JAPAN - PREMODERN, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY

9-11 September 2015

Venue: Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University
Splaiul Unirii 176, Bucharest, Romania
Conference Program
September 9, Day 1
13:00-13:15 Opening remarks (Auditorium)
13:15-13:55 (40) Keynote speech:

Fiction and Fictionality in Japanese Culture

Shishsetsu and Otaku Culture
Prof. Yasusuke ura (Kyoto University)
(Chair: Irina Holca)
13:55-14:35 (40) Discussion + Q&A
Commentators:
Manabu Kawada (Assoc. Prof., Kyoto University of Art and Design)
Akihiro Kubo (Assoc. Prof., Kwansei Gakuin University)
Yoshiki Hidaka (Professor, Nara University of Education),
Angela Drgan (Lecturer, UCDC)
(10 coffee break)
14:45-16:15 Parallel sessions
Session 1, Room A
Japanese Literary Theory

Session 2, Room B
Language, Linguistics, Translation

(20x3; +30=discussant, Q&A)

(20+10x3)

Panel
Description and Point of View in
the Modern Japanese Novel:
Iwano Hmeis Theoretical Discourse

(Assistant lecturer, Kroli Gspr University

of the Reformed Church in Hungary)

Panelists:
Tomoe Nakamura
(Associate Professor, Shizuoka University)

Akihiro Kubo
(Associate Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University)

Manabu Kawada
(Associate Professor, Kyoto University
of Art and Design)

Discussant:
Roman Paca
(Lecturer, Kanda University
of International Studies)

(15 break)

Jlia Somodi

Interpersonal Relations in Source Text and

Target Text in the Light of
the Translation of Appelatives
Elena Dinicu
(alumna, UCDC)

Questionable Aspects of the

Polite Language in Japanese
Annamaria Farkas
(Japanese language instructor,
Petre Dulfu County Library, Baia Mare)

Transitivity and Intransitivity in the Japanese

and English Languages

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16:30-18:00 Parallel sessions

Session 1, Room A
Culture & Society /
Women across the Ages

Session 2, Room B
East-West Encounters / Learning from
Japan

(20+10x3)

(20+10x3)

Simona Lukminaite

Brendan Le Roux

(PhD Candidate, Osaka University)

(Lecturer, Teiky University,

Faculty of Language Studies)

Modern Female Education and the Press:

Iwamoto Yoshiharus and His
Contemporaries Attempts to Educate the
Masses through the Magazines
for and about Women
Oana Pvloiu

Japanese Migrant Workers Labour

Movements in the late 19th Century: Work
Refusal and Strike in the French Colonies of
New Caledonia and Guadeloupe
Diana Tihan

(University of Bucharest, UNESCO Department of

International and Interreligious Exchanges)

(PhD candidate, University of Bucharest,

Faculty of Sociology and Social Work)

Thinking and the Medicalization of Maternity

in Japan during the Meiji Period
Ysuke Arai

Japanese Approaches to the Challenges of

Ageing: Lessons for Romania
Raluca Nagy

(PhD candidate, Hitotsubashi University Graduate

School of Social Sciences / Meisei University,
Rikky University Part-time Lecturer)

(Associate Researcher, Free University of Brussels

and Sussex University, Brighton)

Horea Sibiteanu
(PhD candidate, Technical University of
Civil Engineering Bucharest)

Youth Subcultures Have Turned Less

Delinquent: Case Study of Gyaru and
Gyaru-o Tribe in Shibuya Center Street

The Taming of the Earthquake.

Learning from Japan

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September 10, Day 2

9:00-12:00 Workshops for undergraduate students
Japanese Festivals Workshop
Japanese Festivals between Sacred Ritual
and Popular Entertainment
Dr. Carmen Spunaru-Tma
(Associate Professor, Okayama University)

Literature Workshop
New Women, Modern Girls,
and the Men around Them:
A Picture of Japanese Society and Literature
Dr. Roman Paca
(Lecturer, Kanda University of
International Studies)

Dr. Irina Holca

(Lecturer, Institute for Research in Humanities,
Kyoto University)

(12:00-13:00 lunch)
13:00-13:30 (30) Guest speech (Auditorium)

Development of Japanese Studies in the World

and New Program at Kobe University
Prof. Kiyomitsu Yui (Kobe University)
13:30-13:55 (25) Discussion + Q&A:
Commentators:
Magdalena Ciubncan (Lecturer, UCDC)
Carmen Spunaru-Tma (Assoc. Prof., Okayama University)
(5 break)
14:00-15:30 Parallel sessions
Session 1, Room A
Linguistics, Language Education

Session 2, Room B
Modern and Contemporary Literature

(20+10x3)

