Youth training workshop to be hosted by the Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University “Representations of Transnationality in Children’s Literature and Illustrations”
event date: 2018.06.08
Youth training workshop to be hosted by the Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University “Representations of Transnationality in Children’s Literature and Illustrations”
The Center for Glocal Studies is hosting the following youth training workshop. No registration is required and admission is free. Please come directly to the venue.
The event forms part of Seijo University’s MEXT-supported Research Branding Program for Private Universities.
＜Dates & Venue＞
Date : Friday, June 8, 2018, 18:00–20:00
Venue : Small lecture hall, Floor 3, Building 3, Seijo University.
Directions can be found here
(The venue is a four-minute walk from Seijogakuen-mae Station on the Odakyu Odawara Line.)
Hosted by : Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University
＜For further information＞
Center for Glocal Studies (CGS), Seijo University
Seijo 6-1-20, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8511, Japan
Phone: 03-3482-1497 Fax: 03-3482-9740
Email: glocalstudies[at]seijo.ac.jp
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1. Summary
Glocalization has plenty to say about modern-day sociological and economical phenomena. However, modern-day phenomena also feature prominently in literature and culture. This workshop will explore how global and local phenomena are represented in children’s literature—books intended for a young audience.
Keywords: Children, schoolchildren, literature, juvenile literature, translation, adaptation, representation
2. Timetable
18:00–18:05 : Opening address
Tomiyuki Uesugi (Director, Center for Glocal Studies)
18:05–18:10 : Explanation of theme
Yurika Kawai (Research Assistant at the Center for Glocal Studies, currently undertaking a doctoral program in European Culture at the Graduate School of Literature, Seijo University)
18:10–18:50 : Presentation 1
Moderator : Shigechika Suzuki (postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Glocal Studies)
Commentator : Yuko Tokita (Seijo University)
Speaker : Yurika Kawai
“Has Matasaburo of the Wind Achieved Transnationality?”
18:50–19:00 : Break
19:00–19:40 : Presentation 2
Moderator : Mai Osawa (research assistant at the Center for Glocal Studies, currently undertaking a doctoral program in English literature and language at the Graduate School of Literature, Seijo University)
Commentator : Mitsushige Sato (Seijo University)
Speaker : Yuri Shimizu (currently undertaking a doctoral program in human development at the Graduate School of Human Sciences and Design, Japan Woman’s University)
“World Masterpiece Theater Through a Glocal Lens”
19:40–20:00 : General discussion
Kenji Kitayama (Seijo University),
Makoto Kinoshita (Seijo University)
