Center for Japanese Studies

Center for Japanese Studies Spring 2020 Events

June 30, 2020
Tessa Machida

"Imported" Feminism and "Indigenous" Queerness: From Backlash to Transphobic Feminism in Transnational Japanese Context (Lecture)
January 27, 2020
Colloquium
Speaker:
Akiko Shimizu, University of Tokyo

As is often the case with many countries in “the rest,” women’s and/or feminist movements in Japan have often been criticized for uncritically importing and transplanting ideas from “the West” that have no relevance to, and are sometimes even incompatible with, the “local” “indigenous” tradition, culture and society of whatever...

Center for Japanese Studies Fall 2020 Events

December 31, 2020
Tessa Machida

Webinar Series - Aging in Asia: Ethical and Policy Issues in Healthy Aging and End of Life Care Across the Asia-Pacific Region
September 9 – 23, 2020, every Wednesday
Symposium

With aging populations and dwindling birth rates in many developed countries. healthy aging and end of life care are becoming an increasing challenge. A multidisciplinary approach by scholars from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, China, Mongolia, and the U.S. addresses these issues and discuss leading aging policy developments across the Pacific. Speakers explore...

50th Anniversary Events

Previous Chairs

Agroecology, Sustainable Food Production and Satoyama

CJS-JSPS Symposium Proposal Agroecology, Sustainable Food Production and Satoyama: Contributions of Japanese Case Studies to the Discussion of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Conservation March 19 (Fri.)-March 20 (Sat.), 2021 5:00-7:30 PM PST (March 20-21 9:00-11:30PM, Japan Time) カリフォルニア大学バークレー校日本研究センター・日本学術振興会シンポジウム アグロエコロジー、持続可能な食料生産と里山：日本の事例から見た在来知と環境保全 2021年3月19(金)～20日(土) PST（日本時間3月20日 土曜日～21日 日曜日)

Academic Resources

Agroecology, Sustainable Food Production and Satoyama

カリフォルニア大学バークレー校日本研究センター・日本学術振興会シンポジウム アグロエコロジー、持続可能な食料生産と里山：日本の事例から見た在来知と環境保全 2021年3月19(金) 5:00-7:30PM・20日(土) 5:00-7:30PM, PDT (太平洋夏時間) （日本時間2021年3月20日 土曜日9:00-11:30AM・21日 日曜日9:00-11:30AM）

CJS Conference Archive

Chair

Junko Habu

Chair, Professor
Center for Japanese Studies
Department of Anthropology

Junko conducts research on human-environmental interaction, human rights, and the long-term sustainability of human cultures and societies in the past and present. The geographic focus of her research is on Japan and East Asia. Using the theoretical framework of historical ecology, her research focuses on the importance of food and subsistence diversity, social networks and local autonomy for understanding the resilience of socioeconomic systems. Her archaeological projects in Japan, including the ...