The fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter is now available both in print and online. Click the URL to download the PDF version.
Newsletter 015 Available Now!
Contents of the CGS Newsletter 015
Kazuko TANAKA
Director, CGS; Professor, ICU
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
After the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant accident in 2011, I have been gradually convinced of the importance of addressing issues in the long term, as far ahead as the next century. More than one year has passed since the world's largest nuclear accident, but the situation is still far from seeing any return to normal. Fukushima people are still being kept in desperate uncertainty, even as they suffer from a sense of abandonment. A fundamental solution can only be found through our earnest search to shape a new society where everyone is treated with full dignity. To think ahead at least a century into the future is to visualize a world in which we ourselves will be absent. It is a commitment that would enable us to relativize firmly internalized social norms and presuppositions of thought. An innovative ability to "imagine the next century," then, could be a powerful means for us to address the gender/sexuality issues deeply embedded in our current social structure.
Yuji KATO
Office Manager, CGS
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
CGS office manager Yuji Kato discusses the upcoming R-Week Project in 2013 and the publication of the "The ICU Student Pocket Guide for LGBTs: Transgender/GID Issue." This student guide series was created by CGS in response to feedback received in 2011.
Natsumi IKOMA
Steering Committee Member, CGS; Senior Associate Professor, ICU
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
A nursing room has finally been set up on campus at ICU. This is one of the outcomes of a panel discussion titled,"Let's Talk About Parenting on Campus," held in the conference room of Dialogue House on January 31, 2012. CGS steering committee member Natsumi Ikoma reports on this event, which was attended by 30 students, staff, and faculty.
Yuji KATO
Office Manager, CGS
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
From the 2011 winter term, CGS started YoRAP, a system in which events would be organized by CGS Research Institute Assistants (RIAs). CGS office coordinator Yuji Kato explains how this new system came about and summarizes the six events that have been held so far (as of June 2012).
Kana TAKAMATSU
Steering Committee Member, CGS; Associate Professor, ICU
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
Kana Takamatsu joined the Faculty of International Relations at ICU as an associate professor in 2011. She is a pGSS instructor and a CGS Steering committee member. Here, she shares her observations and discoveries from teaching the subject "Gender and International Relations" over the past two years.
Mariko TOEI
Graduate, ICU (completed pGSS in 2008)
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
Students interested in pGSS often ask us for the contact details of past graduates of the program. We asked Mariko Toei (ID08), a graduate who is now in corporate employment, for her thoughts on how pGSS relates to her current job.
Keiko NITTA
Professor, College of Arts, Rikkyo University
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
Kazuko Takemura, a pioneer in the field of gender and sexuality studies in Japan, passed away on December 13, 2011. Professor Keiko Nitta of Rikkyo University pays tribute to her mentor and friend in this eulogy.
Kiyomi KAWANO
board member, Takemura Fund; former professor, Ochanomizu University
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
The Kazuko Takemura Fund for Feminist Research for Gender Equality and Justice was established at the behest of the late Kazuko Takemura (see http://takemura-fund. org/). Former Ochanomizu University professor Kiyomi Kawano is currently a board member of this "Takemura Fund" and tells us how it all came about.
KHUAT Thu Hong
Director, Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population; Founder, Consultation of Investment in Health Promotion
Interviewers
Natsumi IKOMA,SteeringCommitteeMember,CGS;SeniorAssociate Professor, ICU; Samantha LANDAU, Assistant, CGS
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In the 2012 autumn term, ICU will welcome Professor Thu Hong Khuat from Vietnam to teach the course "Special Topics in Gender Studies." She talked to Natsumi Ikoma and Samantha Landau about her life and her research interests.
Hoang Tu Anh, MD, MSc
Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population
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Professor Tu Anh Hoang, who was introduced to us by ICU's visiting professor Thu Hong Khuat, kindly sent us an article on the current state of sexual and reproductive health in their country, Vietnam.
Kaori KATADA
Assistant Professor, Saitama Prefectural University
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
In this issue, we explore new ways of looking at the nature of labor and society, and how they affect our lives. Working under the title, "To Work is to Live: Gender Perspectives," our first topic is "Basic Income." We asked Kaori Katada, co- editor of the book Bēshikku inkamu to jendā [Basic Income and Gender] (Gendai shokan, 2011), about how she thinks this concept opens up new horizons for society.
Shingo HORI
Assistant, CGS; Graduate Student, Waseda University
Miho MATSUZAKI
Assistant, CGS
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
Three ICU students engaged in a roundtable discussion with Kaori Katada after attending her lecture "Basic Income: Feasibility and Potential." Chaired by CGS assistant Miho Matsuzaki, the in-depth discussion centered on the topic "Work, Life, and Basic Income," which was chosen by roundtable coordinator and CGS assistant Shingo Hori (SH).
Interviewer KazukoTANAKA,Director,CGS;Professor,ICU
Interviewee Midori ITO, Action Center for Working Women(ACW2)
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With the growing need in Japan for new initiatives like Basic Income, there is also a need to re-examine labor and society using up-to-date data from the field. Midori Ito, from the Action Center for Working Women (ACW2), recently spoke to CGS Director Kazuko Tanaka about ACW2's surveys of the youth employment situation.
Megumi ISHIMOTO
President and Representative Director, Creators 440Hz
Takeshi NAGAI
Director, Creators 440Hz
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
Shure University (administered by the NPO Tokyo Shure) brings students together under the rubric "Live Life Your Way." Graduates of the university later founded the company Creators 440Hz (http://creators 440.org/). Creators 440Hz president and representative director Megumi Ishimoto and director Takeshi Nagai tell us more about the company, which was initiated and developed by the founders' personal reflections on the meaning of work and of life.
About This Guide
"The LGBT in ICU Student Guidebook" has been created for the purpose of supporting LGBT students attending ICU and creating a better learning environment for them. Based on previous policies and support measures implemented at ICU, we put together this pamphlet's first edition in April 2012. The information you can find in this pamphlet reflects the current support in place at ICU, but it may not cover every individual case. Therefore, we at CGS will be revising this guide periodically in order to provide a better environment for students at ICU. We will also release guidebooks with information pertaining to the needs of other sexual orientations and gender groups.