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Media Studies Department Hosts International Film and Media Workshop

On Saturday, May 23rd, 2009, the International Film and Media Workshop was held, hosted by the Media Studies Department at the Kioicho Campus in Tokyo.

Twenty-six panels with 250 participants from around the world were planned for the workshop. The panels were organized by various themes centering on Japanese and Asian Film such as Anime and Russian film, and the number of presenters reached 150 people.

From Josai International University’s field of women’s studies, moderator Wachi Yasuko and four members of the panel entitled, “Women’s Representation, Women Filmmakers,” gave a unique presentation engaging film and media from the perspective of gender. The titles of these presentations are listed below. After their presentations they were approached by an enthusiastic audience with numerous questions.

ISHIJIMA Ayumi (JIU) “The Representation and Discursive Construction of Women and Family: A Comparative View of Japanese and Korean TV Dramas.” HAYASHI Chiaki (JIU), “Young Women’s Agency: Heterosexuality in Japanese Contemporary Cinema.” MIYAZAKI Saeko (JIU), “Contemporary Japanese Women’s Representation in the Post-Gender Era.” SHIBASAKI Sayuri (JIU), “Race in Contemporary American Films: The Politics of ‘Passing.’”

By holding this workshop, tremendous outcomes for intimate exchange with visual and film studies scholars from the U.S and all of the world were gained.

The Media Studies Department is enthusiastically disseminating Japanese produced film research and is considering the establishment of a new center that can serve as a site of activities and exchanges as a base of future Japanese and Asian film research in Japan, rich with a unique media culture.

Scene of the Panel Discussion

Scene of the Panel Discussion

Women’s Studies Panel

Women’s Studies Panel

Numerous Film Scholars Gather

Numerous Film Scholars Gather


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