17th EAJS PhD Workshop, Online, 18-20 August 2021

17th EAJS Workshop for Doctoral Students
Online18-20 August 2021

Participants
Senior Advisors
Dr. Deborah Giustini (National Research University, Higher School of Economics Mosco/KU Leuven)Prof. Dr. Daniel Poch (Hong Kong University)
Prof. Dr. Jan Schmidt (KU Leuven)Prof. Dr. Shimizu Yuichirō (Keio University, SFC)
Prof. Emeritus Dr. Willy Vande Walle (KU Leuven)
Doctoral Students• Giulia Baquè (Ca’ Foscari University/Heidelberg University)• Sarah J. Bijlsma (Freie Universität Berlin)• Lauren Constance (Cardiff University)• Katharina Dalko (Martin-Luther- UniversityHalle-Wittenberg)• Mattia Dello Spedale Venti (University ofNapoli L’Orientale)• Giulia Dugar (University of Bologna)• Natalia Egorova (University of WisconsinMadison)• Olga Isaeva (Rheinische Friedrich-WilhelmsUniversity Bonn)• Antonia Miserka (University of Vienna)• Ngo Tu Thanh (Freie Universität Berlin)• Sarah Puetzer (University of Oxford)• Jonathan Puntervold (Aarhus University)• Dunja Sharbat Dar (Ruhr-UniversitätBochum)• Julia Stolyar (SOAS, University of London)• Alin Gabriel Tirtara (Osaka University)

ZOOM link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84900492864?pwd=U2VKT1ZRZ0tSeFdoNEdMRFc3VEpaQT09
Meeting-ID: 849 0049 2864
Password: 5M5g8g
In case you would encounter technical problems to join the meeting, send an email to: Jan.Schmidt@kuleuven.be1

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Final Program
All times given refer to Leuven time (Central European Summer Time CEST, GMT+2h)!
Day 1, Wednesday, 18 August 2021
18:00 – 18:30
18:30 –

Welcome and orientation (Schmidt+Lorenz Denninger, EAJS Office)Round of Self-Introduction, early online dinner in breakout rooms

Day 2, Thursday, 19 August 2021
9:00 – 9:15

Short welcome and information (Schmidt)
Panel 1: Politics and Media & Politics (Chair: Giustini)

9:15 – 10:00

Katharina DALKO (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg): Japanese RightWing Populism – Communication Strategies in the Age of New Media (Shimizu)
10:00 – 10:45 Mattia DELLO SPEDALE VENTI (Università di Napoli L Orientale): Japan’s Diplomacy
under Abe – A New Centrality in the Indo Pacific? (Shimizu)
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 NGO Tu Thanh (Freie Universität Berlin): The Periphery and the Center: Support
Schemes for Urban-Rural Migration and Rural Revitalization (Shimizu)
11:45 – 13:00 Lunchtime
Panel 2: Art History and Linguistics in History (Chair: Schmidt)
13:00 – 13:45 Alin Gabriel TIRTARA (Osaka University): Liminal Identities: Buddhist Image Carvers
in Modern and Contemporary Japan (Vande Walle)
13:45 – 14:30 Jonathan PUNTERVOLD (Aarhus University): If the Shoe Fits: The Japanese Rejectionof Western Grammatical Theory in the Early 20th Century (Vande Walle)
14:30 – 14:45 Coffee break
14:45 – 15:30 Olga ISAEVA: (University of Bonn): The Transcultural, Transgressive, andTransmodern Character in the Artistic ‘Avant-Garde’ in 1920s Japan (Poch)
15:30 – 16:15 Natalia EGOROVA (University of Wisconsin-Madison): Art and Advertising: Product
Placement in the Edo Period (Vande Walle)
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 Individual Consultations Panels 1+2 (DALKO, DELLO SPEDALE VENTI, NGO, TIRTARA,PUNTERVOLD, GOROVA, ISAEVA)
17:30 – 19:30 Roundtable: Daigaku-in wa deta keredo… then what? PhD Experiences & PostDoc scenarios, including positions in Japan (Giustini, Schmidt, Shimizu, Poch,Vande Walle)2

