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… in the spring of 2022. Kvedaravičius received his PhD in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University in 2014. For …

… by the filmmaker Yujiro Seki is a remarkable account of a contemporary busshi , a master artisan of statues of the … producing icons for temples and sacred sites and also the contemporary setting in which this tradition is maintained. … of past and present production of Buddhist images in Japan and provides insight to anyone interested in that …

… Perry’s: to push the frontiers of global imperialism in Japan, a country then closed to Westerners for two centuries, … Africans is a very difficult thing to confront from our contemporary point of view. The publisher of the book’s … on contemporary political debates in the public sphere and social media, and speak directly to the preoccupations of …

… Lehrman Center, began the conference by reflecting on the contemporary political moment in which the United States … century struggle against the commodification of health care, schools, and prisons.” According to Oakes, … lesson that applies to anyone engaged in the struggle for social justice and equality is simply this, organization, …

… presentation on "Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You". This event offers a compelling examination of how literature becomes a powerful instrument of social and political commentary in contemporary India.   The event will unfold in three distinct …

… hopes to be a scholar on the interconnectivity between contemporary Japanese and American literature as well as … which developed into a larger academic focus extending to contemporary Japanese literature. Nicholas’s undergraduate … comparative lens is orientalizing whilst overlooking how Japan itself fetishizes the United States within its own …

… in the arts. This presentation examines the historical and contemporary significance of the performing art, kōdan. Motoi … earned his Ph.D. from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (Department of Literature, 2001). He is a professor at … Tsūshin, 2019), and "The History of Filial Piety in Japan” 親孝行の日本史 ( Oyakōkō no Nihonshi )" (Chūko Shinsho, …

… Ashley Gripper (Drexel University) “Practices of Care and Relationship-building: A Qualitative Analysis of Urban Agriculture’s Impacts on Agency and Wellbeing in Philadelphia” Sule Egya (Ibrahim … (University of Yaoundé 1) “(Neo)Extractivism Discourses in Contemporary Cameroon Literature” Paul Ugor (Illinois State …

… of state and society in Afghanistan. Ecology and economy, social and political organization, ethnicity and … interventions over the last thirty years. Attention to contemporary reconstruction, and the country’s prospects for … 418/RLST 130 Traditional Literature of India, China, and Japan Phyllis Granoff, Koichi Shinahara MW 2.30-3.45 …

… PM LUNCH 2:30-4:00 PM SESSION Ill: Environmental Studies & Social Sciences 5:30 PM EVENING RECEPTION Location: AFRICAN …

… This talk draws on the autobiography to examine the social context and the economic calculus underlying the … life. He is the author of House and Home in Modern Japan, Tokyo Vernacular: Common Spaces, Local Histories, … Press, 2013) and 帝国日本の生活空間 (Living Spaces of Imperial Japan; Iwanami shoten, 2015). He is presently researching …

… This talk draws on the autobiography to examine the social context and the economic calculus underlying the … life. He is the author of House and Home in Modern Japan, Tokyo Vernacular: Common Spaces, Local Histories, … Press, 2013) and 帝国日本の生活空間 (Living Spaces of Imperial Japan; Iwanami shoten, 2015). He is presently researching …