The Poetics of Aging: Confronting, Resisting and Transcending Mortality in the Japanese Narrative Arts
Tufts University
November 4 - 6, 2011
Friday, November 4, 20113:00-5:00 Registration
5:00-6:00 ReceptionGeriatric Butoh: Ohno Kazuo Dancing unto Death,Video presentation by John Solt, Independent Scholar
6:00-7:00 Keynote Speech by Ōe Kenzaburō, Nobel Laureate
7:30-9:00 Banquet
Saturday, November 5, 20119:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-12:00 Discussion One: Age, Gender, GenreModerated by Hosea Hirata, Tufts University
“Looking Old, Feeling Young: Old Women in Shōjo Manga”Naoko Sugiyama, Japan Women’s University
“Mutations of Gendered Aging in Ohara Mariko’s Science Fiction”Sayumi Takahashi Harb, Connecticut College
“Female Sexuality in Uchida Shungiku’s Manga”Amanda Seaman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
“The Yamamba Image in Contemporary Poetry, Yoshihara Sachiko and Others”Takako Mano, Josai International University
“Enchi Fumiko, Colors and Body Images”Yoko Kurata, Sugino Fashion College
12:00-1:30 Lunch
2:00-4:00 Discussion Two: DeathModerated by Charles Inouye, Tufts University
“The Rhetoric of Old Age, Death, and Discipleship”Mack Horton, University of California, Berkeley
“Young Writers Anticipate Death: Shiga and Kajii in Convalescence”Scott Miller, Brigham Young University
“Placating the Dead: Folk Rituals and Recurring Life”Saeko Kimura, Tsuda College
“Obasuteyama, Care or Abandonment?”Evelyn Huang, Ohio State University
“Itō Hiromi on Eldercare and Suffering”Ellen Tilton-Cantrell, Yale University
“Etō Jun and Itami Jūzō, Speaking for and to the Dead”Kirsten Cather, University of Texas at Austin
4:00-4:15 Refreshments
4:15-6:15 Discussion Three: Men in their Final YearsModerated by Susan Napier, Tufts University
“Grief and Aging in the Maboroshi Chapter of The Tale of Genji”Dennis Washburn, Dartmouth College
“Gerontic Fantasies in Ukiyozōshi”Dylan McGee, Nagoya University
“Weak Old Men, Strong Old Women in Chikamatsu”Michael Brownstein, Notre Dame University
“Decline and Regeneration in Yamasaki Toyoko’s Noren”Michael Cronin, The College of William and Mary
“Animism and Lyricism in the late work of Yasuoka Shotarō”Eiji Sekine, Purdue University
“Tsutsui Yasutaka’s Teki: An SF Approach to Senescence”Sumie Jones, Indiana University Bloomington
“Yamada Eimi’s Style Lately: Black Masculinity in Payday”William Bridges, Princeton University
Attendees are then free to make dinner arrangements.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
9:00-10:00 CoffeeButoh in the background
10:00-12:00 Discussion Four: Women in their Final Years Moderated by Karen Thornber, Harvard University
“Ageism and Sexuality”Shigemi Nakagawa, Ritsumeikan University
“Orikuchi Shinobu on Elderly Women”Chiara Ghidini, University of Napoli
“Enchi Fumiko, Women Blighted by Age”Barbara Hartley, The University of Tasmania
“Kirino Natsuo, The Grotesque Double Life of a Business Woman”Paola Scrolavezza, University of Bologna
“New Whines in Old Skins: The Recluse in Contemporary Japanese Literature” Maryellen Mori, Independent Scholar
“Tanabe Seiko, Old Women Enjoying Life”Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase, Vassar College
“Sano Yōko and Old Women’s Humor”Tomoko Aoyama, The University of Queensland
5:00-6:00 ReceptionGeriatric Butoh: Ohno Kazuo Dancing unto Death,Video presentation by John Solt, Independent Scholar
6:00-7:00 Keynote Speech by Ōe Kenzaburō, Nobel Laureate
7:30-9:00 Banquet
Saturday, November 5, 20119:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-12:00 Discussion One: Age, Gender, GenreModerated by Hosea Hirata, Tufts University
“Looking Old, Feeling Young: Old Women in Shōjo Manga”Naoko Sugiyama, Japan Women’s University
“Mutations of Gendered Aging in Ohara Mariko’s Science Fiction”Sayumi Takahashi Harb, Connecticut College
“Female Sexuality in Uchida Shungiku’s Manga”Amanda Seaman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
“The Yamamba Image in Contemporary Poetry, Yoshihara Sachiko and Others”Takako Mano, Josai International University
“Enchi Fumiko, Colors and Body Images”Yoko Kurata, Sugino Fashion College
12:00-1:30 Lunch
2:00-4:00 Discussion Two: DeathModerated by Charles Inouye, Tufts University
“The Rhetoric of Old Age, Death, and Discipleship”Mack Horton, University of California, Berkeley
“Young Writers Anticipate Death: Shiga and Kajii in Convalescence”Scott Miller, Brigham Young University
“Placating the Dead: Folk Rituals and Recurring Life”Saeko Kimura, Tsuda College
“Obasuteyama, Care or Abandonment?”Evelyn Huang, Ohio State University
“Itō Hiromi on Eldercare and Suffering”Ellen Tilton-Cantrell, Yale University
“Etō Jun and Itami Jūzō, Speaking for and to the Dead”Kirsten Cather, University of Texas at Austin
4:00-4:15 Refreshments
4:15-6:15 Discussion Three: Men in their Final YearsModerated by Susan Napier, Tufts University
“Grief and Aging in the Maboroshi Chapter of The Tale of Genji”Dennis Washburn, Dartmouth College
“Gerontic Fantasies in Ukiyozōshi”Dylan McGee, Nagoya University
“Weak Old Men, Strong Old Women in Chikamatsu”Michael Brownstein, Notre Dame University
“Decline and Regeneration in Yamasaki Toyoko’s Noren”Michael Cronin, The College of William and Mary
“Animism and Lyricism in the late work of Yasuoka Shotarō”Eiji Sekine, Purdue University
“Tsutsui Yasutaka’s Teki: An SF Approach to Senescence”Sumie Jones, Indiana University Bloomington
“Yamada Eimi’s Style Lately: Black Masculinity in Payday”William Bridges, Princeton University
Attendees are then free to make dinner arrangements.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
9:00-10:00 CoffeeButoh in the background
10:00-12:00 Discussion Four: Women in their Final Years Moderated by Karen Thornber, Harvard University
“Ageism and Sexuality”Shigemi Nakagawa, Ritsumeikan University
“Orikuchi Shinobu on Elderly Women”Chiara Ghidini, University of Napoli
“Enchi Fumiko, Women Blighted by Age”Barbara Hartley, The University of Tasmania
“Kirino Natsuo, The Grotesque Double Life of a Business Woman”Paola Scrolavezza, University of Bologna
“New Whines in Old Skins: The Recluse in Contemporary Japanese Literature” Maryellen Mori, Independent Scholar
“Tanabe Seiko, Old Women Enjoying Life”Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase, Vassar College
“Sano Yōko and Old Women’s Humor”Tomoko Aoyama, The University of Queensland