International workshop to be hosted by the Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University “How Should We View Japanese Pop Music? Part 4: Globalization in Pop Music”
event date: 2018.06.23
The Center for Glocal Studies is hosting the following international symposium.
No registration is required and admission is free. The presentation will be in Japanese.
*The symposium forms part of Seijo University’s MEXT-supported Research Branding Program for Private Universities.
International workshop to be hosted by the Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University
How Should We View Japanese Pop Music? Part 4
Globalization in Pop Music
＜Dates & Venue＞
Date : Saturday, June 23, 2018, 14:00–18:00
Venue : Large conference room, 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
Language : Japanese
＜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
*When you send an email, please replace “[at]” with “@”.
Presenters and themes:
＜Keynote presentation＞
Hiromu Nagahara (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
“Popular Songs From the Showa Era and Their Position in World History:
Focusing on the Pop Music Theory of Music Critic Saburo Sonobe and the Drift Eastward”
＜Presentations＞
1. Edgar W. Pope (Aichi Prefectural University)
“Trends in Notation as Seen in the History of Musical Genres: Tin Pan Alley and Jazz”
2. Yoshiki Shuto (Daito Bunka University)
“Suta Tanjo! (A Star is Born!) as a Documentary: Postwar Japanese Television and Children’s Culture”
3. Masahiko Oyama (Tokyo University of Technology)
“Twist in the Asphalt: The Localization of the Twist”
＜Coordinator＞
Mamoru Toya (Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music)
