Conference Schedule

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