(20+10x3)

Maria Turkot
(Researcher, Osaka University)

(Assistant Professor, Osaka University)

Chuang ChienHui

Magdalena Ciubncan

'Shanghai', the Magazine and the People

around It: With a Special Focus on the Texts
Submitted to the Literary Column
Monica Tama

(Lecturer, UCDC)

(PhD Candidate, Osaka University)

I Say Hello, You Say Good-bye: Leave-taking

Strategies and Their Cultural Bases
Andreea Sion

Historical Wounds in Yko Tawadas

In Front of Trang Tien Bridge
Junko Abe

(Lecturer, Hyperion University, Bucharest)

(Assistant Professor, INALCO)

Japanese Words used in Romania

Representation of Spirit in Gendai no

minwa (Contemporary Popular Stories)
of Matsutani Miyoko

Reading Education Perspectives and

Autonomy in Foreign Language Acquisition

(10 coffee break)

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15:40 ~ Parallel sessions

Session 1, Room A
Panel:
Romania Encounters Japan and Viceversa

Session 2, Room B
Culture & Society

15:40-17:30 (20x4 + 30 discussion, Q&A)

15:40-17:40 (20+10x4)

Panelists:
Angela Drgan

(Associate Professor, Nagasaki University)

Maria Grjdian

(Lecturer, UCDC)

Japans Image in Romanian Newspapers

in the First Half of the 20th Century

Journey to the East: On the Beauty of

Commitment and the Power of Love in
Takarazuka Revue
Akari Shibata & Eri Sat

Irina Holca
(Lecturer, Kyoto University)

(undergraduate students, Akita University,

Faculty of Education and Human Studies)

Romania and Japan: Real and Imaginary

Encounters around the Turn of the
20th Century

Diversity of Randoseru Colors:

Gender vs. Color Image
Taisuke Naba

Radu Leca

(Masters student, Graduate School of Social

Sciences, Hitotsubashi University)

(PhD candidate / Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS)

&
Daniela Dumbrav

The Meaning of Re-telling War Experiences

from 1950s Japan: A Case Study of the
Sentyuha Generation
Oana Loredana Scoru

(visiting researcher, Universit Cattolica

del Sacro Cuore) (Skype)

Intersecting Histories:
Milescu Spataruls Account of Japan

(PhD Candidate, Kyoto University)

A Cultural Interpretation of the Features of a

Japanese Garden

18:30 ~ Conference Dinner (details TBA)

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September 11, Day 3

9:30-10:30 Parallel sessions
Session 1, Room A
Medieval Japan

Session 2, Room B
Pre-modern Literature and Philosophy

(20+10x2)

(20+10x2)

Khalmirzaeva Saida

Roman Paca

(PhD Candidate, Hsei University)

(Lecturer, Kanda University

of International Studies)

Yurikawa Daijin: On the Possibility of

the Story Transmission

Words over Swords: Discontent with

Language, and Creativity
as a Form of Social Protest
Kang Sung-kook

(Skype)

Rieko Kamei-Dyche
(Research Associate, Hitotsubashi University /
Part-time Lecturer, Dait Bunka University)

(Assistant Professor, Osaka University)

Western Civilization as Exhibited in a SinoJapanese Poem from the Edo Period

Depicting Authority: Cultural Capital in the

Early Medieval Japanese Court

10:30-11:00 Poster presentations (previous day workshop projects)

11:00-12:30 Parallel sessions
Session 1, Room A
Modern Literature and Culture

Session 2, Room B
East-West Encounters

(20+10x3)

(20+10x3)

Atsuko Nishikawa

Raluca-Maria Ciolca

(Professor, Dshisha University)

(undergraduate student, University of Bucharest)

Law and Ghosts in Kda Rohans

Detective Story Ayashiyana
Andrew Kamei-Dyche

The Reflection of Japan in

the Eyes of Westerners
Stephen Turnbull

(Lecturer, Kanda University

of International Studies)

(Lecturer, Akita International University)

Sexual Imagery in Japanese Religious Belief:

Western Perceptions and Eastern Reactions

Mapping the Intellectual Landscape:

Bookstores and Book Towns
in the Late Meiji Era
Khei Takahashi

Carmen Spunaru-Tma

(Associate Professor, Dshisha Womens

University)

(Associate Professor, Okayama University)

If Queen Elizabeth I Shared a Meal with

Toyotomi Hideyoshi:
Cuisine in the 16th Century

Yokomitsu Riichis Machi no soko [The

Bottom of the Town] and
The Three-cornered Contest Sanpa Teiritsu
12:30-12:45 Closing Remarks (Auditorium)