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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

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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)

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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

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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.

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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)

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Gender and Sexuality in Motion:
Migrants Searching One's Own Place in Asia-Pacific

From a hard place to live in to a more safe and comfortable country; people leave their countries to fully live their own gender and sexuality.
Yet, is the country across the ocean a utopia?
Come and join our workshop exploring mobilities and gender and sexuality in the Asia-Pacific region through fieldwork in Japan, Canada, Australia, Thailand and Singapore!

Date & Time
14:00-18:00 February 10th, 2018 (Saturday)
No reservation required, no admission fee.

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

Language
Mainly Japanese and some English

Panelists
NAGATOMO, Jun （Kwansei Gakuin University）
YUEN, Shu Min （National University of Singapore）
YOSHIDA, Masashi （MOSAIC）
KATO, Etsuko （International Christian University）

Organizer
Center for Gender Studies(CGS)
Institute of Asian Cultural Studies(IACS)

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Date & Time: December 19th (Tue) 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: Groups and Gatherings

The holidays are the season for different kinds of get-togethers! Drinking meetings, year-end parties, Christmas, New Year, meeting up with family, friends, and our significant others etc. But sometimes we feel uncomfortable, lonely or sad during these holidays.
What are your feelings and worries about gatherings with your friends, acquaintances, clubs or circles, family or at your school, work place or community? This month's session of Fuwa Café will be a tea party where we chat about our different experiences or ideas about groups and gatherings.

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: Juliana/Haengri)

poster pdf(A3, 0.76MB)

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

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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.

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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.

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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)

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On November 10th, 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.

Study groups will be held before the event.

We will host a study group on

September 26th (Tuesday, at ERB-1 357)
October 10th (Tuesday, at ERB-1 301)
November 2nd (Thursday, at ERB-1 357)

We will be gathering at 12:40 - 14:40, feel free to bring your own lunch and leave early if you have class in the 3rd period.

For more information please contact Juliana Buritica Alzate (RIA-CGS) at jburitica@gmail.com.

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CGS(Center for Gender Studies) YoRAP（Young Research Action Program）Open Forum
"Thinking about x-gender: Identity, labels, negotiation"

Date
September 30th (Sat), 2017 14:00~17:30

Place
International Conference Room, Dialogue House, International Christian University

Language
Japanese(No Translation)

Free, No-reservation required

Presenter
DALE, S.P.F.

Commentator
SIMIZU, Akiko

Moderator & Coodinator
ISERI, Makiko

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The 44th Fuwa-Cafe
Coming Out

Date & Time
September 19th (Tue) 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
Coming Out

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

(Coordinators: JULIANA / Haengri)

Poster PDF(A3, 0.8MB)

CGS Reading Group
Autumn Term 2017
Thinking about and/or from Asexuality

Every term the Center for Gender Studies (CGS) at ICU hosts student-led reading groups in which we read together a book closely. Certain books may be difficult to read by ourselves, but when we read together it's better. We can ask each other when we don't understand, and we can continue enjoying our reading together!

"An asexual is someone who does not experience sexual attraction" (AVEN). In this reading group we will learn about asexuality while thinking about the politics of difference through a variety of materials, including websites and academic articles. We welcome anyone who is interested regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity!

Please look at the following URL site for details about the reading list: goo.gl/C6SK8Q

Coordinator: HANYU Yuki (Doctoral Candidate, University of Tokyo/Research Institute Assistant, CGS)

Hosting dates: Thursdays at Lunch Time (12:40-13:50)
Starting from September 21st (Thursday)
Location: Center for Gender Studies, International Christian University ERB-1- 301