November 2014 Archives

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CGS 10th Anniversary Symposium
Redefining Boundaries and Conviviality:
Nationality, Body, Gender and Sexuality

Poster (PDF)

Date
November 23, 2014.(Sun) 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m. (Door: 9:30a.m.)

Place
International Conference Room, ICU Dialogue House 2F

Language
Japanese, English
Simultaneous Interpretation Available

Entrance fee: Free
No reservation necessary

Program Details
9:30a.m. Open

10:00a.m. Opening Ceremony
Welcoming Address (On Hosting the CGS 10th Anniversary Symposium)
Natsumi Ikoma (Director, CGS)

10:10a.m.-12:10p.m. 1st Session "Reframing Conflicts: Approaching Racism from the Perspective of Gender and Sexuality"
Chair: Habiba-Mao Ueda
The Space Between Anti-Racism and Feminism: Recognizing Hate Speech as a Social Problem
Shingo Hori (Associate Research Fellow, CGS)
Racism as Control and the Violence Inherent in Managing Gender and Sexuality: Transforming Fear to Possibility in the Case of Comfort Women
Natsuno Kikuchi (Nagoya City University)
Sexism as Racism, Racism as Sexism: Gender and Sexuality Perspectives on Hate Speech
Yeonghae Jung (Otsuma Women's University)

12:10p.m.-1:00p.m. Lunch (Begin collecting questionnaires from 1st session)

1:00p.m.-3:00p.m. 2nd Session "The Marginalization of the Body: International Students and the Absent Debate on Gender and Sexuality"
Chair: Natsumi Ikoma
International Students and Childbirth: a Case Study
Kana Takamatsu (Assistant Director, CGS)
Symbolic Violence Latent in the Policy and Practice of International Student Education in Japan
Tomoka Toraiwa (Nagoya University)
From 'Us' vs. 'Foreign Students' to 'Us' as a Whole: Togetherness through Religious Diversity
Kyoko Tanaka (Nagoya University)

3:00p.m.-3:30p.m. Break

3:30p.m.-5:00p.m. The final session: Open-floor Discussion
Chair: Natsumi Ikoma

5:00p.m. Closing Ceremony
(Announcement about Closing Ceremony and After Party)

5:30p.m.- After Party
Attendees are expected to pay for their own food/drink.