International Conference, Faculty Room (Faculteitskamer), Faculty of Arts, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent, 22-23 June 2012
Transnational Responses to Catastrophe:
Japanese Diaspora Communities and the March 2011 Triple Disaster
Friday 22 June 2012
17-18 Registration
18:15 Welcome note and introduction on the triple disaster by Okunishi Takashi (Kobe University)
18:30 Introduction into the conference’s topic by Andreas Niehaus and Christian Tagsold
19:00 Keynote lecture Niko Besnier (University of Amsterdam): Diasporas: Communities of Practice, Communities of Affect.
20:00 Reception
Saturday 23 June 2012
10:00 Morning Session A:
The Japanese Dispora: History and Characteristics
*Shibata Yoshiko: History and characteristics of Japanese diaspora
Japanese Diasporas in Europe (1)
*Christian Tagsold: The Japanese Diaspora in Düsseldorf and the Triple Disaster of March 2011
*Ruth Martin: The Japanse Diaspora in London
12:30 Lunch Break
14:00 Afternoon Session A
Japanese Diasporas in Europe (2)
*Tine Walravens: Reactions to the triple catastrophe by the Japanese community in Belgium
*Dimitri Vanoverbeke: Building a Different Image of March 11: The Perception of Media Reports among Expatriates and International Marriages
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 Afternoon Session B:
The Japanese Dispora in America
*Peter Bernardi: Response of the Japanese-Brazilian community of Sao Paulo
*Jutta Teuwsen: The Japanese Americans of Hawaii: Local communities' reactions on March 2011
16:30 Discussion and closing remarks