The University of Melbourne

Old Arts (Building 149) Lecture Theatre B

15 – 17 Dec 2011

Thu 2-6pm

Fri & Sat 9am-6pm

Understanding Japan’s Dynamic Decade explores a pivotal moment of Japan’s cultural formation. This symposium will investigate the “age of revolution” — a time when anything seemed possible and all forms of art and social life experienced dramatic change.

The symposium will discuss areas of 1960s culture including: film, theatre, performance art, butoh, visual arts, protest cultures, music, the lasting influence of Japan’s 1960s with papers by some of the leading scholars in the field.

Yoshikuni Igarashi (Vanderbilt University)

William Marotti (UCLA)

Vera Mackie (University of Wollongong)

Peter Eckersall (University of Melbourne)

Sara Jansen (NYU)

Yasuko Ikeuchi (Ritsumeikan)

Stanca Scholz-Cionca (University of Trier)

Katherine Mezur (IPC, Freie University)

Holger Hartung (IPC, Freie University)

Eiichi Tosaki (Monash University)

Adam Bronowski (University of Melbourne, VCA)

Corey Wakeling (University of Melbourne)

Philip Flavin (Monash University)

Freda Freiberg

With sponsorship from The Japan Foundation

And support from The School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne.

Further information contact Peter Eckersall eckersal@unimelb.edu.au // +61 3 8344 8627

All sessions are open and there is no registration fee but please RSVP.