ktyuji: October 2017 Archives

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The 46th Fuwa-Cafe
Worrisome gazes?

Date & Time
November 2nd (Thu) 6:00p.m. - 8:30p.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
Worrisome gazes?

Pride and/or shame when you do or do not show your differences, pleasure and/or pains you may feel when you look at someone or when you are being looked at.

"Gazes" regarding our sex, gender and sexuality overflow all around us--from our close relationships to public spaces.

Why don't you come by for a chat about the uncomfortable, happy and harsh aspects regarding "looks/gazes" in connection with gender and sexuality?

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 and Aya Miyoshi

The following days CGS will be temporarily opened for ICU Festival.

Oct. 21(Sat), Oct 22(Sun).

Poster PDF（A3*2, 1MB)

CGS Symposium
"Overcoming Past Issues" and Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Date & Time
Nov. 12th (Saturday) , From 13:00 until 17:00

Location
the International Conference Room, Dialogue House(2F)

Leaving and leaving in the middle are both OK.
No reservation required, no admission fee.

Language
Japanese. No translation

Guest Speakers
Nagabara Yoko, Iwamoto Hiroko and Ishii Kae.

Are the violation of human rights that come with colonialism and slavery, war and fascism a thing of the "past"? We want to create a space to discuss problems that persist today, and the danger of repeating these issues from a gender and sexuality perspective.
We will analyze historical traumas that vary depending on the region and period, and "colonial responsibility" in contemporary movements in previous colonies.

Poster PDF（A4*2, 3.3MB)

Gender and Poetry: Itō Hiromi
Poetry reading, lecture and life counseling event at ICU

We are very happy to invite you to have a first-hand experience to listen to, and interact with one of Japan's feminist contemporary poets, Itō Hiromi.

Date & Time
November 10th (Friday), 2017 11:00am-15:00pm

Location
International Conference Room, Dialogue House, ICU

Leaving and leaving in the middle are both OK.
No reservation required, no admission fee.

Language
Japanese (main)/ questions and interventions in English are welcome

We will be having lunch in the Dialogue House's Conference Room 203, 204, come and join us!
We will offer some snacks and soft drinks but please bring your own lunch.

Profile
Itō was born in 1955 in Tokyo. She has written more than a dozen collections of poetry, several works of prose and books of essays. She has received multiple literary awards, such as the Takami Jun Prize for Kawara arekusa 河原荒草 (Wild grass on a riverbank 2005; trans. 2015) in 2006; the Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize (2007) and the Izumi Shikibu Prize (2008) for Toge-nuki: Shin Sugamo Jizō engi とげ抜き新巣鴨地蔵縁起, (The thorn-puller: new tales of the Sugamo Jizō, 2007). In 2015 she received the Tsubouchi Shōyō Grand Prize from Waseda University.

Poster PDF（A3, 0.8MB)

The 45th Fuwa-Cafe
Are you Getting by This Term?

Date & Time
October 16th (Mon) 12:50p.m. - 15:10p.m.

OYRs Welcome!! Both English or Japanese OK.
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
Are you Getting by This Term?

Let's Talk Together!

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.

It's already fall with its ginkgo trees, but mornings and evenings are quite chilly right? We're in the middle of the fall term at University and we'd like to know how is it going for you? Would you like to talk about anything related to gender and sexuality with us?

With beverages and snacks prepared, we are waiting for you to come chat with us!

(Coordinators: JULIANA / Haengri)