Symposium titled "Mediating Fragmented Realities in Literature & Media Ecologies of Late 20th-Century Japan", organized by the Center for Integrated Japanese Studies, will be held.
For more details, please refer to the information below.

◆Symposium: "Mediating Fragmented Realities in Literature & Media Ecologies of Late 20th-Century Japan"
◆Date and Time: Monday, February 9, 2026 10:00 a.m.～4:15 p.m.
◆Venue: Tohoku University, Katahira Campus TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity (B02)
◆Overview:
This international symposium brings together international scholars of literature, film, and media culture to examine how cultural texts from the 1960s through the 2000s mediate fragmented experiences of realit(ies) shaped by crisis, social transformation, and rapidly shifting media environments and technologies. With presenters joining from four different countries, the symposium offers an international forum for collaborative exchange and discussion. We warmly welcome all interested parties to attend.
◆Language: English
◆Participation Fee: Free of charge
◆Application Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhAwowEAttkfLcjUWzLzH-79Q7oIX-MF8EHdpOmemadAOiaQ/viewform?usp=header
◆Website: https://cijs.oii.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/detail---id-97.html
◆Keynote Lecture:Franz PRICHARD (Associate Professor, Florida State University)
◆Program:

10:00
WELCOME REMARKS

10:05-11:05
KEYNOTE LECTURE
“Pedagogies in Plentitude: Collaborative Methods in the Break” – Franz Prichard (Associate Professor, Florida State University)

13:00- 14:30
PANEL 1: Print Infrastructures and Mediated Environments (1970s-2000s)
Discussant: Franz Prichard (Associate Professor, Florida State University)

“Invisible Environments”: Yamaguchi Katsuhiro’s Intermedia and Expo ’70
- Yusung Kim (Postdoctoral Fellow, Seoul National University)

Mediating Fragmented Lifestyles: Magazine Culture and the Politics of “Feeling Good” in 1980s Japan
- Ajjana Thairungroj (Assistant Professor, Tohoku University)

1990～2000年代における怪談とメディア
- Kennosuke Motegi (Associate Professor, Tohoku University)

14:45- 16:15
PANEL 2 : Image Politics, Platforms, and Transnational Mediations
Discussant: Franz Prichard (Associate Professor, Florida State University)

Photography at the Turn of the Century: Taki Kōji’s Image Theory
- Junnan Chen (Assistant Professor, NYU Shanghai)

Japanese Women’s Imagined Femininity in the South Korean Digital Sphere
- Han Sang Kim (Associate Professor, Ajou University)

Illusions of Labour: Unpacking Work and Reality in Perfect Blue
-Joelle Nazzicone (Assistant Professor, Kyoritsu Women’s University)

Program (pdf file)

Contact:
Ajjana Thairungroj (Distinguished Assistant Professor, Center for Integrated Japanese Studies, Tohoku University)
Tel：022-795-3853
E-mail：
thairungroj.ajjana.c2[at]tohoku.ac.jp
cijs-ura[at]grp.tohoku.ac.jp
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