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

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Date: Saturday, 12 March, 2016       Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Map of Japanese American National Museum (JANM), Los Angeles, Japantown Little Tokyo, 100 N. Central Avenue

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 Ry�ken 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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