International Christian University Center for Gender Studies will host
an open lecture by Ta-wei Chi on Saturday, February 25th, 2012.

Lecturer: Ta-wei Chi(Assistant Professor at the Graduate Institute of
Taiwanese Literature, National Chengchi University)
Coordinator: SHINDO Ryuichi (Research Institute Assistant, Center for
Gender Studies)

Date: 25th, February 2013(Sat) 14:00～16:00
Fee Free

Place: International Conference room in the Dialogue House,
International Christian University.

Language: English (Japanese translation available)

Professor Chi graduated from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) with his PhD and is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Taiwanese Literature at National Chengchi University (NCCU).
Knowledgeable in the areas of Gender Studies, Queer Theory and Literary Theory, Professor Chi has written books on queer literature such as 『膜』and『恋物癖』.
He is also known for his translation of the word "Queer" into Chinese as 「酷兒」.

In his lecture, Professor Chi will discuss his experiences writing GLBT Science and Fantasy fiction Literature as well as his experiences as a social activist.
Further, he will explain how those experiences formed a basis for his translation of "Queer" as 「酷兒」and what meaning he attaches to those words.
He also plans to talk about the context of the word 「酷兒」in Taiwan.

Center for Gender Studies Film Screening

Lecturer: SHIMADA Akira (Movie Director, Representative of Rainbow Action)
Film: Each Step as Myself (Japan, 2011) 68 minutes, in Japanese

Date: 28th(Sat) , January 2012
14:30〜17:00
14:30〜15:50 Film Screening
16:00〜17:30 Lecture & Q&A Session

Place: ICU Honkan H-170

In Midosuji, Osaka, where sexual minorities and their friends walk together at "Kansai Rainbow Parade," a gay film director interviews lesbians, gays, and MtF and FtM transgendered persons. This documentary, comprised of interviews starting in October 2006, illustrates their everyday lives, stories of their coming out to their families, and their struggles and joys in various relationships including at their workplaces. After the film viewing, Mr Akira Shimada will give a talk on how this film changed his way of thinking and his environment.

Movie Director: Akira SHIMADA
In 2005, Akira Shimada started his blog, "An Ordinary Gay Man's Everyday Life" (http://akaboshi07.blog44.fc2.com/), under the name of "akaboshi." He disseminates information about Japanese sexual minorities in conjunction with YouTube. He has directed films such as No Border: Messages from Sexual Minorities in the World (with Kanako Otsuji) in 2007, and Ryu Susumu's Lessons for Modern (Mad)Culture: Homosexuality and Television in 2009, both of which were shown at the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. He also called for the "Voluntary Meeting of Protesting against Governor Ishihara's Remark about Sexual Minorities" in 2011. The following year, he became a representative of "Rainbow Action," which changed its name after demonstrations and meetings. He was also awarded the Incentive Award of "Za Koenji Documentary Festival" for his Each Step as Myself.
In the CGS Newsletter, no. 7 (September 2007), he contributed an essay, "My Future as an Ordinary Gay Man."

Center for Gender Studies Open Lecture

Making new television programs: a director's perspective -The media
and sexual minorities-

Leturer: IMAMURA Yuji (Director, NHK Osaka)

Coordinator:KATO Yuji (Resarch Institute Assitant, Center for Gender Studies)

Date: 18th, January 2012(Wed)
12:50-14:30

Place: H-170

Langage: Japanese (No English translation available)

"Heart TV" (Haato wo tsunagou - "joining our hearts") is a program produced by NHKE television, presenting specials on diverse aspects of sexuality, including Gender Identity Disorder, Gay and Lesbianism, LGBT and HIV.
As a program the likes of which has not been seen before, "Heart TV" has garnered a lot of feedback. It expresses and emphasizes the perspectives of sexual minorities in their own voices, a position which has not often been given coverage by the media.
We have invited the director of this television program, Mr. Yuji Imamura, to speak to us about his experiences, realizations and difficulties in producing and filming this show. If you have an interest in working in the fields of mass media or communications, or an interest in discussing this topic, we welcome your participation!

[One-day Lecture Series]
Re-visiting "Japan" and HIV/AIDS: Japan in Asia, Asia in Japan

Monday, October 10th, 2011
10:00-15:00
International Christian University Dialogue House
Session: International Conference Room
Reception: Conference Room

Entrance fee: Free
No reservation necessary
Simultaneous Interpretation Available

In this lecture series, we will gain an understanding of the situation of HIV/AIDs occurring in Asia while referencing approaches to HIV/AIDS in Japanese society from the angle of medical treatment and assistance. Additionally, emphasis will be placed on "Japan in Asia" and "Asia in Japan," tracing the patterns of diversification and the increase in transnational migration of peoples. We will face HIV and AIDS, exploring how to interact with others who will become increasingly necessary in the future.

[Program]

10:00 - 11:20 Session 1
"HIV/AIDS in Asia"
Lecturer: HATORI Jun
International Division, Japanese Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (JaNP+)
Delegate from Japan, Asia-Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+)

11:30 - 12:40 Session 2
"Field Report from Medical Circle"
Lecturer: SAWADA Takashi
(Certified) Services for the Health in Asian & African Regions (SHARE)
Doctor, Minatomachi Medical Center

12:40 - 13:40 Lunch-time and Reception
Living Together in ICU

13:50 - 15:00 Session 3
"MSMs in Japan/Asia"
Lecturer: ICHIKAWA Seiichi
Professor of Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control. Nagoya City University, School of Nursing.
Chief researcher,Study Group on the Development of Community-based HIV Prevention Interventions for MSM,Funded by a Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant.

*The "Living Together Project" purpose is to share the reality that "all people live alongside HIV" and address this reality from perspectives associated with diversity. This event will appear at ICU. There will be readings of memoirs by HIV-positive people and those surrounding them as well as musical performances. Your attendance is welcome!
【Living Together Project】
http://www.living-together.net

Event sponsored by: International Christian University Center for Gender Studies (CGS)
In Co-operation with: Living Together Project

Center for Gender Studies and Anthropology and Gender Studies Co-hosted Open Seminar
"An Ethnography of/by/for Sexual Minorities"

Lecturer: SUNAGAWA Hideki
Anthlopologist, Ph.D.

Date: 3rd, October 2011(Mon) 11:30-12:40）

Place: H-260

Langage: Japanese (No English Translation)

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