2016 Japanese American Studies: New Perspectives on Religion, History, and Society (One-Day Conference)NEW

Leading scholars of Japanese American studies will explore how texts, faith, identities, and communities are transplanted, translated, and transformed in a Japanese America positioned beyond national boundaries. This one-day conference, held at the Japanese American National Museum, highlights the significance of the positionally of both the subject and object of Japanese American studies.

Topics range from mixed-race studies to publication culture to Japanese American Buddhism.

PLEASE RSVP ON OUR WEBSITE AT DORNSIFE.USC.EDU/CJRC

Co-Sponsored by the USC East Asian Studies Center and the Japanese American National
Museum

Schedule
10:00 am INTRODUCTION
Duncan Ryûken Williams (USC)
Lon Kurashige (USC)

10:30 am SESSION I – TRANSFORMATIONS IN JAPANESE AMERICAN BUDDHISM
"'Buddhism' Translated and Transplanted on U.S. Soil: Some Findings from the Buddhist Journals in Early 20th Century California and Hawai'i" Tomoe Moriya (Hannan University)

"Reconstituting Japanese Buddhism in Cold War America" Michael Masatsugu (Towson University)
"Translating Honen: Transnational Transliteration of Honen's Biography" Michihiro Ama (University of Alaska, Anchorage)

12:45 pm Break

2:00 pm SESSION 2 – POSITIONALITY IN JAPANESE AMERICAN STUDIES
"Hawai'i, the Mainland, and the Japanese American History: Historiography and Regional Positionality" Lon Kurashige (USC)

"Positionalities Matter: US- and Japan-based Scholars' Reflections in Transpacific Japanese American Studies" Yasuko Takezawa (Kyoto University)
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