Current Events
u:japan lectures - Anna-Viktoria Vittinghoff: "Ūman ribu, the disability movement, and reproductive justice - Grassroots challenges to eugenics from the 1970s until 1996"
The Department of East Asian Studies – Japanese Studies at the University of Vienna would like to draw your attention to the upcoming hybrid u:japan lecture:
Anna-Viktoria Vittinghoff (University of Sheffield, UK):
“Ūman ribu, the disability movement, and reproductive justice – Grassroots challenges to eugenics from the 1970s until 1996”
Date and time: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 18:00~19:30 (CEST, UTC +2h)
Location: Onsite @ Campus of the University of Vienna Department of East Asian Studies, Japanese Studies room JAP 1 (2K-EG-21), University Campus Hof 2.4, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=23548#c646040
Online: Join the lecture via Zoom (no registration necessary):
https://univienna.zoom.us/j/62789621669?pwd=OK3lNf5T8cIXClncEPAiruVZzTRinU.1
Meeting-ID: 627 8962 1669 | Passcode: 449492
NEB goes to Osaka: Shaping Urban Futures: Design, Technology & Democracy
On Tuesday, 13 May 2025, the EU launches a series of in-person New European Bauhaus (NEB) events at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka. The theme of the Expo is “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”, and the NEB initiative directly contributes to this vision by imagining future societies that are sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful.
The event “NEB goes to Osaka: Shaping Urban Futures: Design, Technology & Democracy” will explore how architecture and urban planning can support democracy, resilience, and social cohesion. It will address global challenges such as demographic shifts in cities and discuss how local intelligence can enable systemic transformations.
Featuring a keynote address by European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen, a panel discussion with leading experts from Asia and Europe, and an audience Q&A, the session will highlight smart and innovative strategies for strengthening communities, and enhancing liveability, economic opportunities, and connectivity for all citizens. An informal reception will provide space for networking and further exchanges.
When: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
15:00-17:30 (JST) | 08:00-10:30 (CEST)
Where: In person: European Union Pavilion, World EXPO 2025, Osaka, Japan
Online: Livestreamed
Languages: English | Japanese
Registration: To register, send your name and affiliation to:
delegation-japan-st@eeas.europa.eu.
The first 30 registrations will receive a complimentary day ticket to Expo 2025.
8th Enemy Encounters Webinar “`Japanese Pirates’ in East Asia: History and Memory”
“倭寇 `Japanese Pirates’ in East Asia: Infamous Seafarers in History and Memory”
Travis Shutz
(Assistant Professor, California State University)
- May 15, 2025, 4:00 PM (Heidelberg, CEST) via ZOOM.
- The webinar will be recorded, but not the question time.
- If you would like to attend the webinars, please contact barend.noordam@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de.
In this session, Travis Shutz (Assistant Professor, California State University) will share his thoughts on the Wokou `Japanese pirates’ in East Asian history and memory:
Haunting national histories and popular memories around East Asia, the so-called “Japanese pirates” (Chinese: Wōkòu, Japanese: Wakō, Korean: Waegu) of the early modern period have complex legacies. This webinar explores how multiethnic, transnational seagoers came to be identified as infamous Japanese seaborne brigands. First, it presents the historical waves of their activity, the Early Wakō of the late 13th century to the early 15th century and the Later Wakō who operated in the 16th and 17th centuries. Second, the discussion examines how these groups were understood in their own times and later used for both criticizing and supporting Japanese imperial activities in the long 20th century.
BACKGROUND
For more information about the Research Training Group “Ambivalent Enmity: Dynamics of Antagonism in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East”, please go to our website https://ambivalentenmity.org/.
This project has received funding from the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
"Regional (Re)vitalisation in Peripheral Japan: Exploring the Impact of the Extension of the Tohoku Shinkansen"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Xi6LM3MfbLXCU3LCNm_jGOSt0d_8-MH/view?usp=drive_link
Date and time: Thursday, May 08, 2025, 18:00~19:30 (CEST, UTC +2h)
Location: Onsite @ Campus of the University of Vienna Department of East Asian Studies, Japanese Studies room JAP 1 (2K-EG-21), University Campus Hof 2.4, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=23548#c646040
Online: Join the lecture via Zoom (no registration necessary):
https://univienna.zoom.us/j/62897957651?pwd=K7XteJeP95CaZYxhqOoluUQOLRP3gA.1
Meeting-ID: 628 9795 7651 | Passcode: 278919
Hyperfeminine Harajuku: Exploring Queer KAWAII Practices in a Tokyo Subcultural District
Megan Rose
Postdoctoral Researcher, Vitalities Lab, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Visiting Scholar, Interfaculty Initiative for Information Studies at the University of Tokyo
Wednesday, 21 May 2025 (in person and online)
15:30–17:00
Room 8015
Kanagawa University, Minatomirai Campus
Yokohama
To Attend Online (Zoom)
Access the Zoom Meeting via the following Meeting ID and Passcode. Preregistration is NOT required to attend via Zoom.
Meeting ID: 985 5806 9693 Passcode: KUMMC
To Attend in Person
Preregistration via the link below at least a day in advance for those coming in person from outside the KU community is greatly appreciated. If you are coming from off campus, please also register as a Guest at the Information counter near the entrance before coming up to the room.
