56th Annual Conference of the Japan Black Studies Association

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Date: June 26 (Sat) & 27 (Sun), 2010

Place: Okinawa International University (Okinawa, Japan)

Theme:　　　　　  Okinawa and Japan / World

        ―― Perspectives from Black Studies ――

Day 1 (June 26) : 14:00-20:00

Bldg. #13: Room 301

Opening Remarks (14:00-14:05)

            OITATE Masatsugu (Conference Chair, Okinawa International University)

Presidential Remarks (14:05-14:15)

KITAJIMA Gishin (President, JBSA; Yokkaichi University)

Keynote Speech (14:20-15:10)

    Dance of Resistance: Connecting Black and Okinawan Souls

                                 ARAKAKI Makoto (Okinawa Christian University)

                                    Chair: FURUKAWA Tetsushi (Otani University)

Symposium: Okinawa and Black Studies (15:30-18:00)

　　Okinawa and Africa

                             Peter Simpson (Okinawa International University)

　　Okinawa and the Caribbean

                             YAMAMOTO Shin (Yokkaichi University)

    Okinawa and America

                             OITATE Masatsugu (Okinawa International University)

Discussant: ARAKAKI Makoto (Okinawa Christian University)

Chair: KIUCHI Toru (Nihon University)

Banquet (18:30-20:00): Kosei-kaikan (Hall, 4th floor)

   Brief Speeches from Guests:   LEE Yu-cheng (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) and others

                               Chair: TOKISATO Yuko (Kwansei Gakuin University)

Day 2 (June 27) : 9:20-13:10

Bldg. #13: Room 301

Individual Papers (9:20-11:15)

Transmitting the History from the African American Women's Points of View

　                                           IWAMOTO Hiroko (Urawa University)

Chair: NISHIMOTO Azusa (Aoyama Gakuin University)

UK Black Art Movement in the 1980s and Politics of Multiculturalism

                              HAGIWARA Hiroko (Osaka Prefecture University)

Chair: KATO Tsunehiko (Ritsumeikan University)

Black Feminist Identity: Conflict and Compromise

 UEDA Yoko (Spelman College)

Chair: PARK Soon Young (Otani University)

Special Talk (11:30-12:20)

   The Japan Black Studies Association and I: Along with African Literature

KOBAYASHI Shinjiro (Adviser, JBSA; Prof. Emeritus,

Osaka Institute of Technology)

Chair: KITAJIMA Gishin (Yokkaichi University)

JBSA Membership Meeting (12:30-13:10)

Closing Remarks

KATO Tsunehiko (Vice President, JBSA; Ritsumeikan University)

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Contact:

* Japan Black Studies Association

c/o FURUKAWA Tetsushi

Otani University

Koyama-kamufusa, Kita-ku, Kyoto, 603-8143 JAPAN

* Web site: http://home.att.ne.jp/zeta/yorozuya/jbsa/

* FURUKAWA Tetsushi (Secretary-General, JBSA; Otani University)

(e-mail: furukawa@res.otani.ac.jp)

Japan Black Studies Association (JBSA)

  (established in 1954)

54th Annual Conference of the Japan Black Studies Association

Date: June 28 (Sat) & 29 (Sun), 2008

Place: Hiroshima Jogakuin University (Hiroshima, Japan)

Theme:  Black Studies and Peace

Day 1 (June 28) : 14:00-20:00

Sophia Bldg. #2: Room 201

Opening Remarks (14:00-14:05)

                       MORI Aoi (Conference Chair, Hiroshima Jogakuin University)

Presidential Remarks (14:05-14:15)

KITAJIMA Gishin (President, JBSA; Yokkaichi University)

Keynote Speech (14:20-15:30)

 “Civil Rights / Human Rights”

Valerie Smith (Director, Center for African American Studies; Princeton University)

                       Chair / Translator: MORI Aoi (Hiroshima Jogakuin University)

Symposium: Black Studies and Peace―Dialogue across Borders (15:50-17:50)

　　Expressions Threatening Peace in Africa 

                                  SATAKE Junko (Poole Gakuin University)

　　The Sound That Breaks the Back of Words: Radical Creativity in

African American Literature  NISHIMOTO Azusa (Aoyama Gakuin University)

The Sways For Peace: What Can Caribbean Literature Suggest For Peace?

                                   YAMAMOTO Shin (Yokkaichi University)

Discussant: FUROMOTO Atsuko (Josai International University)

Chair: YOKOTA Yuri (Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University)

Banquet (18:30-20:00): Hinohara Hall: Cafeteria

   Welcome Address: IMADA Hiroshi (President, Hiroshima Jogakuin University)

   Brief Speeches from Guests

            Chair: ISHIDA Yoriko (Oshima National College of Maritime Technology)

Day 2 (June 29) : 9:30-16:30

Sophia Bldg. #2: Room 201

Special Symposium on Richard Wright: The 100th Anniversary of His Birth

 (9:30-11:50)

Re-considering the Symbolism of the Furnace in Native Son

                         OITATE Masatsugu (Okinawa International University)

Richard Wright’s Haiku, Zen, and the African ‘Primal Outlook upon Life’

                         Yoshinobu Hakutani (Kent State University)

Prophetic Importance: Foresight in Richard Wright’s Later Works

                             Jerry Ward (Dillard University)

Richard Wright and the Culture of Auto/Biography

                             Maryemma Graham (University of Kansas)

                                           Chair: KIUCHI Toru (Nihon University)

Richard Wright Centennial Speech (12:05-13:05)

  “From Native Son to the Haiku: A Spiritual Journey in the Life of Richard Wright”

        Julia Wright (the Daughter of Richard Wright)

Chair / Translator: KIUCHI Toru (Nihon University)

Lunch Break (13:05-14:15)

Individual Papers (14:15-15:20)

The Phantom Menace of “Specieist”: Characterization in Star Wars Movies

　　　　　　　                    AKAO Chinami (Toyama University)

                                  Chair: TAKAHIRO Namiko (Kinki University)

Mixing Peace and Racial Justice and More: How to Imagine Otherwise in Okinawa

                                  ONISHI Yuichiro (University of Minnesota)

                                  Chair: PARK Soon Young (Osaka University)

JBSA Membership Meeting (15:35-16:25)

Closing Remarks (16:25-16:30)

KATO Tsunehiko (Vice President, JBSA; Ritsumeikan University)

* Optional Event: “Hiroshima Peace Tour” June 27 (Fri.): 14:00-18:00   *tba

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Contact: FURUKAWA Tetsushi (Secretary-General, JBSA; Otani University)

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