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2021 Japan Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference
“The Impacts of Japan and Canada Hosting the World: Catalyzing Change through Cultural, Economic, Political, and Sporting Events”
The Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, and the Modern Languages program at Thompson Rivers University (https://www.tru.ca/) are pleased to host the 2021 Japan Studies of Canada (JSAC) Annual Conference, from Thursday, September 30 to Sunday, October 3, 2021, with a Saturday night banquet, and an optional post-conference field trip on Sunday, October 3 to Lillooet. Scholars, students, and all interested parties are welcome. Students are encouraged to enter two competitions for cash awards: the Princess Takamado Essay Award competition (for graduate students, organized by the Prince Takamado Japan Centre for Teaching and Research at the University of Alberta), and the Klaus Pringsheim presentation competition for undergraduate and graduate students. Note: this conference was originally scheduled for July 2020 but was postponed due to Covid-19.
TRU (https://www.tru.ca/) just finished celebrating its 50th year as an evolving centre of higher learning, with its main campus located in Kamloops (https://www.kamloops.ca/) at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers. It is located approximately 350km northeast of Vancouver in an area called Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc within the unceded region known as Secwépemc’ulucw, of the Secwépemc people.
Our theme will be “The Impacts of Japan and Canada Hosting the World: Catalyzing Change through Cultural, Economic, Political, and Sporting Events.” Japan has hosted World Expos, the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 2019 G20 Summit, and it will tentatively host the postponed 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in July 2021. Canada has also hosted similar mega events. These events have led to major infrastructure projects, captured national and international social and culture moments of change, and highlighted the role of technology and economics during such events. How has hosting or cancelling these large events changed Japan and Canada in a regional, national, and international context? What have been the impacts of other events, small or large, planned or spontaneous, such as festivals, at the local, regional, and national level?
The 2021 JSAC conference will explore these questions above but will also engage other topics related to the following themes:
Japanese Language; Popular Culture & Mass Media; Literature, Visual, and Performing Arts; Economic Development & Sustainability; Politics, Security & Safety; Religion, Philosophy, History, and Culture; Architecture and Aesthetics; Regional Planning & Community Development; Technology & Science; Education; Food & Agriculture; Consumption
Attending the Conference
If you are interested in attending the conference, can you please respond to the following 4 questions by Thursday, July 15 to determine whether the conference will be online, or a combination of in-person and online (hybrid)?
Note: We are currently allowed to meet face to face on campus. We will also allow online presentations.
Please send your responses with your name and email address to Tom Waldichuk (twaldichuk@tru.ca)
- Would you like to attend the conference in person? (yes or no)
- Would you like to attend the conference in person and give a presentation? (yes or no)
- Would you like to attend the conference online rather than in person? (yes or no)
- Would you like to make a presentation online rather than in person? (yes or no)
If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact Tom Waldichuk (twaldichuk@tru.ca)
Second Call for Papers
We have extended the deadline for abstracts until July 31, 2021.
For individual or co-authored papers, please send Cara Cadre (ccadre@tru.ca) the following by July 31, 2021:
- In the email subject line please type “JSAC ABSTRACT” and your name
- Full name(s) (including co-presenters) as you would like it (them) to appear in the program
- Affiliation (including those of co-presenters)
- Your email address
- Your abstract (as an attachment in Word, maximum 250 words)
Please send your abstract and the above information to ccadre@tru.ca.