Modernism_Dunedin_2009

Organised by Roy Starrs: Otago University Conference on Japanese Modernism, AUGUST 14-16, 2009, Otago University, New Zealand.

The flowering of Japanese modernism in the 1920s and early ‘30s, in all fields of the arts as well as in popular culture and everyday life, had profound and lasting effects on Japanese culture, society, and thought that still leave much for scholars of Japan to ponder. By adopting an open, multidisciplinary approach to the topic, this conference will aim to shed new light both on the specific achievements and also on the unexpected interrelationships of the artists and thinkers involved in this rich and complex episode of modern Japanese cultural history.