Asian Studies Auditorium
Session V: Literature
9:30am – 11:00am
Chair: Joshua Mostow (University of British Columbia)
Possession in The Tale of Genji & the Story of the “Katashiro”—Focusing on the Differences between “Irogonomi” Men
Hiroshi Yokomizo (Tohoku University)
Cultural Possession and Re-Creation: The Embodiment of “Mountain Gorge with Clouds” in Kokinshū
Shuwen Ding (Tohoku University)
Turning Tragedy into Horror: Spirit Possession in Hiraga Gennai’s jōruri
Antonio Giuseppe Fazzari (University of Naples L’Orientale)
Governing the Narrative: Gender Expression and Deprivation in Torikaebaya monogatari
Atlas Young & Nick Harvey (University of British Columbia)
Coffee break
11:00am – 11:30am
Session VI: Dispossession and Tourism
11:30am – 1:30pm
Chair: Christina Laffin (University of British Columbia)
Stories Behind (Dis)Possession
Yosuke Washiya (Tohoku University)
Stories from Dispossessed Past: Local History and Tourism Narrative in Smaller Municipalities of Tsugaru Region
Andhika Wijaya (Tohoku University)
Pink Rabbits as the “Owners” of Hiroshima Memories: Retelling and Redressing Victim Narratives through Toxic Cute Tourism
Kaori Yoshida (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
Lunch break
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Session VII: Body and Language
2:30pm – 4:00pm
Chair: Sharalyn Orbaugh (University of British Columbia)
Possessing a Voice: Language, Fiction, and the Formation of the Liberal Subject in Meiji Japan
Shota Iwasaki (University of British Columbia)
Chastity and Dispossession: Japanese Feminists Struggle in Pre-War Japan
Ana Maria Simplicio Ribeiro de Almeida (Tohoku University)
Effects of Cross-Language Similarity and Individual Differences on the Processing of L2 Japanese Among Adult and Child Chinese–Japanese Bilinguals
Xuehan Zhao (Tohoku University)
Do We Possess the Ability to Recognize Intentions Amid Gradual Cognitive Dispossession in Aging?
Liwei Tan (Tohoku University)
Coffee break
4:00pm – 4:30pm
Session VIII: A Doll’s House: An Artistic Case of Possession and
Dispossession of a Text, Its Translation, and Its Characters
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Chair: Joshua Mostow (University of British Columbia)
From a Life of Contemplation to a Life of Action: Instances of Possession in Shimamura Hōgetsu’s Textual Appropriation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House
Massimiliano Tomasi (Western Washington University)
Who Owns the Correct Reading? Mori Ōgai’s Struggle for Interpretive Authority over Nora
Matilde Mastrangelo (Sapienza University of Rome)
Rewriting Possession: Women Playwrights and the Theatrical Legacy of A Doll’s House in Late Meiji Japan
Ludovica Marincioni (Sapienza University of Rome)
Closing Remarks
6:15pm