From February 7th, 2018, the website from International Christian University's Center for Gender Studies (CGS) has moved to this very website.
http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/cgs/en/
You can still check CGS's previous website "CGS Online" and its content before August, 2015 here: http://web.icu.ac.jp/cgs_e/
The 49th Fuwa-cafe: My Place in Academia
Date & Time
22nd Feb.(Thu) 2018, 18:00-20:30
Coming in the middle or leaving early are both OK.
No entrance fee; no reservation necessary (but we accept donations towards tea and snacks!).
Place
Center for Gender Studies(CGS) ERB-I 301
Subject
My Place in Academia
It is often said that academia is (or should be) "neutral." Yet, we all have different experiences and positions, and what joys and difficulties do we face when being expected to learn like that at university? This theme may be a bit hard but would you be interested in talking about it in a casual and relaxed way?
We'll enjoy tea and coffee and snacks as we talk about gender and sexuality in a relaxed atmosphere. Worries we've discussed before include:
"I might be attracted to people of the same sex as me"
"I might be attracted to both men and women"
"I have no interest in romance"
"I have a woman's body, but I want to be seen as a man"
"I have a man's body, but I want to be seen as a woman"
"I don't want others to determine my gender for me"
"I don't want to put a label on my sexual identity."
Besides these examples, if you have something else in mind and want to talk it over, please feel free to bring it up. With beverages and snacks prepared, we are waiting for you to come chat with us!
Facilitators: Yuki HANYU/ Aya MIYOSHI
Sumire Café
Date & Time
February16th (Friday). 2018 18:00 - 20:30
Coming in the middle or leaving early are both OK.
No entrance fee; no reservation necessary (but we accept donations towards tea and snacks!).
Place
Center for Gender Studies(CGS) ERB-I 301
Violets (sumire in Japanese), in the language of flowers, mean sincerity and everyday happiness. Are you being sincere with yourself? If you have a partner, are you treating each other with respect? If you don't have a partner but still want to talk about relationships, or perhaps there is something on your mind about relationships with friends, family, or anyone close to you, please join us. Would you come to Sumire Café and talk about non-violent relationships, dating and love with us? We will be waiting for you with some purple snacks prepared!
Sumire Café Facilitators
Matsuda(Sumire student volunteer), Juliana, Hanyu (RIA-CGS)
Seminar: Is "Japan" "queer"?
Event abstract:
Is "Japan" "queer"? What does "Japan" signify in this question? And how does it affect the creation of meaning about other regions outside of "Japan"? On the other hand, does the term "queer" still carries negative connotations? The term "queer" distanced itself from its originally negative meaning, and has been re-signified into a more positive term, but what does it signify then? This talk attempts to re-contextualize Queer Studies in Japan since the 1990s, and to revisit the question of the image of the other that is produced in relation to gender and sexuality. In order to do so, we take a look at the attempt to transform hentai into something positive, as well as reflect on the tense relationships between national and ethnic borders within the discourse of Japan's gender and sexuality.
Panelist
KAWASAKA, Kazuyoshi
(Part-time lecturer at Chuo University, Queer Studies, Cultural Studies)
Discussant
SHINGAE, Akitomo
(Assistant Professor, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University)
Coordinator
ISERI, Makiko
(Research Institute Assistant, Center for Gender Studies,)
Date and Time
February 11th, 2018 (Sunday)
Opens at 13:30 and there will be breaks during the session
Place
Dialogue House, International Conference Room, 2nd Floor
Language
Japanese
No entrance fee, no reservation needed
Detectives and Spies in the arts
CGS/ICC Symposium on gender, sexuality and comparative literature
Date
2018.1.27(Sat) 10:15-12:00, 13:00-14:30
Location
International Conference Room, Dialogue House, International Christian University
Program
10:15 Welcome address.
10:30-11:00 Christopher Simons (ICU): "The Virtuoso and the Winter Queen: Sherlock Holmes from Bohemia to Belgravia"
11:00-11:30 Beverley Curran (ICU): "Queer Detectives in Bal Mcdermid's Tartan Noir"
11:30-12:00 Olivier Ammour-Mayeur (ICU): "Miss Marple: Between Greek Mythology and Feminist Avant-Garde"
13:00-14:00 Keynote Speaker
Cecile Sakai (Director, French Research Institute on Japan [UMIFRE 19, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Centre for Scientific Researches] at Maison franco-japonaise
and Professor at Paris Diderot University [France]): "Edogawa Ranpo or the Invention of the 'Japanese' Detective Novel: Transcultural Context and Legacy"
14:00-14:30 Round Table, Q&A with audience.
The 48th Fuwa-Cafe
Date & Time: January 22th (Mon) 12:50p.m. - 15:10p.m.
Coming in the middle or leaving early are both OK.
No entrance fee; no reservation necessary (but we accept donations towards tea and snacks!).
Place: Center for Gender Studies(CGS) ERB-I 301
Subject: Things we like, and things we are dependent on
Manga, games, things that we are hooked on, or things that we like. Alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or things we want to escape from but can't give up. We'll enjoy tea, coffee and snacks as we talk about gender and sexuality in a relaxed atmosphere. Worries we've discussed before include:
"I might be attracted to people of the same sex as me"
"I might be attracted to both men and women"
"I have no interest in romance"
"I have a woman's body, but I want to be seen as a man"
"I have a man's body, but I want to be seen as a woman"
"I don't want others to determine my gender for me"
"I don't want to put a label on my sexual identity."
Besides these examples, if you have something else in mind and want to talk it over, please feel free to bring it up. With beverages and snacks prepared, we are waiting for you to come chat with us!
(Facilitators: Juliana/Haengri)
