IEAS - Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley

"Kazuo Hara and Japanese Film Studies"

Abe Mark Nornes, Screen Arts & Culture, University of Michigan
Aaron Gerow, Film Studies Program, Yale University
Akira Mizuta Lippit, Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California

DATE:Sunday, May 3, 2009
TIME:10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
PLACE:Alumni House, UC Berkeley
FORMAT:Panel discussion
SPONSORS:Center for Japanese Studies

Three of the top film studies scholars from around the country will conduct a panel discussion on Hara Kazuo’s body of work and the future of Japanese film studies at universities worldwide.

Program:

10:00-10:30 am 

Opening Remarks and Introduction of Guest Speakers 
 Miryam Sas, Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley

Comments by Kazuo Hara (with translation)

10:30 am-12:00 noon   Panel presentation

Documentary and Historical Context
 Abe Mark Nornes, Screen Arts & Cultures, University of Michigan
 
On “Chika”
 Aaron Gerow, Film Studies Program, Yale University
 
Subjects and Subjection in Hara’s Films
 Akira Mizuta Lippit, Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
 
12:00- 12:40 pm  Question & Answer

Buffet Luncheon to follow

UC Berkeley view