tourists. At the same time, Japangenerated spaces with substantial transnational characteristics in the past, such as port cities where foreign
merchants enter, the neighborhoods where American military bases are concentrated, and cities and towns
where ethnic minorities reside. Also, we should not forget about the "Japanese transnational spaces" whereJapanese diasporas become actors in creating transnational social spaces in foreign lands, most notably
known as “Japanese towns.” Furthermore, the workshop would also like to pay attention to the culture oftransnational space. On the one hand, culture is crucial in creating transnational spaces that mediate andhybridize Japanese and foreigners. On the other hand, the representation of transnational spaces in Japaneseculture also requires in-depth exploration. For example, how ethnic towns are portrayed in Japanese films,literature, and anime. We invite papers that touch upon but are not limited to these points. We aim to develop
ideas on the characteristics of transnational Japanese space while comparing it with those in Europe andother parts of the world.
Keynote Speeches (Titles may be subject to change)ØKatja Schmidtpott (Ruhr University Bochum)“Transnational Approach to Japanese Urban History”ØChristophe Thouny (Ritsumeikan University)“Planetary Imaginations of Postwar Japan”

Reports of our past workshops on Japanese transnationalismØØ2023: Transnational Change in Contemporary Japan
2022: Japanese Transnationalism and EmpireØ

2021: Japanese Studies and Transnationalism

Workshop FormatØ

Presenters: Approximately 10 presentersØØ

Presentation: 40 minutes for each presenter (20 minutes presentation + 20 minutes discussion)
Language: Presentations and comments in English, Japanese, or French (no interpretation)ØChairs: Hideto Tsuboi (Waseda), Kei Takata (Hosei), Regine Mathias (CEEJA)ØCommentators: Erich Pauer (CEEJA), Josef Kyburz (CNRS), Masahi Oguchi (Hosei), Nozomi Takahashi(Strasbourg), Shin Abiko (Hosei), Tsutomo Hoshino (Hosei), Yasuko Yokoyama (Hosei), Yusuke
Suzumura (Meijo)

Eligibility, Application, and ConditionØEligibility: The workshop is intended for early-career researchers—Ph.D. students, postdocs, andyoung scholars who hold junior positions at academic institutions in Europe and Japan.

ØTravel grant:-Presenters will be paid for travel costs (submission of travel receipts required).

-Accommodation and meals during the workshop period will be provided.

ØApplication procedure: Applicants must submit the following documents.
-Proposal title (English and Japanese) and abstract (max. 300 words in English or max. 800 letters-in Japanese)
Current curriculum vitae-Submission for applicants traveling from Europe: CEEJA Office (bibliotheque@ceeja-japon.com)-Submission for applicants traveling from Japan: HIJAS office (hijas-ws@ml.hosei.ac.jp)

Deadline: September 8th (Sun), 2024
ContactØEuropean Center for Japanese Studies in Alsace / Centre Européen d'Etudes Japonaises d'Alsace
E-mail: bibliotheque@ceeja-japon.com

ØTél. +33 (0)3 68 61 09 06

https://www.ceeja-japantech.eu

Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies
E-mail: hijas-ws@ml.hosei.ac.jp

Tel: (+81)-3-3264-9682

https://hijas.hosei.ac.jp/