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Day 3, Friday, 20 August 2021
Panel 3: Literature/ Museum Studies/ Media Studies (Chair: Shimizu)
9:00 – 9:45

Giulia BAQUÈ (Ca’ Foscari University/Heidelberg University): Environmental Crisisand Bodily Trauma: Japanese Contemporary Narrativizations of EnvironmentalDegradation (Poch)
9:45 – 10:30 Sarah PUETZER (University of Oxford): Recoding ‘Normal’ Through Real and VirtualSpace in Contemporary Japanese Women’s Poetry (Poch)
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 11:30 Lauren CONSTANCE (Cardiff University): The Digitalisation of Eyewitness Testimony
in Japanese Memorial Museums (Schmidt)
11:30 – 12:15 Julia STOLYAR (SOAS, University of London): Remaking National Myth ThroughTelevision: Japanese TV Drama Remakes of Korean TV Dramas (Schmidt)
12:15 – 13:30 Lunchtime
Panel 4: Sociology/Regional Studies/Religious Studies (Chair: Poch)
13:30 – 14:15 Sarah J. BIJLSMA (Freie Universität Berlin): Hybrid Landscapes: Space, Identity, andthe Natural World in the Context of Miyako I-turn Migration (Giustini)
14:15 – 15:00 Giulia DUGAR (University of Bologna): From dōka to tabunka kyōsei:Understanding the Integration Paths of Immigrant-origin Youths in Japan(Giustini)
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:00 Antonia MISERKA (University of Vienna): Social Relationships and Subjective Wellbeing in Rural Areas of Japan – A case Study of Nangō Valley in Kumamoto, Japan(Giustini)
16.00 – 16:45 Dunja SHARBAT DAR (Ruhr-Universität Bochum): Religious Space & the Invisible –Understanding Socio-spatial Arrangements in Japanese Churches (Giustini)
16.45 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:20 Individual Consultations Panels 3+4 (BAQUÈ, PUETZER, CONSTANCE, STOLYAR BIJLSMA,DUGAR, MISERKA, SHARBAT DAR)
18:20 – 19:00 Feedback Round (all participants) and Closing Words (Schmidt)
19:00 – 19:30 Break
19:30 –Concluding online dinner3

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We gratefully acknowledge financial support for this event from:4

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SCHEDULE FOR INDIVIUAL CONSULTATIONS
Time

16:30 – 16:50
16:50 – 17:10
17:10 – 17:30
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16:30 – 16:50
16:50 – 17:10
17:10 – 17:30

17:00 – 17:20
17:20 – 17:40
17:40 – 18:00
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17:40 – 18:00
18:00 – 18:20

PhD Student
Day 2, Thursday, 19 August 2021
Panels 1
Katharina DALKO
Mattia DELLO SPEDALE VENTINGO Tu Thanh
Panel 2:
Alin Gabriel TIRTARA
Olga ISAEVA
Natalia EGOROVA
Jonathan PUNTERVOLD
Day 3, Friday, 20 August 2021
Panel 3:Giulia BAQUÈ
Sarah PUETZERLauren CONSTANCE
Julia STOLYAR
Panel 4:
Sarah J. BIJLSMA
Giulia DUGAR
Antonia MISERKA
Dunja SHARBAT DAR

Senior Advisor (In breakout rooms):

Prof. Dr. Shimizu YuichirōProf. Dr. Shimizu YuichirōProf. Dr. Shimizu YuichirōProf. Dr. Willy Vande Walle
Prof. Dr. Daniel Poch
Prof. Dr. Willy Vande Walle
Prof. Dr. Willy Vande Walle

Prof. Dr. Daniel Poch
Prof. Dr. Daniel Poch
Prof. Dr. Jan Schmidt
Prof. Dr. Jan Schmidt
Dr. Deborah Giustini
Dr. Deborah Giustini
Dr. Deborah Giustini
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