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Rediscovering the Diva; Considering the Impact of Female Star Personae on Japanese Film and Visual Media
Key information
- Date
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- Time
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6:00 pm to 5:30 pm
- Venue
- Brunei Gallery
- Room
- B102
About this event
In the wake of a series of film retrospectives celebrating Japanese ‘divas’ and auteurs, this symposium critically addresses the application of the term ‘diva’ to the Japanese context. Can we speak of ‘divas’ in the context of the Japanese film and media industries? If so, who are these divas and what forms and functions do they take?
Admission
The event is free and open to the public but registration is essential to guarantee a place. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Book a place
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Programme
| Monday 10 June 2013 | |
| 18:00-21:00 | Screening of Akira Kurosawa’s The Idiot (Hakuchi, 1951) |
| Tuesday 11 June 2013 | |
| 9:45-10:00 | Registration and Welcome |
| 10:00-11:00 |
Keynote
Dr Irena Hayter (University of Leeds) |
| 11:00-11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15-12:45 |
Panel 1: Golden-Age Divas (Chair: Dr Isolde Standish, SOAS)
Kinuyo Tanaka and Ida Lupino: Stardom, Gender and Filmmaking
Wakao Ayako and Postwar Japanese Studio System: From Celebrity to Performer
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| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00-15:30 |
Panel 2: Cross-Cultural Contexts and the Diva (Chair: Dr Griseldis Kirsch, SOAS)
Fräulein Setsuko Hara: Constructing an International Film Star in Nationalist Contexts
Rogue Diva Flows: Aoi Sola’s Reception in Chinese Media
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| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:30 |
Panel 3: The Diva Image (Chair: Dr Irena Hayter, University of Leeds)
Next-Door Divas – Japanese Tarento, Television and Media Image
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Funded by the
Sasakawa Foundation
A SOAS Centre for Film and Screen Studies event.
Organiser: Centre for Film & Screen Studies
Contact email: divasymposium@gmail.com
Sponsor: Funded by the Sasakawa Foundation