Fantastical spaces, they are ubiquitous in contemporary Japanese literature, hidden, secluded, guarded, and with secretive and limited access, altogether reinforcing then ethereal and labyrinthe quality. A fantastical space resembles and…
Kategorie: Veranstaltungen
Vortrag am 29. November 2021, 11.00 Uhr: „Japan’s Scope of Nursing Viewed by Foreign Nurses (Book Talk)“ (Yuko Ohara-HIRANO und Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes)
Foreign Nurses Working in Japan: Assessments of the EPA Program edited by Hirano and Yoneno-Reyes (2021) discusses the nurse migration from Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam to Japan under the EPAs’ framework,…
Vortrag am 22. November 2021, 11.00 Uhr: „COVID-19 Health Certification Reduces Outgroup Bias: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in Japan“ (Yoshiaki Kubo, Isamu Okada)
Psychological theorem supposes that serious threats cause negative attitudes by ingroups to outgroups, i.e., outgroup bias. For example, the behavioral immune system theory claims a chain reaction from infectious threats…
Vortrag am 18. November 2021, 12.30 Uhr: „Kabukichō – Tōkyō: Anthropogical perspectives“ (Nathaniel M. Smith)
As Tokyo readied itself to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, its most infamous postwar red-light district, Kabukicho, was surprisingly proactive in welcoming a growing number of international visitors. Boasting…
Vortrag am 08. November 2021, 11.00 Uhr: „Reimagining International Students’ Social Engagement and Support in Japan During the Pandemic: The Role of Civil Society Groups“ (Polina Ivanova)
The lecture will focus on the impact of the ongoing pandemic on international students in Japan and solutions offered by local civil society groups. As universities and governments are generally…
Vortrag am 04. November 2021, 12.30 Uhr „Imagining Japan’s sustainable futures through food and urban planning“ (Christoph Rupprecht)
Take a moment, and imagine urban Japan of the future. Did you picture corporate-branded smart cities, driverless cars zipping about high-rises and vertical farms, all against a backdrop of distant…
Vortrag am 25. Oktober 2021, 16.00 Uhr „Temporary Migration and Ethnic Inequality in Japan“ (Hilary J. Holbrow)
Japan’s Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) brings young people from other parts of Asia to Japan to fill menial jobs on a temporary basis. Proponents argue that TITP allows Japan…
Vortrag am 21. Oktober 2021, 12.30 Uhr CET „Der Handelsdisput Japans mit Südkorea im Kontext vergangener Handelsdispute mit China und den USA“ (Franziska Schultz)
Im Oktober 2018 sprach der Oberste Gerichtshof Südkoreas das Urteil, dass das japanische Unternehmen Shin‘nittetsu Sumikin新日鉄住金 (heute Nippon Seitetsu日本製鉄) Reparationszahlungen an ehemalige koreanische Zwangsarbeiter im Zweiten Weltkrieg leisten solle. Im…
„Japan and International Migration“: LMU Japan-Center lecture series will be back from October 25, 2021
This lecture series offers insights into current scholarly works on the topic of “Japan and International Migration”. Originally kicked off in spring 2021, this series will be continued in the…
Forschungskolloquium: Vortragsreihe zu aktuellen Themen der Japanforschung
Das Japan-Zentrum lädt Sie im Rahmen des Forschungskolloquiums im WiSe 2021/2022, welches von Prof. Dr. Evelyn Schulz und Prof. Dr. Gabriele Vogt organisiert wird, zu folgendem Gastvortrag herzlich ein und…